SUMMARY RESUMÉ
WILLIAM ANDREW ROTTSCHAEFER
June 2024
Education:
Ph. D. Boston University, 1/22/73. Dissertion: "Ordinary Knowledge in the Scientific Realism of Wilfrid Sellars."
M.S. (Physics) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2/15/69.
S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) St. Louis University, 2/6/66.
M.A. St. Louis University, 7/29/60. Thesis: "The Object of the Intellect in St. Thomas' Commentary on Peter Lombard's Book of the Sentences."
B.A. Philosophy and Letters, St. Louis University, 6/4/57 (Cum laude).
Career Summary:
Adjunct Faculty Member, Philosophy, Lewis and Clark Colllege, Fall, 2003-2018
Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, Fall, 2003 -
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1996-99.
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1993-94.
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1986-88.
Professor of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, Fall, 1985 -2003
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, Academic Year 1984-85.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1979-1985.
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1978-1981.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1975-1979.
Tutor in Philosophy, State University of New York, Empire State College, North Country Division, Spring, 1975.
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, 1973-1975.
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Oswego, 1972-1973.
Teaching Fellow, Boston University, 1971-1972.
Teaching Assistant, Boston University, 1969-1970.
Lecturer, St. Louis University, Spring, 1969.
Instructor, Chaplain Kapaun Memorial High School, Wichita, Kansas, 1958-1961.
Areas of Specialization:
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Religion
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Current Research Areas:
Science and Values
Biological and Psychological Bases of Morality
Philosophical Issues in Evolutionary Psychology and Cultural Evolution
Philosophical Issues in Cognitive Behavioral Psychology
Comparisons of the Epistemic Structures of Scientific and Religious Cognition
Current Memberships:
1. Philosophy of Science Association, 1969 -
2. American Philosophical Association, 1971 -
3. Institute for Religion in an Age of Science, 1977-
4. International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Study of Biology (Charter Member), 1989 –
5. British Society for the Philosophy of Science, 2002-
6. Friends of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Society, 2009-
Past Memberships
7. The Center for Theology & the Natural Sciences
8. American Academy of Religion
9. Oregon Academy of Science (History and Philosophy of Science Section)
10. Society for Philosophy and Psychology
11. The Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
12. Association for Moral Education-
13. Experimental Philosophy Society
Publications
Book
Biologie Psicologia dell’ Azione Morale Milano: McGraw-Hill Libri Italia srl, 2000 (Italian language translation of The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998)
The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Book Chapters
“Scientific Naturalistic Ethics: Weird Science and Pseudo-Ethics?” In. Paul Kurtz (ed.) Science and Ethics: Can Science Help Us Make Wise Moral Judgments? Amherst, NY: Prometheus Press, 2007, pp. 285-305.
“The Benumbing Moral Indifference of the Wealthy: What Does it Take to Motivate the Fulfillment of a Minimal Norm of Economic Justice?” in eds. Oscar Vilarroya and Francesc Fron I Argimon Social Brain Matters: Stances on the Neurobiology of Social Cognition (Amsterdam: Rodopi. 2007), pp. 131-139.
“Is Analytic Philosophy of Science Any Help to Science? The Case of Peter Achinstein’s Book of Evidence.” In Payne, W. Russ (ed.) Northwest Topics: Proceedings of the 56th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy (Seattle Washington: Bellevue Community College, 2007, pp. 49-68.
"Naturalizing Moral Agency: A Critical Review of Some Recent Works on the Biological and Psychological Bases of Human Morality" in Robert Frey, (ed.) The Genocidal Temptation: Auschwitz, Hiroshama, Rwanda and Beyond. Dallas: University Press of America, 2004, 155-71. (Originally published in Bridges Volume. 4 (3/4) Fall/Winter, (1997), 229-250.
“The Transfiguration of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson’s Consilient Enlightenment Catechism in Ed. William P. Frost, Exploring E. O. Wilson’s Consilience. Dayton Ohio: College Press, 2000, 97-104. (Originally published as “The Transformation of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Cathechism." Explorations, (Fall, 1999) Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 5-13.)
"It Was a Pleasure, but That's not Why I Did it: Are Sober and Wilson Too Generous Toward Their Selfish Brethren?". in Leonard D. Katz, Editor, Evolutionary Origins of Morality: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives Imprint Academic, 2000, pp. 239-43. Also published in Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 7, No. 1/2, 2000, pp. 239-43
"Science and Religion: A Comparison of Ways of Knowing," Science and Religion Course Program. Philadelphia: The John Templeton Foundation, 1996.
"Really Taking Darwin Seriously: An Alternative to Michael Ruse's Darwinian Metaethics," (with David Martinsen) in (Ed.) Paul Thompson, Issues in Evolutionary Ethics, (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1995), pp. 375-408. (Previously published in Biology and Philosophy)
"Wilfrid Sellars on the Nature of Thought," in Naturalistic Epistemology: A Symposium of Two Decades, Eds. A. Shimony and D. Nails (Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel) 1987, pp. 145-161 (Invited).
"Ordinary Knowledge and Scientific Realism," The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars: Queries and Extensions, Ed. by J. C. Pitt. (Dordrect, Holland: Reidel Publishing Co., 1978), pp.135-161.
Articles
"What Memory is NOT" (with J.M. Fritzman) Wiley Cognitive Science Wire (2021) DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1584 Volume 11, Issue 1, January/Febbruary, e1584
"Affording Affordance Moral Realism". Biological Theory (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-020-00361-8.
“How Otto did not Extend His Mind, but Might Have: Dynamic Systems Theory and Social Cultural Group Selection”. Cognitive Systems Research 45 (2017) 124-144.
“Schellenberg’s evolutionary religion: how evolutionary and how religious?,” Religious Studies FirstView Article/ July 2016, pp. 1-22.
Religious Studies. 52 (4), December, 2016, 475-96. FirstView Article/ July 2016, pp. 1-22. DOI 10.1017/S003441251160000111,
Publishedonline: 14 July 2016.
“Is the Science of Positive Intentional Change a Science of Objective Moral Values?.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2014) 37, 435-436.
“Responsibly Abandoning Moral Responsibility: A Critical Review of Bruce Waller’s Against Moral Responsibility,” Behavior and Philosophy (2013) 41. 1-26.
“The Moral Realism of Pragmatic Naturalism,” Analyze und Critik: Zeitschrift fur Sozialtheorie 34, #1, (2012), pp. 141-156.
“The Middle Does not Hold; Why it’s Always Better to be Right with the Right Wing Sellarsians,” Journal of Philosophical Research 36, 2011, pp.361-70.
“Why Sellars is Right (and Right-Wing): Thinking with O’Shea on Sellars, Norms and Nature,” Journal of Philosophical Research 36, 2011 pp. 291-326.
“Moral Agency and Moral Learning: Transforming Metaethics from a First to a Second Philosophy Enterprise,” Behavior and Philosophy 27, 2009, pp. 195-216.
