Curriculum Vitae

                                                                Dr. Gary Jason

 

Addresses and Phone Numbers

  • Office: Department of Philosophy

California State University, Fullerton

P.O. Box 6868

Fullerton, CA 92834-6868

  • Home: 875 Avenida Acapulco

San Clemente, CA 92672

 

Education

  • Ph.D. (1982) in Philosophy (History and Philosophy of Science program), the University of Illinois.
  • M.S. (l986) in Computer Science from Kansas State University. Took additional graduate C.S. courses at University of California, Irvine (1986-7, full-time; 1988-9, part-time).
  • M.A. (1976), Philosophy from the University of Illinois.
  • B.S. (1971), Physics; B.A. (1971), Philosophy, both from UCLA.
  • California Community College Teaching Credential in Philosophy and Religion (valid for life). 
  • California Community College Teaching Credential in Computer Science (valid for life).

 

Academic History

  • Spring 2002-present:  philosophy instructor at Cal State University Fullerton.
  • Fall 1986-1998: Adjunct professor of philosophy at San Diego State University, Saddleback College, and Orange Coast College.
  • Spring l984-Summer l986: Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas.
  • 1979-1994 Lecturer in Philosophy at San Diego State University and Saddleback College.
  • The years l975-l979 were spent teaching at a number of colleges in the Los Angeles area, including Loyola Marymount University, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles Valley College and Los Angeles Trade Tech College.                

             

Honorary Societies

  • Pi Mu Epsilon (the National Mathematics Honorary Fraternity).
  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon (the National Computer Science Honorary Fraternity).
  • The California Scholarship Federation.     

 

 

Professional Memberships       

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (Patron Member);
  • American Association for Artificial Intelligence (Life Member);
  • American Association of Philosophy Teachers (Life Member);
  • American Mathematical Society (Life Member);
  • American Philosophical Association (Life Member);
  • American Physical Society (Life Member);
  • American Society for Information Science and Technology;
  • Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry;
  • Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking;
  • Association for Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness;
  • Psychological Science (Life Member);
  • Association for Symbolic Logic;
  • Association for Computing Machinery;
  • Australasian Association for Philosophy;
  • British Association for the Philosophy of Science;
  • British Philosophical Association (Life Member);
  • British Society for the History of Mathematics;
  • British Society for the History of Science;
  • Canadian Philosophical Association (Life Member);
  • Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics;
  • Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science;
  • Cognitive Neuroscience Society;
  • Cognitive Science Society;
  • Charles S. Peirce Society (Sustaining Member);
  • Hume Society;
  • Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers;
  • History of Economics Society;
  • History of Science Society;
  • Human Behavior and Evolution Society;
  • International Association for Computing and Philosophy;
  • International Society for the Psychology of Science and Technology;
  • International Society for the Study of Argumentation;
  • Israeli Philosophical Society;
  • Mathematical Association of America;
  • Neuroethics Society;
  • New York Academy of Science;
  • Philosophy of Science Society;
  • North American Society for Social Philosophy;
  • Royal Institute of Philosophy;
  • Skeptic Society;
  • Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (Benefactor);
  • Society for Business Ethics;
  • Society for Exact Philosophy;
  • Society for Machines and Mentality;
  • Society for Neuro-economics;
  • Society for Philosophy and Psychology;
  • Society for Philosophy and Technology;
  • Society for the History of Technology;
  • Society for Social Studies of Science.

 

Courses Taught:

  • Anglo-American Philosophy 1900-1950
  • Business Ethics
  • Classics in Western Philosophy
  • Critical Thinking
  • Inductive Logic
  • Introduction to Ethics
  • Introduction to Logic
  • Introduction to Metalogic
  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Symbolic Logic
  • Theory of Knowledge

 

Editorships:

·         (Currently) Contributing Editor for Liberty

·         (Past) Series editor for Jones and Bartlett publishers (series in Logic and Critical Thinking)

 

Publications

·         Books

1.      Critical Thinking: Developing an Effective World-view (2001) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.

2.      Introduction to Logic (1994) Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth Publishing Company) (Preliminary edition, Clear Thinking: An Invitation to Logic published 1992 by Jones & Bartlett Publishers).

