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28Essays on Aesthetic Genesis (edited book)Upa. 2016.This collection of essays takes as its focus Mitscherling’s comprehensive phenomenological analysis of embodiment, aesthetic experience, the interpretation of texts, moral behavior, and cognition, and exemplifies subsequent work in the field of realist phenomenology being conducted by an international collection of active scholars influenced by Mischerling’s Aesthetic Genesis.
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179Peirce, Moral Cognitivism, and the Development of CharacterTransactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 50 (1): 139. 2014.Some Peirceans have defended a form of moral cognitivism according to which “moral judgments fall within the scope of truth, knowledge, and inquiry.”1 The idea is that our moral beliefs can be either true or false and this can be discovered through inquiry. There have been more than a few thinkers who have placed Charles S. Peirce within this camp and have said that his theories of truth and inquiry provide us with a framework within which we can understand moral judgments. If, through inquiry, …Read more
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30Ethical habits: [a Peircean perspective]Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 2016.The trouble with theory and practice -- Preparing a place for a Peircean ethics -- Intelligent habits -- The metaphysics of habits -- Thinking of habits -- Self-controlled habits.
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163Peirce's Interesting AssociationsTransactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 48 (2): 191-208. 2012.In this paper I explore Peirce's account of association and his view that it is the only force which exists within the intellect. I look to the British Associationists, especially Hume, for the background. From there, Peirce's theory of attention becomes important for explaining the formation of associations. Finally, I argue that resemblance and contiguity are reduced to association by utility motivated by the individual's interests. Placing association in a general theory of the individual's i…Read more
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38How Pragmatism and Realist Phenomenology Can Bring Cognitive Science Back into PhilosophyWilliam James Studies 12 (1). 2016.
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42Ethical Habits: A Peircean Perspective (edited book)Lexington Books. 2016.The central focus of Peirce’s work is the development of self-control through engaging in a critical, reflective practice of habit development. This book details that development from a philosophical, pragmatic perspective.
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104The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter: A Portrait of DescartesThe European Legacy 20 (7): 791-792. 2015.
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53The Pragmatism Reader: From Peirce through the PresentThe European Legacy 18 (7): 952-953. 2013.