“Biological and Physical-Chemical Explanations in Experimental Biology,” Theoretical Biology 3 (4). 2008, 1-11.
“Mythic Religious Naturalism: A Naturalistic Critique of Loyal Rue’s Religion is not about God,” Zygon, Volume,42, #2, June, 2007 pp. 369-408.
“The New Scientific Naturalistic Metaethics: A Critical Review,” Bridges, 13, Spring/Summer, 2006, pp. 125-140.
“Religion’s Evolutionary Landscape Needs Pruning with Ockham’s Razor” Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 27, #6, December 2004, pp.447-48.
“Naturalizing or Demythologizing Scientific Inquiry: Kitcher’s Science, Truth and Democracy,” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 34, (2003), pp. 408-22.
“Assessing the Role of Non-Epistemic Feminist Values in Scientific Inquiry,” Behavior and Philosophy 31, (2003), pp. 225-249.
“Philosophy: The Chaperone for Theology?” ” Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History and Science 10 (2003), pp.85-110.
“Selection Explanations and the Scientific Naturalization of Ethics,” Scandanavian Journal of Cross Cultural Ethics and Value Study (On line Journal: www.nla.no/jvh/sjoccevs.html) Volume 1, 2002.
“Developmental Systems Theory and the Acquisition of Conscience,” Theorie in Biowissenschaften/Bioscience Theory121, (2002), pp. 175-203.
“Searching for a Scientific Understanding of the Origins and Development of Morality: A Critical Review of Some Recent Works on the Biological and Psychological Bases of Moral Agency” ” Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History and Science. 8 (3/4) Fall/Winter 2001, 279-93.
“No Messages without A Sender: A Critique of Holmes’ Rolston’s Information-Based Argument for the Existence of God, ” Philo, 4 (1), 2001, 37-52.
“Discerning the Limits of Religious Naturalism,” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (2001), 467-476.
“How to Make Naturalism Safe for Supernaturalism: An Evaluation of Willem Drees’ Supernaturalistic Naturalism” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (2001), 407-454.
"What can History Tell Us about Founding Ethics on Biology?" Biology and Philosophy, 16 (2001), 133-44.
“The Scientific Naturalization of Ethics” Philosophy of Science Association, Vancouver, BC, November 2-5, 2000. Electronic Publication, www. http://scistudies. umkc.edu/psa2k.
"Moral Learning and Moral Realism: How Empirical Psychology Illuminates Issues in Moral Ontology," Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy. Electronic Publication, 2000, www.bu.edu/WCP
"Naturalizing Ethics: The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency," Zygon, (June, 2000) 35, pp.253-286.
"It Was a Pleasure, but That's not Why I Did it: Are Sober and Wilson Too Generous Toward Their Selfish Brethren?" Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 7, No. 1/2,2000, pp. 239-43.
"The Transformation of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Catechism." Explorations, (Fall, 1999) Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 5-13.
"Moral Learning and Moral Realism: How Empirical Psychology Illuminates Issues in Moral Ontology," Behavior and Philosophy, 27, 19-49 (1999).
"The Transfiguration of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Catechism." Electronic Publication, Meta. <http://www.meta-list.org>) April 18, 1999
"The Imago Dei of Neurotheology: Reflections of Culturally-Based Religous Commitments or of Evolutionarily-Based Neuroscientic Theories?" (Zygon, (1999), 34, 57-64.
"Road Runner and the Bunch of Carrots: Some Teleological Implications of the Theory of Natural Selection," Bridges Vol. IV (1/2), Spring/Summer, (1997), 63-102.
"Evolutionary Ethics: An Irresistible Temptation: Some Reflections on Paul Farber's The Temptation of Evolutionary Ethics." Biology and Philosophy 12 (1997), 369-84.
"Naturalizing Moral Agency: A Critical Review of Some Recent Works on the Biological and Psychological Bases of Human Morality" Bridges Vol. 4 (3/4) Fall/Winter, (1997), 229-250.
"Adaptational Functional Ascriptions in Evolutionary Biology: A Critique of Schaffner's Views", Philosophy of Science 64 (December, 1997), 698-713.
"Perspectives on How to Measure the Field," Science and Spirit, 7 (1996), p. 11.
"The Interaction Between Science and Theology: An Assessment of Polkinghorne's Amiable Interactionism," Explorations, 13 (1995), pp. 5-18.
"Scientific Naturalistic Philosophy and Gustafson's Theocentrism: A Marriage Made in Heaven?," Zygon, 30 (1995), pp. 211-220.
"B. F. Skinner and the Grand Inquisitor," Zygon, 30 (1995), pp.407-434
"What if the Universe is Fine-Tuned for Life," Explorations, 11 (1993), 45-62.
"Evolutionary Naturalistic Justifications of Morality: A Matter of Faith and Works," Biology and Philosophy, 6 (1991), 341-49.
"Some Philosophical Implications of Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory of Human Agency," American Psychologist, 46 (1991), 153-55.
"Philosophical and Religious Implications of Cognitive Social Learning Theories of Personality," Zygon, 26 (1991), 137-48.
"Social Learning Theories of Moral Agency," Behavior and Philosophy, 19 (1991), 61-76.
"The Insufficiency of Supervenient Explanations of Moral Actions: Really Taking Darwin and the Naturalistic Fallacy Seriously," Biology and Philosophy, 6 (1991), 439-445. (coauthor, David Martinsen)
44. "A Course in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics from a Naturalistic Perspective," Teaching Philosophy, 14 (1991), 375-88. (coauthor, Robert Owens)
"Biology, Psychology and Values," Science and Religion News, 2/3 (1991), 11.
"Creation and Evolution: Some Epistemological Criteria for an Integration," Explorations , 8 (1990), pp. 29-42.
"Really Taking Darwin Seriously: An Alternative to Michael Ruse's Darwinian Metaethics," Biology and Philosophy, 5 (1990), pp. 149-174. (coauthor, David Martinsen)
"The Ghost of the Given: A Case for Epistemological Ghostbusters or Ghostlovers?," Bridges, l (1989), pp. 59-82.
"The New Interactionism Between Science & Religion," Religious Studies Review, 4 (1988), pp. 218-225.
"Roger Sperry's Sciences of Values," The Journal of Mind & Behavior, (1987), pp. 23-35.
"Science, the Transformer of Theology: A Response to Murphy," The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 6 (1986), 18-19.
"Learning to be a Moral Agent," Personalist Forum, 2 (1986), pp. 122-142.
"Singer, Sociobiology, and Values: Pure Reason versus Empirical Reason," Zygon, 17 (1984), 159-170. (coauthor, David Martinsen) (Reprinted in summary form in Dialogo Filosof 2 (1986), 145-147).
"Evading Conceptual Self-Annihilation: Some Implications of Albert Bandura's Theory of the Self-System for Folk Psychology," New Ideas in Psychology, 2 (1985), 265-282.
