De Pere, Wisconsin, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Mind
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    Fifty readings in philosophy (edited book)
    McGraw-Hill. 2004.
    This textbook is a flexible and affordable collection of classic and contemporary primary sources in philosophy. The readings cover seven basic topics of Western Philosophy. The selections are long enough to present a self-contained argument but not so lengthy that students lose track of the main point. The book includes a glossary and an appendix on logic and argumentation.
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    Fifty Readings in Philosophy, 2nd ed. (edited book)
    McGraw-Hill. 2004.
    This textbook is a flexible and affordable collection of classic and contemporary primary sources in philosophy. The readings cover seven basic topics of Western Philosophy, and each one is carefully edited to be long enough to present a self-contained argument but not so lengthy that students lose track of the main point.
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    Plato and Freud (review)
    Ancient Philosophy 12 (1): 193-196. 1992.
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    Consciousness: Introduction
    Essays in Philosophy 15 (2): 244-248. 2014.
    This is the editorial introduction to the four papers on consciousness comprising the July 2014 issue of Essays in Philosophy (vol. 15, issue 2). The four authors are Keith E. Turausky, John K. Grandy, Adam Green, and Ben Gubran.
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    An anthology of substantive selections on human nature from fifteen authors: Plato, Aristotle, Mencius, Seneca, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, Beauvoir, B. F. Skinner, and E. O. Wilson. Reprinted in 2015 by Biblio Publishing, ISBN 978-1-62249-267-1.
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    Fifty readings plus: an introduction to philosophy (edited book)
    McGraw-Hill. 2004.
    This textbook is a flexible and affordable collection of classic and contemporary primary sources in philosophy. The readings cover seven basic topics of Western Philosophy. The selections are long enough to present a self-contained argument but not so lengthy that students lose track of the main point. Each reading has an outline with study questions, questions for reflection and discussion, and an annotated bibliography. The book includes a glossary and an appendix on logic and argumentation.
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    Western Conceptions of the Individual (review)
    Review of Metaphysics 46 (4): 863-864. 1993.
    This book presents the author's reflections on the "pagan" cardinal virtues of courage, temperance, justice, and practical wisdom as depicted by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics. Casey sees these virtues as pagan because they "are undeniably worldly..., include an element of self-regard, and... rely on material conditions for their fulfillment". Christian virtue, by contrast, centers on the next world, emphasizes humility, and is independent of the vagaries of fortune because it depends wholl…Read more
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    Freud on Instinct and Morality
    State University of New York Press. 1989.
    The thesis of this book is that despite Freud's low opinion of philosophy and despite his claim that psychoanalysis avoids value judgements, psychoanalytic theory does contain a moral philosophy.
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    Western Conceptions of the Individual (review)
    Review of Metaphysics 46 (4): 863-864. 1993.
    This ambitious book examines the conceptions of the human subject held by numerous Western thinkers from various disciplines. The study begins with Descartes and ends with Derrida. For the forty-six principal authors covered, Morris gives a brief biography, an overview of the author's thought in its historical context, an analysis of the author's theory of the human individual as presented in a major work, and a critique of that theory. Writers in addition to these forty-six are also discussed, …Read more
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    Fifty readings plus: an introduction to philosophy (edited book)
    McGraw-Hill. 2004.
    This textbook is a flexible and affordable collection of classic and contemporary primary sources in philosophy. The readings cover seven basic topics of Western Philosophy. The selections are long enough to present a self-contained argument but not so lengthy that students lose track of the main point. Each reading has an outline with study questions, questions for reflection and discussion, and an annotated bibliography. The book includes a glossary and an appendix on logic and argumentation.
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    Review of "Human Nature" (review)
    Essays in Philosophy 14 (1): 56-61. 2013.