Research Interests
⛬ The relationship between Pragmatism and Embodied Cognitive Science in the ongoing “pragmatic turn.”
⛬ Exposition and application of pragmatic philosophy to Philosophy of Cognitive Science
⛬ Cognitive approaches to the Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Logic
⛬ Organismal and systems-level approaches to reassessing concepts in A.I. and Philosophy of Mind, e.g. consciousness, free will, ontology, agency
⛬ The relationship between Pragmatism and Embodied Cognitive Science in the ongoing “pragmatic turn.”
⛬ Exposition and application of pragmatic philosophy to Philosophy of Cognitive Science
⛬ Cognitive approaches to the Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Logic
⛬ Organismal and systems-level approaches to reassessing concepts in A.I. and Philosophy of Mind, e.g. consciousness, free will, ontology, agency
Current Projects
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Except for Truth: The Pragmatist Epistemology of Karl Popper” (paper)
“Popper’s Philosophy of Language” (paper)
“Free Will Quietism: Setting Aside the Traditional Debate in Favor of a New Discussion” (paper)
“An Organismal and Systems-Level Approach to Choices and Responsibility” (paper)
“Value Frames & the godlike Position: Another Look at Machine Metaethics” (paper)
MONOGRAPHS IN PREPARATION (ONGOING)
“The Nature of Human Truths: A Theory for the Cognitive Domain”
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
“Except for Truth: The Pragmatist Epistemology of Karl Popper” (paper)
“Popper’s Philosophy of Language” (paper)
- Outlines the approach to language, meaning, definitions, linguistic analysis, and linguistic disputes enunciated by Sir Karl Popper (1902-1994), with an emphasis on the differences between Popper and the positivists.
“Free Will Quietism: Setting Aside the Traditional Debate in Favor of a New Discussion” (paper)
“An Organismal and Systems-Level Approach to Choices and Responsibility” (paper)
“Value Frames & the godlike Position: Another Look at Machine Metaethics” (paper)
MONOGRAPHS IN PREPARATION (ONGOING)
“The Nature of Human Truths: A Theory for the Cognitive Domain”
- This volume introduces the Pragmatism of F.C.S. Schiller (I), with chapters on his approach to metaphysics (II) and truth (III), and then offers a chapter that answers common objections to the pragmatic theory of truth (IV).
- A relatively brief treatise on the traditional problem of free will versus determinism that compiles a new approach to concepts such as free will, determinism, choice, causation, and responsibility, taking an approach rooted in choices at the organismal and systems level.
- This volume is a commentary on an early essay of Nietzsche entitled On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense (1873) through the lens of embodied cognitive science, bringing to bear current research and drawing out prescient philosophical themes.
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