"Religious Cognition as Interpreted Experience: An Examination of Ian Barbour's Comparison of the Epistemic Structures of Science and Religion," Zygon, 20 (1985), 265-282.
"Sociobiology, Religion & Values: The Case of E.O. Wilson," Explorations, 4 (1985), 39-57.
"The Limitations of Ethical Theory," Zygon, 18 (1983), 185-187.
"Automatically Good or Autonomously Good," Contemporary Philosophy, IX, No. 10, June 1983, 19-20.
"Sociobiology: Another Blow to Freedom?," in Sweet Reason, II, Oregon Essays, "How Human a Yardstick?," Oregon Committee for the Humanities, (1983), 63-69.
"Operant Learning and the Scientific and Philosophical Foundations of Behavior Therapy," Behaviorism, 11 (1983), 155-162.
"The Psychological Foundations of Value Theory: B.F. Skinner's Science of Values," Zygon, 17 (1982), #3, 293-301.
"Is There a Values Expert in the House?," Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophical Research and Analysis, 12 (1982), 11-15.
"Ultimate Reality," Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophical Research and Analysis, 12 (1982), 18.
"Verbal Behaviorism and Theoretical Mentalism: An Assessment of the Marras-Sellars Dialogue," Philosophy Research Archives, IX (1982), 511-534.
"Fulmer's Skinner and Skinner's Values," The Journal of Value Inquiry, 14 (1980), 55-63.
"Skinner's Science of Values," Behaviorism, 8 (1980), 99-112.
"A Social Learning Theory Perspective on Human Freedom," Behaviorism, 7 (1979), 17-22. (coauthor, William Knowlton)
"The Cognitive Characteristics of Belief Systems," American Psychologist, 33 (1978), 89-92.
"Observation: Theory-Laden, Theory-Neutral or Theory-Free?," Southern Journal of Philosophy, XIV (1976), 499-509.
"Wilfrid Sellars and the Demise of the Manifest Image," Modern Schoolman, LIII (1976), 398-404.
"Believing is Seeing--Sometimes," New Scholasticism, XLIX (1975), 503-509.
Book Reviews
Review of Peter Olen’s Wilfrid Sellars and the Foundations of Normativity. Journal of the History of Philosophy 55:4 October, (2017), pp. 745-46.
Review of James O'Shea's Sellars and his Legacy, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Published on line 10.17.16
“Neither to the Left nor to the Right: Steering Sellars through the Norm-Nature Narrows: A Review of James O’Shea’s Wilfrid Sellars” Teaching Philosophy, 32:1, March, 2009, pp. 96-102.
“Review of Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology,” Edited by Giovanni Boniolo and Gabriele De Anna, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 29 (2007), pp. 249-250.
“The Roots of Moral Agency: Review of Martin Hoffman’s Empathy and Moral Development: Implications for Caring and Justice,” Journal of Moral Education 33, (2004), 385-87.
"How Selfish are We Really?: A Review of Elliott Sober's and David Sloan Wilson's Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Altruistic Behavior," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, Volume 19, #2, 2000, 21-5.
"Emotions and A Lot More Wonderful Things: A Review of Paul E. Griffiths' What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological Categories." Bridges, (1998), 5, 274-283.
"Is Science Epistemically Dependent on Religious Knowledge?: A Book Review Essay of Langdon Gilkey's Nature, Reality and the Sacred: The Nexus of Science and Religion," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 15 (1995), pp. 7-14.
"Review of John Polkinghorne's Reason and Reality: The Relationship between Science and Theology," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 12 (1992), 16-19.
Review of John Leslie's Universes: Canadian Philosophical Reviews/Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, XI (1991), 204-207.
"Review of Portraits of Creation: Biblical and Scientific Perspectives on the World's Formation," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 11 (1991), 12-14.
"Review of Fredrick Ferre's Philosophy of Technology," Bridges, 2 (1990), p. 203.
"Review of David Hull's The Metaphysics of Evolution," Canadian Philosophical Reviews/Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, 10 (1990), 319-32.
"Beyond the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis: A review of Entropy, Information and Evolution: New Perspectives on Physical and Biological Evolution, edited by Bruce H. Weber, David J. Depew, and James D. Smith. The MIT Press: Cambridge Massachusetts, 1988 and of the Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Study in Biosocial Complexity by C. Dyke. Oxford University Press, New York, 1988," Behavior and Philosophy, 18 (1990), 79-83.
"Review of Robert Richards', Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior," Canadian Philosophical Reviews/ Revue Cannadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, VIII (1988), pp. 285-287.
"Review of Willard Young's Fallacies of Creationism,"Canadian Philosophical Reviews/ Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie ,VI (1986), pp. 411-412.
"A Review of David Harbert's Existence, Knowing, Philosophical Systems, Idealistic Studies," IV (1985), 166-167.
"Biology and Psychology in Fruitful Interchange: A Review of Evolution at a Crossroads: The New Biology and the New Philosophy of Science," Behaviorism, 13 (1985), 187-190.
"A Review of Roger Sperry's Science and Moral Priority," Zygon, Vol. 17, #2 June '1984, 242-247.
"A Review of Paul Sagal's Skinner's Philosophy," Teaching Philosophy, 5 (1982), 338-342.
Published Abstracts of Papers Presented at Oregon Academy of Science
1. “Clark on Supersizing the Mind: So Where’s the Beef?” Abstract, Proceedings of the 69th Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science, (Volume XLIX) 2010, p. 51.
2. “Second Philosophy and the Explanatory Power of Truth,” Abstract, Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science (Volume XLVII) 2009, P 32.
3. “Is There a Difference Between my Recognizing that I’m Happy and my Recognizing that you’re Happy?: An Assessment of the Asymmetry Thesis in Alvin Goldman’s Simulation Account of First Person Mind Reading” Abstract, Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science, (Volume XLVI) 2008. P 34.
4. “Not by Genetically Based Tribal Social Instincts: A Critique of Richerson’s and Boyd’s Co-evolutionary Account of the Origins of Human Ultra-sociality” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science (Volume, XLIII), 2007, pp. 39-40.
5. “Are there any Biological Explanations in Experimental Biology: Reflections on Marcel Weber’s Account of Heteronomous Explanation in Experimental Biology (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science (Volume, XLII), 2006, p. 48.
6. “The Many Places of Knowledge in Nature: Reflections on Hilary Kornblith’s “The Place of Knowledge in Nature,” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science (Volume, XLI), 2005, p. 56.
7. “Is Philosophy of Science Any Good for Science? Reflections on Peter Achinstein’s The Book of Evidence” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XL, (2004), pp. 33-4.
8. “Naturalizing Intentionality: A Critique of Jesse Prinz’s Purely Causal Account of Intentionality,” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXIX, 2003 pp. 29-30.
9. “The Descent of Cognition: Motivation as Parent of Cognition” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXVIII, 2002 p. 37.
10. “The Acquisition of Conscience and Developmental Systems Theory, “ Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, (2001), p.54.
