Publications in Philosophy

Books:
Of Two Minds:  The Nature of Inquiry (1998), State University of New York Press.
      [abstract] [Contents] [Introduction] [ordering information]
Articles:
"Systems Theory and Evolutionary Models of the Development of Science," Philosophy of Science 38 (1971): 178-199.[abstract]

"Realism and Idealism in Peirce's Categories," Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society VIII (1972): 199-213. [abstract]

"Progressive and Conservative Energy Models in Psychoanalytical Interpretations of Culture," The Philosophical Forum VI (1974): 166-191. [abstract]

"Metaphysics and Material Necessity," The New Scholasticism XLIX (1975): 16-31. [abstract]

"History and Nature in Collingwood's Dialectic," Idealistic Studies VI (1976): 49-61. [abstract]

"Discovery as Correction," Synthese 71 (1987): 235-321. [abstract]

"Discovery and Ampliative Inference", Philosophy of Science 56 (1989): 438-462. [abstract]

"Discovery and Dialectic", Idealistic Studies XXI (1991): 1-28. [abstract]

"Unarticulated Meaning", Erkenntnis 40 (1994): 43-70. [abstract]

"Elimination, Correction, and Popper's Evolutionary Epistemology," International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 9 (1995): 5-17. [abstract]

"Platonic 'True Belief' and the Paradox of Inquiry," The Southern Journal of Philosophy XXXIII (1995): 403-429. [abstract]

"Ampliative Abduction," International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 10 (1996): 141-157. [abstract]

"Analog Representation beyond Mental Imagery," The Journal of Philosophy XCIV (1997): 55-84. [abstract]

"Reciprocal Justification in Science and Moral Theory," Synthese 110 (1997): 447-468. [abstract]

"The Dialogue of the Soul with Itself," Journal of Consciousness Studies 4 (1997): 485- 508. [abstract]

"Knowledge vs. Inquiry: Comment on Brendan Larvor's Criticism of Hegel's Philosophy of Mathematics," The Owl of Minerva 31:1 (Fall 1999): 45-52. [abstract]

"Monotheism and the Spirituality of Reason," Zygon 37:2 (June 2002): 507-37. [abstract]

"The Beginning and End of Negative Morality: An Evolutionary Perspective," The Philosophical Forum 39 (2008): 21-51. [abstract]

"How Science Textbooks Treat Scientific Method: A Philosopher's Perspective," The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (forthcoming) [abstract]





Publications in Other Areas

Travel:
"Classical Greece Off-Season": New York Times; 27 February 1983.

"Rome's Remnants of Empire" [North Africa]: New York Times; 4 December 1983.

"Journey East from Ankara": New York Times; 6 November 1988.

"A Tour of the Ancient World in Syria": New York Times; 4 March 1990.

Early New England Gravestone Carving:

NOTE: All of the material in the following 10 essays was expanded and included in From Slate to Marble, listed last.
"The Gravestone Carving Traditions of Plymouth and Cape Cod," Markers XV (1998): 38-203. (The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies). [abstract]
"Three More Members of the Soule Family of Stonecutters," AGS Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies (1999) 23:3; 3-6.[abstract]
"William Coye: Father of the Plymouth Carving Tradition." In collaboration with Vincent F. Luti on Coye's origin and work in Rhode Island. Markers XVII (2000): 32-107. (The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies).[abstract]
"Savery's Apprentices (Probably) Identified," AGS Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies (2000) 24:3; 5-10, 28.[abstract]
"The Carvers of Kingston, Massachusetts." Markers XVIII (2001): 70-145. (The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies).[abstract]
"Early 19th-Century Boston Stonecutters. Part I: The Geyer Workshop." AGS Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies (2001) 25:4; 4-7, 25-6.[abstract]
"Early 19th-Century Boston Stonecutters. Part II: Samuel White, Jr." AGS Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies (2002) 26:2; 7-9, 25-7.[abstract]
"Early 19th-Century Boston Stonecutters. Part III: William Bennett." AGS Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies (2002) 26:4 (forthcoming).[abstract]
"The Origins of Marble Carving on Cape Cod. Part I: William Sturgis and Family." Markers XIX (2002): 64-173. (The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies).[abstract]
"The Origins of Marble Carving on Cape Cod. Part II: The Orleans and Sandwich Carvers." Markers XxX (2003): forthcoming. (The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies).[abstract]
From Slate to Marble: Gravestone Carving Traditions in Eastern Massachusetts: 1770-1870,
Graver Press, 2006. (ISBN: 978-9772031-0-9) [abstract]
see Graver Press website for a complete description and samples. [Graver Press]