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).

5.      Erotetic Logic as a Specification Language for Database Queries (1987) M.S. Thesis, Kansas State University.

  • Academic Articles and Reviews

1.      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.

2.      Review of: R. J. McNally, Remembering Trauma, in Philosophia, vol. 34, Number 4 (2006).

3.      Review of: F. Schauer, Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes, in Academic Questions Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 2004, pp. 80-84.

4.      Review of: F. C. Crews, Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend, in Philosophia, 31:3-4 (2003).

5.      “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.

6.      "Hedging as a Fallacy of Language" Informal Logic (1990).

7.      "The Role of Error in Computer Science" Philosophia (1989).

8.      Review of: R. Turner, Logics for AI, in Philosophia, Vol. 19, No. 1 (1989).

9.      "Fallacies are Common" Informal Logic (1989).

10.   Review of: P. Harmon and D. King, Expert Systems, in Technology and Culture (Jan. 1988).

11.   Review of: D. N. Walton, Logical Dialogue- Games and Fallacies, in Philosophia, Vol. l7, No. 1 (1987).

12.   Review of: M. Schagrin, R. Dipert, and W. Rapaport, Logic: A Computer Approach, in Philosophia , 1987.

13.   Review of: H. Gardner, The Mind's New Science, in Philosophia Vol 17, No. 2, 1987.

14.   "On the Nonexistence of Computer Ethics" Journal of Social Philosophy (1987).

15.   "The Nature of the Argumentum of Baculum" Philosophia, Vol. 17, No. 4 (1987).

16.   “Epistemologies and Apologies" Dialectica, Vol. 40, Fasc.1  (1986).

17.   “Are Fallacies Common?"  Informal Logic, Vol. VIII (1986). Reprinted in: Selected Issues in Logic and Communication, Trudy Grovier (ed.) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1988.

18.   Review of: G. Wood, The Myth of Neurosis, in Chronicles of Culture  (October 1986).

19.   Review of: P. Kitcher, Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism, in California Review  (November 1985).

20.   Review of: D. Johnson and J. Snapper (eds.), Ethical Issues in Computing, in Journal of Social Philosophy (1985).

21.   Review of: A. Grunbaum, The Foundations of Psychoanalysis, in California Review June 1985).

22.   “Two Problems of Induction," Dialectica, Vol. 39, Fasc. 1, (l985).

23.   “Science and Common Sense," Journal for Critical Analysis, Vol.8, No. 4 (1985).

24.   “Using Philosophical Dilemmas to Teach Composition," Teaching English in the Two Year College, Vol. 12, No. 3 (1985).

25.   “Is There a Case for Ad Hominem Arguments?"  in The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 62, No. 2, (l984).

26.   “Dialectic and Desiderata," in Journal for Value Inquiry 18:139 - 144 (1984).

27.   “Roadblocks to Research," in Part-Time Academic Employment in the Humanities (ed. by Elizabeth Wallace) (1984).

28.   “Deontologism and Dialectic," in Journal for Value Inquiry l7:  ll9 - l3l  (l983).

29.   “The Impact of Warfare on the Rate of Invention" (with Professor Greg Brunk), in Scientometrics, Vol. 3, No. 6 (1982), 437-455.

30.   “Notes Toward a Formal Conversation Theory” Grazer Philosophische Studien Vol. 10 (1980).

31.   “Is the Soul - Making Defense Sound?”  Metanoia Vol. XII, No. 1 (1980).

32.   “The Concept of Discovery” Journal for Critical Analysis, Vol. 7, No. 4 (1979).

·        Other Articles and Reviews

1.      “The Ethics of Closed Shops,” in Liberty, January-February 2009, pp. 51- 54.

2.      Review of: Brooks, Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth of Compassionate Conservatism, forthcoming in Liberty.

3.      “A Nation Still at Risk,” in Liberty, December 2008, pp. 33-42.

4.      Review of Dyble, Taming Leviathan: Waging a War of Ideas Around the World, in Liberty, December 2008, pp. 46-7, 50.