11. “Contexts of Discovery and Justification: An Examination of Richmond Campbell’s Feminist Epistemology Naturalized.” Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXVI (2000), p.43.
12. . "The Transformation of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Cathechism" Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXVI (2000), p. 44.
13. "The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency: A Synopsis" Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXIV, (1998), 38.
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15. "The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency" (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, 1997. Lewis and Clark College.
16. "Bridging the Gap Between Scientific and Normative Knowledge: An Assessment of Roger Masters' Beyond Relativism: Science and Human Values" (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, 1997. Lewis and Clark College.
17. "Adaptational Functional Ascriptions in Evolutionary Biology: A Critique of Schaffner's Views," (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, 1996, p.34.
18. "Moral Internalization and Moral Realism," Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXX (Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University, 1994), p. 47.
19. "Introductory Remarks on Philip Kitcher's The Advancement of Science," Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXX (Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University, 1994), p. 50.
20. "Emergence, Microdeterminism and Biological Evolution," Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXIX (McMinnville, Oregon: Linfield College, 1993, p. 47. (coauthor David Martinsen).
21. "Emergence and Top-Down Causality in Biological Evolution," Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXVIII (Pacific University, Forest Grove 1992), p. 43. (coauthor David Martinsen)
Occasional Pieces
1. "Philosophy at Lewis and Clark: A Personal Reflection" Volume in honor of James F. Miller, February, 1997.
2. "Membership Profile," The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 8 (1988), p. 14.
3. "Hans Kung and the Criteria for Evaluating Religious Traditions," Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Newsletter XVI (1985), 5.
Presented Papers:
1. "Problems in the Philosophy of Brand Blanshard," Boston University, Spring, 1972.
2. "Ordinary Knowledge in the Scientific Realism of Wilfrid Sellars," Loyola University of Chicago Philosophy Faculty, 3/73.
3. "Wilfrid Sellars' Philosophy of Science," Brandeis University, 4/73.
4. "Explanation2," Inter-Faculty Colloquium, S.U.N.Y. College at Plattsburgh, 2/9/74.
5. "Natural Law Theory in Plato and Augustine," S.U.N.Y. College at Plattsburgh, 4/2/74.
6. "Natural Law Theory in Aristotle and Aquinas," S.U.N.Y. College at Plattsburgh, 4/23/74.
7. "Some Criticisms of B.F. Skinner's Philosophy of Science," Miner Center, S.U.N.Y. College at Plattsburgh, 9/9/74.
8. "Aristotlean-Thomistic Metaphysics of Knowledge," Lewis & Clark College, 4/75.
9. "Ordinary Knowledge in the Scientific Realism of Wilfrid Sellars," Lewis & Clark College, 4/75.
10. "Sartre and Freedom," Lewis & Clark College, 4/75.
11. "Observation: Theory-Laden, Theory-Neutral or Theory-Free?," S.U.N.Y. College at Plattsburgh, 5/l1/75.
12 "A Philosophical Perspective on Psychokladology and Psychotheria," First International Symposium on Letterism, Lewis & Clark College, 5/29/76.
13. "A Perhaps Not Too Grateful Tribute to Our Common Master on His 252nd Birthday," Meeting of Portland Area Philosophers, 4/16/76.
14. "Can a Christian be a Moral Person?," Lewis & Clark College, 11/14/76.
15. "In Hopes of Eluding the Ghost of the Given," American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Annual Meeting, 3/26/77, Portland, Oregon. Also, presented at Northwest Conference on Philosophy Annual Meeting, 11/20/76, Seattle, Washington.
16. "Reply to Purtill," Remarks at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Annual Meeting, 3/26/77, Portland, Oregon.
17. "Some Implications of a Cognitive Analysis for Understanding Human Freedom," (with William R. Knowlton) to Socratic Society, Portland State University, 5/4/77.
18. "Some Implications of a Cognitive Analysis for Understanding Human Freedom," (with William R. Knowlton) The Oregon Psychological Association Annual Meeting, 5/21/77.
19. Remarks prepared in response to meeting of Institute for Policy Studies, Portland State University, Resource Advisory Panel on Energy Policy, 8/26/77.
20. "Ethical Issues in Death and Dying," Panel Presentation at Conference, Death and Dying: Personal, Social and Institutional Issues, 2/8/77, Lewis & Clark College.
21. "The Science of Behavior and the Science of Values," Paper for National Science Foundation Chautauqua-Type, "Biological Roots of Adaptive Behavior and Intelligence," 3/78, Oregon Graduate Center.
22. "Theories of Perception and Ordinary Knowledge," Paper for National Science Foundation Chautauqua-Type Short Course, "Theories of Perception: Conceptual, Theoretical, Methodological and Experimental Advances and Problems," 3/78, Stanford University.
23. "Reason and Emotion: Some Philosophical Observation on The Bacchae," Lecture to James Osthelthoff's Theatre Group for The Bacchae, 4/6/78, Lewis & Clark College.
24. "The Science of Behavior and the Science of Values: An Apologia for B.F. Skinner," Faculty Colloquium, 6/78, Lewis & Clark College.
25. "The Cost of Abandoning Scientific Psychology and the Benefits of Pursuing It," Remarks for Symposium on the Responsibility of Scientists Engaged upon Potentially Hazardous or Morally Questionable Research presented in conjunction with the performance of Frederich Durenmatt's play, The Physicists, by the Portland Actors Ensemble, Phase Three. (Symposium funded by the Oregon Committee for the Humanities), 6/30/78, Portland, Oregon.
26. "The Pursuit of a Science of Human Beings and the Humanly Valuable," Remarks for the above mentioned symposium, 7/11-12/78, Portland, Oregon.
27. "Philosophy, What is it?," Lecture presented at Clackamas Community College, 10/13/78.
28. "Religious Cognition as Interpreted Experience: An Examination of Ian Barbour's Comparison of the Epistemic Structures of Science and Religion," Paper presented to the Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, 10/19/78, Portland, Oregon.
29. "B.F. Skinner's Science of Values," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 11/18/78.
30. "Augustine and Aquinas on Political Theory," Douglas Morgan's Political Theory Course, Lewis & Clark College, 2/14/79.
31. "The Foundations of Values," Faculty-Staff Discussions, Lewis & Clark College, 4/10/79.
32. "Philosophical Roots of Existentialism," Lewis & Clark College, 4/30/79.
33. "Some Philosophical Issues Concerning the Psychotherapeutic and Educational Models of Behavior Change," Oregon Psychological Association, Newport, Oregon, 5/11/79.
34. "A Humanistic Model for Self Management Education: A Philosophical Evaluation," Northwest Conference of the Association of Humanistic Psychology, Evergreen State College, Washington, 6/24/79.
35. "The Psychological Foundations of Value Theory: B.F. Skinner's Science of Values," American Psychological Association, National Meeting, New York City, New York, 9/1/79.
36. "Einstein, Science, & Epistemology," Lewis & Clark College, 9/29/79.
