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    Karl Popper
    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 1997.
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    Book Review: Special Book Review Section Race and the Origins of Progressive Education, 1880–1929 (review)
    Journal of Social Studies Research 40 (4): 333-334. 2016.
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    The Curriculum Studies Reader (edited book)
    with David J. Flinders
    Routledge. 2004.
    This highly anticipated second edition of The Curriculum Studies Reader retains key features of the successful first edition while incorporating an updated introduction and new, timely essays. Grounded in historical essays, the volume provides context for the growing field of curriculum studies, reflects upon the trends that have dominated the field, and samples the best of current scholarship. This thoughtful combination of essays provides a survey of the field coupled with concrete examples of…Read more
    Philosophy of Education
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    Sigmund Freud
    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2001.
    Sigmund Freud
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    Solipsism and the problem of other minds
    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2004.
    The Problem of Other Minds
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    Popper, Karl
    Minerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy 1 (1). 1997.
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    Berkeley's Theory of Reality
    Minerva 1. 1997.
    This paper conducts an excavation of the epistemological foundations of Berkeley’s subjective idealism, arguing that his attempt to reconcile idealism with a common sense view of reality is purchased at the cost of theoretical inconsistency.
    Perception and Knowledge, MiscSense-Datum TheoriesBerkeley: Immaterialism
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    Berkeley's Theory of Reality
    Minerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy 1 (1). 1997.
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    Wittgenstein sans the Private Language Argument
    Cogito 10 (1): 28-34. 1996.
    This paper explores Wittgenstein’s account of the semantic differences between the two uses of 'I' in the Blue Book, arguing that, independently of the private language argument, it undermines substance dualism while demonstrating the philosophical misconceptions upon which it is based.
    Private LanguageLudwig Wittgenstein
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    Wittgenstein sans The Private Language Argument
    Minerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy 1 (1). 1997.
  • Popper, Karl
    Minerva 1. 1997.
    Popper, Misc
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    Popper, Basic Statements and the Quine-Duhem Thesis
    Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society 9. 2007.
    In this paper I explore Karl Popper’s ‘critical rationalism’, focusing on its presuppositions and implications as a form of realism regarding the nature of scientific truth. I reveal an underlying tension in Popper’s thought pertaining to his account of basic statements and the related question of whether the falsification of a universal theory can ever justifiably be regarded as final or conclusive. I conclude that Popper’s account of basic statements is implicitly conventionalist, and that it …Read more
    ConfirmationThe Observation-Theory DistinctionTheories of Knowledge, Misc
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    Karl Popper
    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.
    Popper, Misc