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31Matter and Form: From Natural Science to Political Philosophy (edited book)Lexington Books. 2009.Matter and Form explores the relationship between natural science and political philosophy from the classical to contemporary eras, taking an interdisciplinary approach to the philosophic understanding of the structure and process of the natural world and its impact on the history of political philosophy. It illuminates the importance of philosophic reflection on material nature to moral and political theorizing, mediating between the sciences and humanities and making a contribution to ending t…Read more
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20From Particular to Universal: Drawing upon the Intellectual Milieu to Understand Aristotle and EuclidIn Paolo C. Biondi & Louis F. Groarke (eds.), Shifting the Paradigm: Alternative Perspectives on Induction, De Gruyter. pp. 269-300. 2014.
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33Aristotle's Modal SyllogisticHistory and Philosophy of Logic 35 (2): 209-211. 2014.In contrast with Aristotle's assertoric logic, which became the logic of the west, suffering only minor modifications at the edges, Aristotle's modal logic appears to be rife with errors. It...
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75Polarity and Inseparability: The Foundation of the Apodictic Portion of Aristotle's Modal LogicHistory and Philosophy of Logic 31 (3): 193-218. 2010.Modern logicians have sought to unlock the modal secrets of Aristotle's Syllogistic by assuming a version of essentialism and treating it as a primitive within the semantics. These attempts ultimately distort Aristotle's ontology. None of these approaches make full use of tests found throughout Aristotle's corpus and ancient Greek philosophy. I base a system on Aristotle's tests for things that can never combine (polarity) and things that can never separate (inseparability). The resulting system…Read more
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58Comments on Justin Barrett’s Why would anyone believe in God?Sophia 51 (2): 319-321. 2012.This review discussion outlines Justin Barrett’s Preparedness Model. This evolutionary model for belief in God is shown to posit a maladaptive mind for infants. Questions about its implications and the supporting data are considered
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22From a Particular Diagram to a Universal Result: Euclid's Elements, Book IApeiron 44 (3): 211-218. 2011.
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