37. "Beyond Freedom But With Dignity," Lewis & Clark College, 10/10/79.
38. "Some Philosophical Implications of the Educational Model for the Profession of Psychology," Oregon Psychological Association, Wilsonville, Oregon, 11/79.
39. "A Critique of the Ethical Critique of the Medical Model of Mental Health," Lewis & Clark College, 11/8/79.
40. "Greek Science and Modern Science," Lewis & Clark College, 11/12/79.
41. "Why Education and Not therapy: A Critique of the Medical Model of Mental Health," (with William R. Knowlton), Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Oregon State University, 12/1/79.
42. "Greek and Medieval Philosophy: Thoughts on Some Connecting Links," Lewis & Clark College, 1/21/80.
43. "Ultimate Reality: A Philosophical Scientific Hypothesis," Lewis & Clark College, 3/5/80.
(Items 44-48 were all presented to the College Humanities Forum at Western Oregon State College, 4/22-4/23/80, as an invited guest lecturer.)
44. "The Search for the Foundations of Knowledge: Phenomenology and the New Philosophy of Science."
45. "Beyond Freedom But With Dignity."
46. "The Linguistic Analytic Critique of Behaviorism."
47. "Some Thoughts on the Relationships between Science and Religion: Ian Barbour's New Synthesis."
48. "Science and Values: The Case of B.F. Skinner's Science of Values."
49. "That of Which One Cannot Speak, One Does Not: Reflections on Science and Religion as Modes of Knowing," Portland State University (Series in Western Contemplative thought sponsored by P.S.U. Newman Foundation and Marylhurst College and funded by the Oregon Committee for the Humanities), Spring, 1980.
50. Invited participant: KGW Jerry Pratt on Sunday, "The Conception Revolution: Discussion of Artificial Insemination by Donor, In Vitro Fertilization and Test Tube Babies," 11/2/80.
51. "Operant Learning and the Scientific and Philosophical Foundations of Behavior Therapy," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Whitman College, 11/14/80.
52. "What is Philosophy of Psychology?" (Taped interview for "Let's Talk About That," Washington State University, Pullman, Washington Radio program aired on 130 stations), Winter, 1980.
53. "Is There a Values Expert in the House?," Westhills Unitarian Fellowship, 12/13/81.
54. "Biology, Society, and Values: If the Environment Won't Get You, Will Your Genes?," Faculty Colloquium with Dave Martinsen, 2/81.
55. "Operant Learning and the Scientific and Philosophical Foundations of Behavior Therapy," Lewis & Clark Psychology Faculty Research Group, 3/3/81.
56. "Operant Learning and the Scientific and Philosophical Foundations of Behavior Therapy," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Portland, Oregon, 3/27/81.
57. "Reply to Coburn," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Portland, Oregon, 3/27/81.
58. "Operant Learning and the Scientific and Philosophical Foundation of Behavior Therapy," Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, University of Chicago, 4/10/81.
59. "Reply to Erwin," Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, University of Chicago, 4/10/81.
60. Invited Symposiast, "Symposium on Challenge to the U.S. from its Judeo-Christian Heritage," Lewis & Clark College, April 28, 1981.
61. "Religious Cognition: Directly Experiential, Interpretively Experiential, or Inferential?," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Seattle University, 11/81.
62. "Reply to Fallor," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Seattle University, 11/81.
63. "Is there a Values Expert in the House?," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 1/28/82.
64. "Barbour on Scientific and Religious Cognition," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Sacramento, California, 3/26/82.
65. "Reply to Perovich," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Sacramento, California, 3/26/82.
66. "Religious Cognition: Directly Experiential, Interpretively Experiential, or Inferential?," Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Region of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, Marylhurst Educational Center, 4/23/82.
67. "Thinking3: Thinking About Thinking About Thinking," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 5/26/82.
68. "Conceptual Self Annihilation: Some Implications of Albert Bandura's Theory of the Self-System for Folk Psychology," Philosophy Colloquium, 10/14/82.
69. "Some Implications of Albert Bandura's Theory of the Self-System for Folk Psychology," Northwest Conference of Philosophy, University of Idaho, 11/13/82.
70. "Sociobiology: Another Blow to Freedom?," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 1/27/83.
71. "Biology and Values: Sociobiology and Genetic Engineering," Workshop Presentations, Collins Lecture Series: Science & Religion, Portland, Oregon, 3/17-3/18/83.
72. "Testing our Religious Stories with Secular Reality," Collins Lecture Series: Science & Religion, Portland, Oregon, 3/18/83.
73. "The Objectivity of Subjectivity: How to Get the Bat's Perspective Without Going Batty," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Berkeley, California, 3/25/83.
74. "Science, Religion, & Values: The Case of E.O. Wilson and Sociobiology," American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, Pacific Northwest Region, 1983 Annual Meeting, University of Washington, 5/83.
75. "Science and Common Good," Ideas Exchange, Lewis & Clark College, 5/5/83.
76. "Some Implications of Albert Bandura's Theory of the Self-System for Folk Psychology," Oregon Psychological Association, Newport, Oregon, 5/14/83.
77. "Radical Behaviorism and Philosophical Psychology," Conference of Behavioral Psychologists, University of Nevada, Reno, 11/7-11/8/83 (Invited presentation).
78. "Avoiding Conceptual Self-Annihilation: Some Implications of Albert Bandura's Theory of the Self-System for Folk Psychology," Lewis & Clark Psychology Faculty Research Colloquium, 11/16/83.
79. "Tell Tale Truth Test," Philosophy Extravaganza, Lewis & Clark College, 1/10/84.
80. "Creation and Evolution: Seeking an Integration of Faith and Knowledge," Hubbard/Aurora Presbyterian Churches, 1/15/84.
81. "What is Scholarship in a Liberal Arts Setting?: Some Reflections on the Nature of that Question," Conference on Liberal Arts Scholarship, Willamette University, 2/18/84, (Invited presentation).
82. "Sociobiology, Religion & Values: The Case of E.O. Wilson," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 2/29/84.
83. "The Problem of Freedom," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 4/5/84.
84. "Sociobiology and Values: A Critique of Peter Singer," Socratic Society, Portland State University, 4/12/84.
85. "What a General Studies Program Ought to Be: The Form of an Answer," Ideas Exchange, Lewis & Clark College, 10/3/84.
86. "Avoiding Irrational Alternatives," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 10/16/84.
87. "Roger Sperry's Science of Values," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Spokane, Washington, 11/3/84.
88. "Reply to Rottmayer," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Spokane, Washington, 11/3/84.
89. "Being Religious or A-Religious and Being Moral," Philosophy Extravaganza, Lewis & Clark College, 1/22/85.
90. "Roger Sperry's Science of Values," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 5/15/85.
91. "Roger Sperry's Science of Values," 2nd Biennial Conference on the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Biology, St. Mary's College, South Bend, Indiana, 6/29/85.
