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20Rethinking the History of Skepticism: The Missing Medieval Background (review)Speculum 86 (2): 518-519. 2011.
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64Ockham's RazorThink 2 (4): 91-95. 2003.Ockham's razor is one of the best-known and most useful tools in the philosopher's toolkit. Here Sharon Kaye explains how the razor works, and also how it may have come by its name
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84Evolution and ExistentialismEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 22 (2): 159-171. 2014.Many philosophers embrace both evolution and existentialism as though these two views provide a mutually supportive foundation for atheism. The story goes that evolution tells us life is meaningless while existentialism tells us what to do about it. In this paper, I aim to debunk this story. I begin by explaining the existentialist quest for the meaning of life. Then I explain why it is inconsistent with the principles of evolution. In the end, I argue that the quest for the meaning of life shou…Read more
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Later Medieval Nominalism and the Politics of SuppositionEidos: The Canadian Graduate Journal of Philosophy 14. 1997.
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10Black Market Truth: The Aristotle Quest, Book 1: A Dana Mccarter TrilogyParmenides Publishing. 2008.A secret concealed for centuries, shrouded in myth, silenced by stone. A secret that if unleashed threatens to shake the very foundation of Western civilization. A secret that can remain hidden no longer. The quest begins in Rome, where a grizzly murder and a plundered tomb serve to ignite perhaps the most controversial conflict in human history. Inspector Domenico Conti is charged with the task of recovering the contents of the tomb, but as he delves deeper into the investigation, he is thrust …Read more
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Buffy in the Buff: A Slayer's Solution to Aristotle's Love ParadoxIn James B. South (ed.), Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale, Open Court. pp. 173--84. 2003.
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45Using the Internet Platform Second Life to Teach Social JusticeTeaching Philosophy 34 (1): 17-32. 2011.Second Life, an on-line, interactive environment in which users create avatars through which they have virtual experiences, is a contemporary experiment in utopia. While most often it is used for social networking, it also is used for commercial and educational purposes, as well as for political activism. Here, we share the results from a course that uses Second Life as a tool for examining social justice. We examine the notion of utopia, present the results of a pre- and post-survey designed to…Read more
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63Passions in William ockham's philosophical psychologyJournal of the History of Philosophy 45 (2): 330-332. 2007.Sharon M. Kaye - Passions in William Ockham's Philosophical Psychology - Journal of the History of Philosophy 45:2 Journal of the History of Philosophy 45.2 330-332 Muse Search Journals This Journal Contents Reviewed by Sharon Kaye John Carroll University Vesa Hirvonen. Passions in William Ockham's Philosophical Psychology. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Mind, 2. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2004. Pp. ix + 212. Cloth, €96.30. This volume is the second in a series aiming to produce monographs tha…Read more
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9Freedom, Will, and NatureProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 81 123-132. 2007.
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19ISBN: 0802839037. Henriksen, Jan-Olav. The Reconstruction of Religion: Lessing, Kierkegaard,. and Nietzsche. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001. Pp. 208. Paper $22.00, ISBN: 080284927X (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 75 (4). 2001.
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29William of Ockham and the Unlikely Connection between Transubstantiation and Free WillProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 81 123-132. 2007.William of Ockham was tried for heresy due to his assertion that certain qualities can exist independently of substances. Scholars have assumed he made thisstrange assertion in order to account for the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. I argue, however, that the assertion was philosophically rather than theologically motivated. Ockham develops a nominalist substance ontology, according to which most changes can be explained as the result of local motion. Knowledge and virtue are changes i…Read more
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14Medieval philosophy: a beginner's guideOneworld. 2008.In this fast-paced, enlightening guide, Sharon M. Kaye takes us on a whistle-stop tour of medieval philosophy, revealing its astounding legacy to the discipline today.
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63Book reviews (review)Sophia 43 (1): 125-126. 2004.Book Review. . ???aop.label???. doi: 10.1080/00048402.2014.929720
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9Ultimate Lost and Philosophy: Think Together, Die Alone (edited book)Wiley. 2010.Expanded and up-to-date-the ultimate guide that explores meaning and philosophy of all six seasons of Lost Lost is more than just a popular television show; it's a complex examination of meaningful philosophical questions. What does good versus evil mean on the island? Is it a coincidence that characters John Locke and Desmond David Hume are named after actual philosophers? What is the ethics of responsibility for Jack? An action-adventure story with more than a touch of the metaphysical, Lost f…Read more
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68Why the Liberty of Indifference Is Worth Wanting: Buridan's Ass, Friendship, and Peter John OliviHistory of Philosophy Quarterly 21 (1). 2004.
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59There's no such thing as heresy (and it's a good thing, too): William of ockham on freedom of speechJournal of Political Philosophy 6 (1). 1998.
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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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11Whereis 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 |