Academic Publications

Academic Books

  1. Critical Thinking: Developing an Effective World-view (2001) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company. LINK
  2. Introduction to Logic (1994) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company) (Preliminary edition, Clear Thinking: An Invitation to Logic published 1992 by Jones & Bartlett Publishers). LINK
  3. Student Study Guide for Introduction to Logic (1994) Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers (title now owned by Wadsworth Publishing Company).
  4. The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1988) Bern: Peter Lang Pub. Co. (American University Studies: Series 5, Philosophy Vol. 46). LINK
  5. Erotetic Logic as a Specification Language for Database Queries (1987) M.S. Thesis, Kansas State University.

Academic Articles and Reviews

  1. “Does Virtue Epistemology Provide a Better Account of the Ad Hominem Argument? A Reply to Christopher Johnson,” in Philosophy, Vol. 86, Issue 01, pp. 95-119. LINK
  2. Review of: H. Johns and P. Ormerod, Happiness, Economics, and Public Policy, in Independent Review, Vol. 14, No. 3, Winter 2010, pp. 458-460. LINK
  3. Review essay: “Whence this Libertarian View of Life?” book reviewed: C. Duncan and T. Machan, Libertarianism: For and Against, in Liberty, January-February 2008, pp. 54-60. LINK
  4. Review of: R. J. McNally, Remembering Trauma, in Philosophia, vol. 34, Number 4 (2006). LINK
  5. Review of: F. Schauer, Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes, in Academic Questions Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 2004, pp. 80-84. LINK
  6. Review of: F. C. Crews, Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend, in Philosophia, 31:3-4 (2003). LINK
  7. “Patent Statistics and Social Science Research,” (with Professor Greg Brunk) in Stuart S.Nagel, ed. Creativity: Being Usefully Innovative in Solving Diverse Problems, Huntington: Nova Science Publishers (2000): pp. 13-26.
  8. “Hedging as a Fallacy of Language” Informal Logic (1990). LINK
  9. “The Role of Error in Computer Science” Philosophia (1989). LINK
  10. Review of: R. Turner, Logics for AI, in Philosophia, Vol. 19, No. 1 (1989).
  11. “Fallacies are Common” Informal Logic (1989). LINK
  12. Review of: P. Harmon and D. King, Expert Systems, in Technology and Culture (Jan. 1988). LINK
  13. Review of: D. N. Walton, Logical Dialogue- Games and Fallacies, in Philosophia, Vol. l7, No. 1 (1987).
  14. Review of: M. Schagrin, R. Dipert, and W. Rapaport, Logic: A Computer Approach, in Philosophia , 1987. LINK
  15. Review of: H. Gardner, The Mind’s New Science, in Philosophia Vol 17, No. 2, 1987. LINK
  16. “On the Nonexistence of Computer Ethics” Journal of Social Philosophy (1987). LINK
  17. “The Nature of the Argumentum of Baculum” Philosophia, Vol. 17, No. 4 (1987). LINK
  18. “Epistemologies and Apologies” Dialectica, Vol. 40, Fasc.1 (1986).
  19. “Are Fallacies Common? A Look at Two Debates” Informal Logic, Vol. VIII (1986). Reprinted in: Selected Issues in Logic and Communication, Trudy Grovier (ed.) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1988. LINK
  20. Review of: G. Wood, The Myth of Neurosis, in Chronicles of Culture (October 1986).
  21. Review of: P. Kitcher, Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism, in California Review (November 1985).
  22. Review of: D. Johnson and J. Snapper (eds.), Ethical Issues in Computing, in Journal of Social Philosophy (1985).
  23. Review of: J. T. Johnson, Can Modern War Be Just?, in Chronicles of Culture (June 1985).
  24. Review of: A. Grunbaum, The Foundations of Psychoanalysis, in California Review June 1985).
  25. “Two Problems of Induction,” Dialectica, Vol. 39, Fasc. 1, (l985).
  26. “Science and Common Sense,” Journal for Critical Analysis, Vol.8, No. 4 (1985). LINK
  27. “Using Philosophical Dilemmas to Teach Composition,” Teaching English in the Two Year College, Vol. 12, No. 3 (1985).
  28. “Is There a Case for Ad Hominem Arguments?” in The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 62, No. 2, (l984). LINK
  29. “Dialectic and Desiderata,” in Journal for Value Inquiry 18:139 – 144 (1984). LINK
  30. “Roadblocks to Research,” in Part-Time Academic Employment in the Humanities (ed. by Elizabeth Wallace) (1984).
  31. “Deontologism and Dialectic,” in Journal for Value Inquiry l7: ll9 – l3l (l983). LINK
  32. “The Impact of Warfare on the Rate of Invention” (with Professor Greg Brunk), in Scientometrics, Vol. 3, No. 6 (1982), 437-455.
  33. “Notes toward a Formal Conversation Theory” Grazer Philosophische Studien Vol. 10 (1980).
  34. “Is the Soul – Making Defense Sound?” Metanoia Vol. XII, No. 1 (1980).
  35. “The Concept of Discovery” Journal for Critical Analysis, Vol. 7, No. 4 (1979).

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