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37Zeit der Ernte (review)Idealistic Studies 16 (1): 94-95. 1986.This is the fourth Festschrift for Arthur Hübscher, testifying to the respect and influence he enjoys. Hübscher edited the critical edition of Schopenhauer’s complete works and has been president of the Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft since 1936. This Festschrift is supposed to “document the state of international Schopenhauer scholarship for years to come”.
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35Readings in Language and Mind (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 1996.This is an anthology of landmark essays in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and cognitive science since 1950. It includes essays that aim to reflect the fact that philosophy and the science of mind and language have close historical and conceptual ties. Each section begins with a brief and simple overview highlighting the issues and recommending other readings. The combination of this editorial material with a selection of classic essays makes this anthology a very flexible tool fo…Read more
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33Review of Brook (2007): The Prehistory of Cognitive Science (review)Pragmatics and Cognition 16 (1): 185-189. 2008.
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33"Locke on the Limits of Human Reason, Liberty and Happiness," Critical Notice of Peter Schouls, Reasoned Freedom: John Locke and the EnlightenmentCanadian Journal of Philosophy 25 (2): 293-314. 1995.
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31Hume's Skepticism and the Whimsical ConditionHume Studies 43 (1): 29-59. 2017.At a crucial point in the final section 12 of Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding he refers to "the whimsical condition of mankind".1 This occurs in his concluding remarks about the untenability of what he calls "Pyrrhonism, or excessive scepticism" that set the stage for "mitigated scepticism, or ACADEMICAL philosophy", which then culminates in the famous agitated final paragraph of the first Enquiry that advocates "havoc" and committing certain kinds of books "to the flames".I wish t…Read more
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28Philosophy and the ecological problem, a special issue of filozoficky casopisEnvironmental Ethics 13 (1): 87-93. 1991.
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25Idealism, cataclysms, and the facts of referenceAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 61 (1). 1983.A theory of reference for proper names according to which reference is fixed solely in terms of the contents of language users' minds is an idealist theory. A theory of reference for proper names in which reference is fixed not in terms of the contents of language users' minds, but in terms of causal chains connecting users to referents is a materialist theory. A dualist theory is one in which reference is fixed both by the contents of minds and causal chains. The main reason materialists…Read more
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12Philosophy and the Ecological Problem, a Special Issue of Filozoficky CasopisEnvironmental Ethics 13 (1): 87-93. 1991.
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5Modern Philosophy of LanguageIn Gillian Russell & Delia Graff Fara (eds.), Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language, Routledge. pp. 841-851. 2014.A survey of the emergence of the philosophy of language in 17th- and 18th-century European philosophy as an independent subdiscipline of philosophy.
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2Patricia S. Churchland and Terrence J. Sejnowski, The Computational Brain Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 13 (4): 142-144. 1993.
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1Logic and Language in Early Modern PhilosophyIn Donald Rutherford (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy. pp. 170-197. 2006.
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1The cognitive unity of external and internal statesIn Roberto Casati & Graham White (eds.), Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences, Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. pp. 313--318. 1993.
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Locke on meaning and significationIn Graham Alan John Rogers (ed.), Locke's Philosophy: Content and Context, Oxford University Press. 1994.
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The History of the Philosophy of Language before FregeIn Piotr Stalmaszczyk (ed.), Cambridge Handbook of the Philosoph of Language, Cambridge University Press. pp. 51-70. 2021.
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A Defense of an Idealist Theory of Reference for Proper NamesDissertation, The University of Rochester. 1982.According to an idealist theory of reference for proper names the reference of proper names is fixed by what name users express in their beliefs, intentions, thoughts, and so forth. My task is to show that an idealist can defend himself against the proponent of the causal theory of reference, who claims that reference cannot be fixed solely by what is expressed in name users' minds. An idealist can handle certain facts of reference the causal theorist believes idealists cannot handle. Moreover, …Read more
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Locke on Meaning and SignificanceIn G. A. J. Rogers (ed.), Locke's Philosophy: Content and Context, Clarendon Press. 1996.The author argues that Locke's theory of signification in the Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a theory of meaning and defends it against criticisms.
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The Concept of Linguistic Reference Before FregeIn Stephen Biggs and Heimir Geirsson (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference, Routledge. pp. 17-29. 2021.This essay traces the concept of linguistic reference and its role in the determination of linguistic meaning in the history of philosophy before Frege.
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Alvin I. Goldman, ed., Philosophical Applications of Cognitive Science (review)Minds and Machines 7 306-312. 1997.
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Language, meaning, and mind in Locke's EssayIn Lex Newman (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Locke's Essay, Cambridge University Press. pp. 286-312. 2007.This paper reconsiders and defends the view that Locke's theory of signification is a theory of meaning.
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Alvin I. Goldman, Liaisons: Philosophy Meets the Cognitive and Social Sciences (review)Minds and Machines 7 306-312. 1997.
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Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Language |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
The Argument from Evil |
The Nature of Analytic Philosophy |