92. "Social Learning Theory and Moral Agency," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Portland State University, 11/8/85.
93. "Creation & Evolution: Some Epistemological Criteria for an Integration," American Academy of Religion, Northwest Divisional Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 4/86.
94. "Philosophy at Lewis & Clark College: An Unpaid for Philosophical Advertisement," Presentation to prospective students and their parents, Lewis & Clark College, 2/2/86.
95. "The Human Race: On the Way to Nowhere?," Philosophy Extravaganza, Lewis & Clark College, 2/6/86.
96. "A Metaphysical Fitness Test for the Social Sciences or Ought the Social Social Sciences go on a Metaphysical Weight Reduction Program," for Elizabeth Arch's Core 297 course, Individual in Society, Lewis & Clark College, 4/4/86.
97. "Interdisciplinary Teaching," Panel Presentation with David Martinsen, Seven College Consortium Workshop, Inn at Otter Crest, Otter Crest, Oregon, 4/20/86.
98. "Creation and Evolution: Some Epistemological Criteria for an Integration," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 5/4/86.
99. "Philosophy at Lewis & Clark College: An Unpaid for Philosophical Advertisement," Parents Presentation, Lewis & Clark College, 9/4/86.
100. "Nothingness and the Metaphysics of Responsibility," Philosophy Extravaganza, Lewis & Clark College, 10/16/86.
101. "Creation and Evolution: Some Epistemological Criteria for an Integration," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Central Washington University, 11/14/86.
102. "The Power Grid: A Proposal for an Answer to the Question, What is Power? from Your Friendly Public General Education (PGE) People," Philosophy Extravaganza, Lewis & Clark College, 2/12/87.
103. "Creation and Evolution: Some Epistemological Criteria for an Integration," (Invited Paper), Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington, 4/9/87.
104. "Theology and the Natural Sciences: Mapping the Relationships in Some of the Literature of the Last Decade," Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, 4/23-4/25/87.
105. "Creation and Evolution: Epistemological Issues in the Conception of Ultimate Reality," (Invited Paper), Reed College, 4/30/87.
106. "Education and Political Responsibility: A Critique of the Separatist Thesis," Philosophy Extravaganza, Lewis & Clark College, 5/7/87.
107. "The New Interaction between Science & Religion," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 11/6/87.
108. "A Critique of Michael Ruse's Darwinian Account of Morality," (with David Martinsen), Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Pacific Lutheran University, 11/13/87.
109. "Reply to Myrbo," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Pacific Lutheran University, 11/13/87.
110. "Evolutionary Ethics: The Survival of the Best? or the Unfolding Nature of the Relationship between Biology and Ethics," (with David Martinsen, Biology,) Faculty Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 2/3/88.
111. "Can the History of the Relations Between Science and Religion Tell Us Anything About What These Relations Ought To Be?," Contribution to Panel Discussion on the Work of Stanley Jaki, Marriott Hotel, Portland, Oregon, Sponsored by Portland State University, 4/12/88.
112. "Evolutionary and Darwinian Ethics," (with David Martinsen), Linfield College, 4/14/88.
113. "Some Theoretical and Macro-Issues Possibly Relevant to a Science and X Program," Science, Technology & Values Group, Lewis & Clark College, 5/18/88.
114. "Really Taking Darwin Seriously: An Alternative to Michael Ruse's Darwinian Ethics," (with David Martinsen), Pacific Division Meeting American Association for the Advancement of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 6/20/88.
115. "Evolutionary Naturalistic Justifications of Morality: A Matter of Faith & Works," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Idaho, 11/4/88.
116. "Response to Bruckholder," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Idaho, 11/4/88.
117. "A Course in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics," (with Robert Owens, Mathematics), Annual meeting of the Mathematics Association of America, Phoenix, Arizona, 1/11-1/14/89.
118. "The Ghost of the Given: A Case for Epistemological Ghostbusters or Ghostlovers?," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 1/18/89.
119. "Almost Angelic or Barely Brutish: Social Learning Theories of Moral Agency," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 4/19/89.
120. "Non-Anthropocentric Value Theory and Environmental Ethics," John Zernal's Advanced Inquiry Class, Nature Progress and the Environment, 5/31/89.
121. "Evolutionary Naturalistic Justifications of Morality: A Matter of Faith and Works," 1st Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 6/20-6/25/89.
122. "Weakness of Will (WOW): Some Reflections on WOW 'Lite'," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 2/8/90.
123. "The Triumph of Capitalism?," Lewis & Clark College, Political Economy and Philosophy Colloquium, Panel Participant, 2/22/90.
124. "WOW 'Lite': Tasty Enough, But How Well Brewed?," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Los Angeles, 3/29-3/31/90.
125. "Darwinism and Christian Metaethics: Some Methodological Reflections," (with David Martinsen), American Academy of Religion, Northwest Regional Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 5/3-5/5/90.
126. "Cognitive Developmental and Social Learning Theories of Moral Agency: An Investigative Dilemma," Presidential Address, 42nd Annual Meeting of the Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Oregon, 11/9-11/10/90.
127. "WAR on war," Philosophy Extravaganza: "Is the Gulf War Justified?," Lewis & Clark College, 2/7/91.
128. "Darwinian Naturalistic Ethics: How to Have Your Moral Cake Without Losing or Gaining Any Metaphysical Weight or Committing a Metaethical Faux Pas," (with David Martinsen), Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 3/7/91.
129. "What if the Universe is Fine-Tuned for Life?," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 4/18/92.
130. "What if the Universe is Fine-Tuned for Life?," Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, University of Washington, Seattle, 5/3/91.
131. "Speculations about Problem-Oriented Arts and Humanities Perspective Courses," Arts and Humanities Division Meeting, Lewis & Clark College, 5/22/91.
132. "Supervenience, Emergence and Darwinian Naturalistic Ethics," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 10/16/91.
133. "Supervenience, Emergence and Darwinian Naturalistic Ethics," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, 11/8/91.
134. "What is Science?," Philosophy Symposium on Scientific Literacy, Lewis & Clark College, 2/17/92.
135. "Emergence and Top-Down Causality in Biological Systems," (with David Martinsen), Oregon Academy of Science, Willamette University, Salem, 2/22/92.
136. "Polkinghorne and the New Interactionism between Science and Religion," Panel Discussion on John Polkinghorne's Science and Providence, University of Portland, 4/11/92.
137. "What is Philosophy?," Philosophy Symposium, Lewis & Clark College, 4/22/92.
138. "The Computer and Me: Who is the Thinker Here Anyway?," John Hopkins Day for Gifted and Talented Students, Session on the Humanities, Lewis and Clark College, 4/25/92.
139. "Emergence, Microdeterminism and Biological Evolution," (with David Martinsen), Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College, 10/20/92.
140. "Emergence, Microdeterminism and Biological Evolution," (with David Martinsen), Greater Portland Area Philosophy of Science Group, Lewis & Clark College, 2/16/93.
