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23Neurometaphorology: The new faculty psychologyBehavioral and Brain Sciences 4 (1): 112-113. 1981.
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22Philosophy of psychologyColumbia University Press. 1985.This is the story of the clattering of elevated subways and the cacophony of crowded neighborhoods, the heady optimism of industrial progress and the despair of economic recession, and the vibrancy of ethnic cultures and the resilience of ...
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21Personal IdentityThe Monist 61 (2): 326-339. 1978.In the third of his Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Reid devotes the fourth chapter to the concept of‘identity’, and the sixth chapter to Locke’s theory of ‘personal identity’. This latter chapter is widely regarded as a definitive refutation of the thesis that personal identity is no more than memories of a certain sort. It is interesting that the terms ‘identity’ and ‘personal identity’ do not appear as chapter or section titles elsewhere in any of Reid’s works; and Hume is neither m…Read more
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20H. R. Smart's "Philosophy and its History" (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 25 (1): 151. 1964.
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19Stories as Tales and as Histories: A Response to the CommentaryPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 7 (3): 229-230. 2000.
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18The Correspondence of Thomas Reid (review)Review of Metaphysics 57 (2): 445-446. 2003.Contrary to the estimation of Reid’s close friend and admiring biographer, Dugald Stewart, the correspondence of Thomas Reid is of great interest. Not only do the letters offer more than a hint of the extraordinary breadth of Reid’s interests, but they reinforce conclusions reached by his readers as to the intellectual integrity, the fairness, and the modesty of this central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. Credit is due to Paul Wood for including all of the known letters to and from Reid, …Read more
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182. constitutive luck: On being determinedIn Praise and Blame: Moral Realism and Its Applications: Moral Realism and Its Applications, Princeton Univ. Press. pp. 47-107. 2002.
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17Commentary on" Autobiography, Narrative, and the Freudian Concept of Life History"Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 4 (3): 205-207. 1997.
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17Reply To CommentariesJournal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 23 (1): 50-61. 2003.Commentators' criticisms are considered in relation to the aims of the book as well as in relation to the commentators' own understanding of major issues. Neither reliance on social construcitonist alternatives nor on 'de gustibus' arguments reaches the principal arguments of Praise and Blame. 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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17Madness, badness, and fitness: law and psychiatry (again)Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 7 (3): 209-222. 2000.
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16The Idea of Freedom. A Dialectical Examination of the Conception of FreedomPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 19 (3): 405-407. 1959.
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15What sort of persons are hemispheres? Another look at ‘split-brain’ manBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (1): 73-78. 1976.
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15The story of Scottish philosophyExposition Press. 1961.This book collects several excerpts from the work of each of nine 18th and 19th century Scottish thinkers: Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Brown, Sir William Hamilton, James Frederick Foster, and James McCosh. A brief account of each man's life and work accompanies the selections.
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15Toward a Science of Human Nature (edited book)Columbia University Press. 1982.Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility for these atrocities. The large scale imprisonment and rape of thousands of women, who were euphemistically called "comfort women" by the Japanese military, first seized public attention in 1991 when three Korean women filed suit in a Toyko Dis…Read more
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14Religion, Politics, and the Higher LearningPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 20 (4): 560-561. 1960.
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14The Wonder of Being Human: Our Brain and Our MindFree Press. 1984.Traces the development of the human consciousness and argues that many scientific theories of human nature denigrate the value of humanity.
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14The mind (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1998.At the beginning of the twenty-first century, it might seem that questions about the nature of the mind are best left to scientists rather than philosophers. How could the views of Aristotle or Descartes or Kant possibly contribute anything to debates about these issues, when the relevant neurophysiological facts and principles were completely unknown to them? This Oxford Reader shows that the arguments of philosophers throughout history still provide essential insights into contemporary questio…Read more
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13Spinoza and the Rise of LiberalismPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 19 (4): 540-541. 1959.
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12Person and Reality: An Introduction to MetaphysicsPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 19 (1): 110-112. 1958.
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11Scientism: the new orthodoxy (edited book)Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2014.Scientism: The New Orthodoxy is a comprehensive philosophical overview of the question of scientism, discussing the place of science in the humanities and religion. Clarifying and defining the key terms in play in discussions of scientism, this collection identifies the dimensions that differentiate science from scientism. Leading scholars appraise the means available to science, covering the impact of the neurosciences and the new challenges it presents for the law and the self. Illustrating th…Read more
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11Review of The cultural psychology of the self (review)Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 20 (2): 225-230. 2000.Reviews the book, The cultural psychology of the self by Ciaran Benson . This is a book rich in insight, deep in significance and, inevitably, marked by assumptions and interpretations subject to gentle disagreement. It is precisely because of its manifest assets that points of disagreement need to be highlighted. In this review I will address criticism only to the first half of the book, the criticism being more by way of an introduction to the issue than the suggestion of a settled position on…Read more
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10PrefaceIn Praise and Blame: Moral Realism and Its Applications: Moral Realism and Its Applications, Princeton Univ. Press. 2002.
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9IQ And Mental Testing: An Unnatural Science And Its Social History By Brian Evans; Bernard Waites (review)Isis 73 (3): 480-481. 1982.
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