Research Interests
⛬ The relationship between Pragmatism and Embodied Cognitive Science
⛬ Pragmatism (especially the works of FCS Schiller and William James)
⛬ Cognitive Science as motivated by perennial existential questions of humanity, value, and meaning
⛬ The relationship between Pragmatism and Embodied Cognitive Science
⛬ Pragmatism (especially the works of FCS Schiller and William James)
⛬ Cognitive Science as motivated by perennial existential questions of humanity, value, and meaning
Current Projects
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Schiller’s Philosophy of Language” (paper)
“Schiller’s Philosophy of Logic and Science” (paper)
“Between Naturalism and its Opposite: Schiller’s Scientific Metaphysics” (paper)
“Popper’s (Almost) Pragmatic Epistemology” (paper)
MONOGRAPHS IN PREPARATION (ONGOING)
“The Nature of Human Truths: The Pragmatism of FCS Schiller”
“On the Back of a Tiger: Nietzsche’s Cognitive Philosophy”
“Language, Truth, and Logic: Ayer and Schiller in Comparison”
INTRODUCTORY TEXTBOOKS IN PREPARATION (CURRENT)
“Logic – An Introduction to Categorical and Propositional Reasoning”
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
New edition of “Formal Logic” (1912) by F.C.S. Schiller, with an introduction and notes
New edition of “Logic for Use” (1929) by F.C.S. Schiller, with an introduction and notes
New edition of “On Nature” (1874) by J.S. Mill, with an introduction and notes
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Schiller’s Philosophy of Language” (paper)
“Schiller’s Philosophy of Logic and Science” (paper)
“Between Naturalism and its Opposite: Schiller’s Scientific Metaphysics” (paper)
“Popper’s (Almost) Pragmatic Epistemology” (paper)
MONOGRAPHS IN PREPARATION (ONGOING)
“The Nature of Human Truths: The Pragmatism of FCS Schiller”
“On the Back of a Tiger: Nietzsche’s Cognitive Philosophy”
“Language, Truth, and Logic: Ayer and Schiller in Comparison”
INTRODUCTORY TEXTBOOKS IN PREPARATION (CURRENT)
“Logic – An Introduction to Categorical and Propositional Reasoning”
- This project arose from the introductory Logic courses I teach and the apparent need for a beginning Logic textbook that covers classical categorical logic (e.g. categoricals, syllogisms, Venn diagrams), as well as symbolic logic (e.g. propositions, translation, truth tables) without needing a massive and costly tome. Accessibility for working students, philosophers and non-philosphers alike, is a central motivation for producing this volume. My goals are to remove as many barriers to learning Logic due to archaic language and overall cost as possible.
- The title of this project comes from a poster presentation I gave at a special AAPT Teaching Hub session at the APA Eastern Division conference in 2022. My thesis during that session was that metaethics, particularly cross-cultural metaethics, if not lacking altogether from introductory ethics courses (and textbooks), is presented briefly and only after the traditional Western moral theories (Deontology, Consequentialism, and Virtue Ethics) have been studied in depth. “First things first” refers to my proposal of teaching metaethics (including cross-cultural metaethics) first, prior to any discussion of normative ethics, in effort to avoid the tendency toward narrow and Western-centric views in the study of ethics, as well as the theoretical rigidity that commonly overtakes students studying traditional moral theories in an academic setting for the first time. Thus, in this text, I will present Ethics in three units: (1) Metaethics, (2) Normative Ethics, (3) Applied Ethics – and in that order. The “first things first” model of introducing ethics is meant to encourage the beginning student of ethics to embrace the inherent complexity of moral reasoning and decision-making, and to understand that such reasoning is not ubiquitous across cultures, and certainly is not distinctly Western. Once again, accessibility for working students in terms of language and overall cost is a significant motivation behind producing this volume.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
New edition of “Formal Logic” (1912) by F.C.S. Schiller, with an introduction and notes
New edition of “Logic for Use” (1929) by F.C.S. Schiller, with an introduction and notes
New edition of “On Nature” (1874) by J.S. Mill, with an introduction and notes