141. "Computers and Thinking," Philosophy Symposium, Lewis and Clark College, 2/18/93.
142. "Darwinian Naturalistic Ethics and the Land Ethic," Environmental Ethics Seminar, Northwestern School of Law, 2/25/93.
143. "Emergence, Microdeterminism and Biological Evolution," (with David Martinsen), Oregon Academy of Science, Linfield College, 2/27/93.
144. "Perspectives on the Mind-Brain Problem," Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Marylhurst College, 3/25/93.
145. "Are Emergence and Microreduction Compatible?," (with David Martinsen), Socratic Society, Portland State University, 4/7/93.
146 "The Churchlands and the Mind-Brain Problem," Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Marylhurst College, 4/8/93.
147. "Environmental Ethics: Trying to Justify a Non-Anthropocentric Value Theory," (with David Martinsen), Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, 5/20/93.
148. "The Biological and Psychological Bases of Moral Agency," International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Study of Biology, Brandeis University, 4/16/93.
149. "Moral Realism and Moral Development or Why Little Jane Knows There Really Are Moral Values and the Philosophers Don't," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, 10/28/93.
150. "Moral Internalization and Moral Realism," Oregon Academy of Science, Oregon State University, 2/26/94.
151. "Introductory Remarks on Philip Kitcher's The Advancement of Science," Oregon Academy of Science, Oregon State University, 2/26/94.
152. "Moral Internalization and Moral Realism," Socratic Society, Portland State University, 3/9/94.
153. "The Interaction Between Science and Theology: An Assessment of Polkinghorne's Amiable Interactionism," American Academy of Religion, Pacific Northwest Region Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 4/28-4/30/94.
154. "The Interaction Between Science and Theology: An Assessment of Polkinghorne's Amiable Interactionism," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, 5/5/94.
155. "Evolutionary Ethics: Are the Fittest Morally Worthy of Survival?," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, 10/4/94.
156. "Emergence, Microdeterminism and Evolutionary Biology," (with David Martinsen), Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Reed College, 11/5/94.
157. "Evolutionary Ethics: An Irresistable Temptation: Some Reflections on Paul Farber's The Temptation of Evolutionary Ethics," Panel Discussion of Paul Farber's The Temptation of Evolutionary Ethics, Oregon Academy of Science, Reed College, 2/25/95.
158. "Does Scientific Knowledge Depend on Religious Knowledge? An Examination of Langdon Gilkey's Neo Critical Epistemology of the Epistemic Relationships between Science and Religion" American Academy of Religion and Society for Biblical Literature Northwest Regional Meeting, St. Martin's College and Abbey, Lacey Washington, April 28, 1995.
159. "Science and Religion: Perspectives on Ways of Knowing" John Templeton Foundation Conference on Science and Religion, Berkeley, California, June 23, 1995.
160 "Road Runner and the Bunch of Carrots or How Nature Really Has Ends," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, October 18, 1995.
161 "Adaptational Functional Ascriptions in Evolutionary Biology: A Critique of Schaffner's Views," Oregon Academy of Science, University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon, March 2, 1996.
162 "Conceptual Self-Annihilation: The Last Gasp of a Folk Psychologist Philosopher" The Last Lecture Series, Lewis and Clark College, April 15, 1996.
163 "Conceptual Self-Annihilation and Metaphysical Resurrection: Or How to Have Your Philosophical Cake and Eat It," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, April 17,1996.
164 "Evolutionary Ethics Revisited: In Hopes of Finding a Basis for Environmental Ethics," Confluences: A Convergence of Concerns of a Community of Scholars, Oregon State University Sponsored Conference, Warm Springs, Oregon, May 3-5, 1996 (with David Martinsen).
165 "Evolutionary Adaptational Functional Explanations: Are Organisms Sometimes Up to Something Good for Themselves. Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Portland, October 26 and 27, 1996.
166 "Empirical Foundationalism and the Given" Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Portland, October 26 and 27, 1996.
167 "Biology, Psychology and Doing the Right Thing," Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, January 29, 1997.
168 "The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency," The 55th Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science, History and Philosophy of Science Section, Lewis and Clark College, February 22, 1997.
169 "Bridging the Gap Between Scientific and Normative Knowledge: An Assessment of Roger Masters' Beyond Relativism: Science and Human Values." The 55th Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science, Political Science Section, Lewis and Clark College, February 22, 1997.
170. "Godfrey-Smith's Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature: An Assessment" Discussant, The 55th Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science, History and Philosophy of Science Section, Lewis and Clark College, February 22, 1997.55th
171."From the New Natural Theologies of Polkinghorne, Barrow, Tipler, and Company to the New A-Theologies of Weinberg, Hawking and Company: An Epistemic Map of Some of the Current Science-Religion Territory," Physics Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, March 24, 1997.
172 "The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency," The International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Study of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, July 16-20, 1997.
173 "That's Objectively Valuable! Are You Crazy?: How Developmental Moral Psychology Can Help Solve Metaphysical Problems," Philosophy Colloquium: Lewis and Clark College, October 22, 1997.
174 "Moral Learning and Moral Realism: How Empirical Psychology Illuminates Issues in Moral Ontology," Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Central Washington University, November 8-9, 1997.
175 "Moral Considerability," Environmental Studies, 200, Lewis and Clark College, January 22, 1998.
176 "The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency: A Synopsis," Oregon Academy of Science, 56th Annual Meeting, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon, February 28, 1998.
177 "Replies to Boersema and Sullivan," Panel Discussion of The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency, Oregon Academy of Science, 56th Annual Meeting, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon, February 28, 1998.
178 "Moral Learning and Moral Realism: How Empirical Psychology Illuminates Issues in Moral Ontology, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Los Angeles, March 25-28, 1998.
179 "Reply to Cook" American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Los Angeles, March 25-28, 1998.
180 "Selfish Genes and Good People: The Nature and Nurture of Doing the Right Thing," The Unitarian Universalist Church of Washington County, July 26, 1998.
181 "Moral Learning and Moral Realism: How Empirical Psychology Illuminates Issues in Moral Ontology," Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August 10-16, 1998.
182 "How Biology and Psychology Help to Explain and Justify Moral Agency," International Society for Value Inquiry, Boston, August 10-16, 1998.
183 "Naturalizing Ethics: The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency" Northwest Regional Workshop on Science and Religion: The Human Person and Moral Agency (Sponsored by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley),George Fox College, September 19, 1998.
184 "Selfish Genes and Nasty Environments: The Nature and Nurture of Good People," Liberal Arts Program for Bankruptcy Judges, Northwestern School of Law and Federal Judicial Center, Washington DC, October 1-6, 1998.
185 "Naturalizing Ethics: The Death of Ethics and the Resurrection of Moral Science" Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Oregon, October 30-31, 1998.
186 "Evolutionarily Religious Supernaturalism and Evolutionarily Religious Naturalism: The Evolution of Religion and an Evolutionary Religion" Western Oregon University, Manmouth, Oregon, February 22, 1999.
