-
35The Vienna Circle RevisitedLse Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences. 1995.
-
200PeirceRoutledge. 1985.This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection.
-
92The American Pragmatists. By Cheryl Misak. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 304pp, £25 ISBN: 978-0-19-923120-1 (review)Philosophy 89 (1): 180-184. 2014.
-
34Dichotomies: Facts and Epistemic ValuesPoznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 95 (1): 55-69. 2008.The paper explores Putnam's denial of the "fact/value dichotomy." After attempting to identify the main themes in this aspect of Putnam's thought, I explore its implications for our understanding of epistemic evaluation and also consider its relations to some similar moves by other philosophers in the pragmatist tradition. The final section examines an argument of Putnam's which is sued to suggest that such a dichotomy can be self defeating when applied to epistemic evaluation
-
Naturalism, fallibilism, and evolutionary epistemologyIn Minds, Machines And Evolution, Cambridge University Press. 1984.
-
245ScepticismRoutledge. 2014.Scepticism is a subject which has preoccupied philosophers for two thousand years. This book presents an historical perspective on scepticism by considering contrasting views, such as those of Sextus Empiricus, Descartes and Hume, on why scepticism is important. With its historical perspective and analysis of contemporary discussions, _Scepticism_ provides a broad focus on the subject, differing from other discussions of the topic in the importance it attaches to scepticism both in Greek thought…Read more
-
60Consciousness and Causality: A Debate on the Nature of MindPhilosophical Books 27 (2): 110-112. 1986.
-
22BackmatterIn Philip Pettit & Christopher Hookway (eds.), Handlung Und Interpretation: Studien Zur Philosophie der Sozialwissenschaften, De Gruyter. pp. 225-226. 1982.
Areas of Interest
| Epistemology |
| 17th/18th Century Philosophy |
| Philosophy of the Americas |