5.      “The Rise of the Comic Book Movie, in Liberty, October 2008, pp. 46-47.

6.      “The Ethics of Tort Reform,” in Liberty, June 2008, pp. 23-28,62

7.      Review of: Eco-Freaks: Environmentalism is Hazardous to Your Health, in Liberty, April, 2008, pp. 42-44.

8.      “Where Have all the Techies Gone?” in Liberty, December 2007, pp. 23-26.

9.      “The Market for Body Parts,” in Liberty, October 2007, pp. 33-36.

10.   “The League of Free Nations: A South park Solution to the UN Dilemma,” in The Free Liberal, September 19, 2007.

11.   Review of: J. Greene, Education Myths, in Liberty, June 2007, pp. 41-45.

12.   “Global Warming, Global Stifling,” in Liberty, May 2007, pp. 21-26, 32.

13.   Review of: Stossel, Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity, in Liberty, February 2007, pp. 37-42.

14.   Review of: Malanga, The New, New Left, in The Independent Review (Vol.11, no. 3, Winter 2007, pp. 475-477.

15.   “The Rise of the Compassionate Class” in Liberty, November 2006, pp. 29-37.

16.   Review of Flynn, Intellectual Morons: How Ideology Makes Smart People Fall for Stupid Ideas, in Liberty, September, 2006, pp. 47-49.

17.   Review of: B. Anderson, South Park Conservatives, in Liberty, July 2006, p. 53.

18.   Review of: P. Schweizer, Do As I Say (Not As I Do), in Liberty, April 2006, pp. 49-52.

19.   Review of: R. T. Carroll, The Skeptic’s Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, &  Dangerous Delusions, in Liberty, October 2005, pp. 44-45.

20.   Review of: O. Gersemann, Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths, American Reality, in Liberty, August 2005, pp. 37-41.

21.   Review of: S. Hicks, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, in Liberty, June 2005, pp. 46-50.

22.   Review of: J. Simon, A Life Against the Grain: The Autobiography of an Unconventional Economist, in Liberty September 2004, p. 51.

23.   Review of: R. Damerill, Education’s Smoking Gun, in Chronicles of Culture (March 1987).

24.   Review of: S. R. Licter, S. Rothman, and L. Lichter, The Media Elite, in California Review (October 1987).

25.   Review of: W. A. Donohue, The Politics of the ACLU, in California Review (March 1986).

26.   Review of: M. Dolot, Execution by Hunger: The Hidden Holocaust, in Chronicles of Culture (November 1985).

27.   Review of: D. Burnham, The Rise of The Computer State, in California Review (June 1985).

28.   Review of: J. T. Johnson, Can Modern War Be Just?, in Chronicles of Culture (June 1985).

29.   Review of: S. Mosher, Broken Earth: The Rural Chinese, in Publick Occurrences (March 1985).

30.   Review of: P. Hollander, Political Pilgrims, in California Review (October 1984).

31.   “An Idea Whose Time Has Passed” in Contemporary Education Vol. LV, No. 3 (1984).

32.   Review of: G. Nash, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945, in California Review (October 1984).

33.   Review of: J. H. Westerhoff, McGuffey and His Readers, in California Review (June 1984).

34.   “Should Foreign Language Study be Considered Basic?" Contemporary Education, Vol. 54, No. 1 (1982).

 

·        Op/Ed and Other Short Commentary Pieces

1.      “Bad Beat,” in Liberty, January-February 2009, pp. 15-16.

2.      “Federal Emergency Management,” in Liberty, January-February 2009, p. 70.

3.      “Democrats Don’t Need to Kill Talk Radio,” in The Orange County Register, December 15, 2008.

4.      “Billionaires Behaving Badly,” in Liberty, December 2008, p. 10.

5.      “Continuing Education Follies,” in Liberty, December 2008, p. 18.

6.      “Good for Gander, Poison for Goose,” in Liberty, December 2008, pp. 19-20.

7.      “Why Feed the Bear?” in Liberty, November 2008, pp. 10-11.

8.      “Waste Line,” in Liberty, November 2008, p. 14.