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12On OckhamCengage Learning. 2001.This brief text assists students in understanding Ockham's philosophy and thinking so they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the Wadsworth Notes Series, (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" from ancient times to the present), ON OCKHAM is written by a philosopher deeply versed in the philosophy of this key thinker. Like other books in the series, this co…Read more
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Dress Rehearsal for Life:: Using Drama to Teach Philosophy to Inner-City High School StudentAnalytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis 26 (1): 1-7. 2006.
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9Whereis the Antichrist?: Delos B. McKown,Behold the Antichrist: Bentham on religion Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2004 417 pp, US$32.00 (review)Sophia 44 (2): 59-65. 2005.
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52Russell, Strawson, and William of OckhamThe Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 2 207-216. 1999.Realism and conventionalism generally establish the parameters of debate over universals. Do abstract terms in language refer to abstract things in the world? The realist answers yes, leaving us with an inflated ontology; the conventionalist answers no, leaving us with subjective categories. I want to defend nominalism in its original medieval sense, as one possibility that aims to preserve objectivity while positing nothing more than concrete individuals in the world. First, I will present para…Read more
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John Carroll UniversityRegular Faculty
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University of Toronto, St. George Campus
PhD, 1997
University Heights, Ohio, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
History of Western Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
History of Western Philosophy |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |