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27Science and Other Common Nouns: Further Implications of Anti‐EssentialismZygon 55 (3): 782-791. 2020.The term “science” is a common noun that is used to designate a whole range of activities. If Reeves is right—and I think he is—that there is no essence to these activities that allows them to be objectively identified and demarcated from nonscience, then what qualifies as science is determined by communities. It becomes much more difficult on this antiessentialism position to identify and dismiss pseudo‐science. I suggest we might find a way forward, though, by engaging a philosophical traditio…Read more
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31History of Science through Koyré's LensesStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 32 (2): 243-263. 2001.Alexandre Koyré was one of the most prominent historians of science of the twentieth century. The standard interpretation of Koyré is that he falls squarely within the internalist camp of historians of science—that he focuses on the history of the ideas themselves, eschewing cultural and sociological interpretations regarding the influence of ideologies and institutions on the development of science. When we read what Koyré has to say about his historical studies , we find him embracing and cham…Read more
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13Psyche and Soma: Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem From Antiquity to EnlightenmentPhilosophia Christi 4 (1): 237-239. 2002.
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16God and the Cosmos: Divine Activity in Space, Time and HistoryPhilosophia Christi 14 (2): 491-493. 2012.
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Metaphysics and the Interpretation of Physical Theory: A Historical Examination From the 17th Century to the 19th Century (review)Dissertation, Boston University. 2000.This dissertation examines the relationship between metaphysics and the interpretation of physical theories. It is argued that the interpreters of physical theory rely on accepted metaphysical theories for justification and inspiration; and that reciprocally, the acceptance of metaphysical theories is dependent upon the authority of a successful physical theory. Furthermore, this reciprocal influence---or dialectic---can be seen as a systematic occurrence throughout the development of physical t…Read more
Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion |
General Philosophy of Science |
Religious Studies |