Publications in Philosophy
Books:
Of Two Minds: The Nature of Inquiry (1998), State University of New York
Press.
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Essential Difference: Toward a Metaphysics of Emergence (2012), State University of New York Press.
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Articles:
"Systems Theory and Evolutionary Models of the Development of Science," Philosophy of
Science 38 (1971): 178199.[abstract]
"Realism and Idealism in Peirce's Categories," Transactions of the
Charles S. Peirce Society
8 (1972): 199213.
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"Progressive and Conservative Energy Models in Psychoanalytical Interpretations of Culture,"
The Philosophical Forum 6 (1974): 166191.
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"Metaphysics and Material Necessity," The New Scholasticism 49 (1975): 1631.
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"History and Nature in Collingwood's Dialectic," Idealistic Studies 6 (1976): 4961.
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"Discovery as Correction," Synthese 71 (1987): 235321.
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"Discovery and Ampliative Inference", Philosophy of Science 56 (1989): 438462.
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"Discovery and Dialectic", Idealistic Studies 21 21 (1991): 128.
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"Unarticulated Meaning", Erkenntnis 40 (1994): 4370.
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"Elimination, Correction, and Popper's Evolutionary Epistemology," International Studies in the
Philosophy of Science 9 (1995): 517.
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"Platonic 'True Belief' and the Paradox of Inquiry," The Southern Journal of Philosophy 33 (1995): 403429. [abstract]
"Ampliative Abduction," International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 10 (1996):
141157. [abstract]
"Analog Representation beyond Mental Imagery," The Journal of Philosophy 94
(1997): 5584. [abstract]
"Reciprocal Justification in Science and Moral Theory," Synthese 110 (1997): 447468.
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"The Dialogue of the Soul with Itself," Journal of Consciousness Studies 4 (1997): 485508. [abstract]
"Knowledge vs. Inquiry: Comment on Brendan Larvor's Criticism of Hegel's
Philosophy of Mathematics," The Owl of Minerva 31:1 (Fall 1999):
4552. [abstract]
"Monotheism and the Spirituality of Reason," Zygon 37:2 (June 2002): 50737.
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"The Beginning and End of Negative Morality: An Evolutionary Perspective," The Philosophical Forum 39 (2008): 2151.
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"How Science Textbooks Treat Scientific Method: A Philosopher's Perspective," The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 60:2 (June 2009): 303344.
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"The Incompletability of Metaphysics," Idealistic Studies 40:3 (2011): 25773.
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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):
38203. (The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies).
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"Three More Members of the Soule Family of Stonecutters," AGS
Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies
(1999) 23:3;
36.[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): 32107. (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; 510, 28.[abstract]
"The Carvers of Kingston, Massachusetts." Markers
XVIII
(2001): 70145. (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; 47, 256.[abstract]
"Early 19th Century Boston Stonecutters. Part II: Samuel White, Jr." AGS
Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies
(2002) 26:2; 79, 257.[abstract]
"Early 19th Century Boston Stonecutters.
Part III: William Bennett." AGS
Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies
(2002) 26:4; 710, 2527.[abstract]
"The Origins of Marble Carving on Cape Cod. Part I: William Sturgis and
Family." Markers XIX (2002): 64173. (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 XX (2003): 196279. (The Annual
Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies).[abstract]
From Slate to Marble: Gravestone Carving Traditions in Eastern Massachusetts: 17701870,
Graver Press, 2006. (ISBN: 978 9772031 0 9) [abstract]
see Graver Press website for a complete description and samples. [Graver Press]