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21Philosophy for the 21st century: a comprehensive reader (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2002.Philosophy for the 21st Century, an introductory anthology, is an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary readings. It covers all major fields, including not only metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of religion, but also philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, political philosophy, and philosophy of art. This volume is unique in drawing on the judgments of a new generation of scholars, each of whom has chosen the articles a…Read more
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25The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 13, 1925 - 1953: 1938-1939, Experience and Education, Freedom and Culture, Theory of Valuation, and Essays (review)Southern Illinois University Press. 1988.This volume includes all Dewey's writings for 1938 except for Logic: The Theory of Inquiry, as well as his 1939 Freedom and Culture, Theory of Valuation, and two items from Intelligence in the Modern World. Freedom and Culture presents, as Steven M. Cahn points out, the essence of his philosophical position: a commitment to a free society, critical intelligence, and the education required for their advance.
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4Moral Problems in Higher Education (edited book)Temple University Press. 2011.Moral Problems in Higher Education brings together key essays that explore ethical issues in academia. The editor and contributors-all noted philosophers and educators-consider such topics as academic freedom and tenure, free speech on campus, sexual harassment, preferential student admissions, affirmative action in faculty appointments, and the ideal of a politically neutral university. Chapters address possible restrictions on research because of moral concerns, the structure of peer review, t…Read more
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63Teaching Graduate Students to TeachTeaching Philosophy 27 (4): 321-323. 2004.This paper describes a fourteen-week course titled “Teaching Philosophy” whose goal was to prepare new teachers on how to provide effective instruction to undergraduates. The author recounts a number of the benefits that result from teaching new instructors how to teach: slower and clearer instruction, better attention to motivating topics, as well as the capacity to present material in a more organized way. In addition to providing feedback from students who took the course, the author contends…Read more
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12Freedom or determinism?In Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology, Oxford University Press Usa. 2000.
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5Philosophy of religionHarper & Row. 1970.No volume by single scholar can recreate the incessant dialectic of contemporary philosophic inquiry; hence we are offering a series that is a collaboration of many hands. The present series is intended to provide students, teachers, and interested nonprofessionals with collections of essays in every major problem area of contemporary philosophy. Each volume is devoted to a single set of interconnected issues; each issue is currently that subject of intense philosophic discussion. In making rela…Read more
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33Book Review:Toward an Ethic of Higher Education. Mortimer R. Kadish (review)Ethics 103 (1): 177-. 1992.
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22A new introduction to philosophyHarper & Row. 1971.An accessible and engaging introduction to philosophical inquiry, this book concentrates on topics of greatest interest to beginning students: the nature and tools of philosophy, free will, philosophy of religion, ethics, and social ...
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PrefaceIn Steven M. Cahn & David Shatz (eds.), Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University Press. 1982.
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99The strange case of John shmarb: An aesthetic puzzleJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 34 (1): 21-22. 1975.
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10Happiness and immoralityIn Exploring ethics: an introductory anthology, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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62Exploring philosophy of religion: an introductory anthology (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2009.What are the inherent claims that lie at the core of religion? Which of them are defensible by reason, and which are not? Potential answers to these questions and more, from influential philosophers past and present, may be found in this short book edited by Steven M. Cahn. Featuring fifty-two classic and contemporary readings, Exploring Philosophy of Religion: Text and Readings is a topically-organized anthology that presents broad coverage of seven major areas in the philosophy of religion - …Read more
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60Classics of political and moral philosophy (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2002.Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy provides in one volume the major writings from nearly 2,500 years of political and moral philosophy. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, it moves from classical thought (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero) through medieval views (Augustine, Aquinas) to modern perspectives (Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Adam Smith, Kant). It includes major nineteenth-century thinkers (Hegel, Bentham, Mill, Nietzsche) as well as twentieth…Read more
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28Letters to the EditorProceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 75 (5). 2002.
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1Portraits of American Philosophy (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2013.In Portraits of American Philosophy, eight of America’s most prominent philosophers offer autobiographical narratives that remind us that the life of a scholar is both a tale of personal struggle and an adventure in ideas.
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19John Dewey Reconsidered.New Studies in the Philosophy of John DeweyPhilosophical Quarterly 28 (113): 352. 1978.
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John Dewey, The Later Works, 1925-1953, Volume 13: 1938-1939, Volume 14: 1939-1941Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 25 (1): 69-74. 1989.
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56Morality, Responsibility, and the University: Studies in Academic Ethics (edited book)Temple University Press. 1990.Author note: Steven M. Cahn is Provost and Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate School of the City University of New York.
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9From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a ProfessorColumbia University Press. 2008.Steven M. Cahn's advice on the professorial life covers an extensive range of critical issues: how to plan, complete, and defend a dissertation; how to navigate a job interview; how to improve teaching performance; how to prepare and publish research; how to develop a professional network; and how to garner support for tenure. He deals with such hurdles as a difficult dissertation advisor, problematic colleagues, and the pressures of the tenure clock. Whether you are beginning graduate study, ho…Read more
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1Does God know the future?In Exploring philosophy of religion: an introductory anthology, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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16The Affirmative Action Debate (edited book)Routledge. 1995.Contributors: Steven M. Cahn, James W. Nickel, J. L. Cowan, Paul W. Taylor, Michael D. Bayles, William A. Nunn III, Alan H. Goldman, Paul Woodruff, Robert A. Shiver, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Robert Simon, George Sher, Robert Amdur, Robert K. Fullinwider, Bernard R. Boxhill, Lisa H. Newton, Anita L. Allen, Celia Wolf-Devine, Sidney Hook, Richaed Waaserstrom, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., John Kekes
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