187 "The Transformation of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Cathechism," Oregon Academy of Science, 57th Annual Meeting, Willamette University, February 27, 1999.
188 "Neurotheology: Discerning or Inventing God in the Neuronal Firings." Oregon Academy of Science, 57th Annual Meeting, Willamette University, February 27, 1999. (Paper accepted for presentation, but not delivered because of scheduling conflict)
189 "Integrity and Democratic Socialism: Are They Enough?: Comments on Westra and Schweickwart" Panel Presentation for "Using, Abusing or Preserving the Earth: Who Owns the Environment?: A Symposium in Honor of Sevin Koont, Lewis and Clark College, March 8, 1999.
190 "Empathy: The Biological and Psychological Bases of the Moral Sense," International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Study of Biology, Oaxaca, Mexico, July, 6-11, 1999. Invited Paper (Unable to present because of my wife's illness)
191 “Interdisciplinary Teaching: What is it?” Lewis and Clark Faculty Retreat, Lincoln City, Oregon, August, 24, 1999.
192 "Making Ethics a Science: The Death of Ethics or Its Death and Resurrection As a Science of the Moral?" Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, September, 27, 1999.
193 “Decisions, Decisions!” Philosophy Extravaganza: “Are We Free”?, Lewis and Clark College, Wednesday, November 17, 1999.
194 “Uniting Feminist and Scientific Epistemology: Doing the Impossible?” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, February 9, 2000.
195 “Naturalizing Feminist Epistemology” Oregon Academy of Science, George Fox University, February 29, 2000.
196 "Selfish Genes and Good People: The Nature and Nurture of Doing the Right Thing," West Hills Unitarian Universalist Church, March 19, 2000.
197 “Naturalizing Virtue Epistemology: How Natural Can Virtue Be?” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Alberquerque, New Mexico, April 5-8, 2000.
198 “The Scientific Naturalization of Ethics” Philosophy of Science Association, Vancouver, BC, November 2-5, 2000.
199 “The Scientific Naturalization of Ethics” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Pacific University, November 10-11, 2000
200“Reply to Wilburn” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Pacific University, November 10-11, 2000
201“The Reasons We Share” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Pacific University, November 10-11, 2000
202“The Acquisition of Conscience and Developmental Systems Theory, “ The Oregon Academy of Science, February 24, 2001, University of Portland.
203“Discerning the Divine in the Genetic Information,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, October 12, 2001, Washington State University.
204“Reply to Smith,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, October 12, 2001, Washington State University.
205“Cognitive Science and Philosophy,” Symposium “The Promise of Cognitive Science: Fact or Fiction?: A Conversation with Rom Harre” November 10, 2001, Pacific University.
206“Genes, Information and God,” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, November 28, 2001.
207 “The Descent of Cognition: Motivation as Parent of Cognition” Oregon Academy of Science, Pacific University, February 23, 2002.
208“Ecological Rationality and Internalist Epistemic Justification: Where’s the Internalism?” Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Seattle, Washington, March 28-31. 2002
209“Discerning the Divine in the Genetic Information,” Pacific Northwest Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, University of Oregon, May 4-5, 2002.
210“Assessing the Role of Feminist Values in Scientific Inquiry,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, October 25-26, 2002.
211“Reply to Hundelby,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, October 25-26, 2002.
212“The Myth of the Given and Scientific Myths: Comments on Tom Seppalainen’s ‘The Myth of the Given Across Disciplines’Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, October 25-26, 2002.
213“Naturalizing Intentionality: A Critique of Jesse Prinz’s Purely Causal Account of Intentionality,” Oregon Academy of Science, February 22, 2003.
214“Scientific Naturalized Ethics: Weird Science and Pseudo Ethics?” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, February 26, 2003.
215“The Sources of Epistemic Significance: An Assessment of Philip Kitcher’s Science, Truth and Democracy, ” Symposium on Philip Kitcher’s Science, Truth and Democracy, Lewis and Clark College, March 8, 2003.
216“Moral Realism: Scientific Explanations of Queer Properties,” Society for Empirical Ethics, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, California, March, 26-30, 2003.
217“The Limitations of Evolutionary Ethics: Morality and Biologically Based Altruism and Selfishness” Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Philadelphia, August 28-30, 2003.
218 “Scientifically Based Moral Realism: The Explanatory and Motivational Power of Weird Properties,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Reed College, October, 3 &4, 2003.
219“Neither Inert nor Weird or Vacuous: A Reply to Frierson,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Reed College, October, 3 & 4, 2003.
220“Relating Moral Realism to Causality: A Comment on Levy’s “Moral Causation and Moral Realism,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Reed College, October, 3 &4, 2003
221 “Is Philosophy of Science any Good for Science: Some Reflections on Peter Achinstein’s Book of Evidence” Oregon Academy of Science, Portland State University, February 28, 2004.
222“Scientifically Based Moral Realism: The Explanatory and Motivational Power of Weird Properties,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Pasadena, California, March, 24-28, 2004.
223“Explanatorily Powerful, Weird and Motivating, but not moral?: A Reply to Dorsey”, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Pasadena, California, March, 24-28, 2004.
224“From Is to Ought and Back Again: A Scientific Naturalistic Odyssey,” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, April 14, 2004.
225“Scientific Naturalistic Ethics: Weird Science and Pseudo-Ethics?” Conference on Science and Ethics, International Academy of Humanism, Toronto, Canada, May 13-17, 2004
226“From Is to Ought and Back Again: A Scientific Naturalistic Odyssey,” Canadian Philosophical Association, May 29-June 1, 2004.
227“The Benumbing Moral Indifference of the Relatively Wealthy: What Does it Take to Motivate the Fulfillment of a Minimal Norm of Economic Justice,” Conference on the Neurobiology of Moral Reasoning, The World Forum of Cultures, 2004, Barcelona, Spain, July 17-20, 2004.
228“Is Analytic Philosophy of Science Any Help to Science? The Case of Peter Achinstein’s Book of Evidence.” 56th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington, October 8-9, 2004.
229“Where to Dine or How to Pick Your Dinner: A Comment on Jeffrey’s ‘A Partial Defense of Religious ‘Cafeteria’ Pluralism” 56th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington, October 8-9, 2004.
230“Reliable Mechanisms versus Correct Background Beliefs: A Reply to McDonald,” 56th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington, October 8-9, 2004.
231“The Many Places of Knowledge in Nature: Reflections on Hilary Kornblith’s “The Place of Knowledge in Nature,” Oregon Academy of Science, Oregon State University, February 26, 2005.
232“Doing the Wrong Thing: Cognitive Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement,” Meeting of the Society for Empirical Ethics, Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March 22-27, 2005.
233 “If Religion is not about God, then will Naturalized Religion Suffice? Well, It all Depends: An Assessment of Loyal Rue’s ‘Religion is not about God: How Spiritual Traditions Nurture out Biological Nature and What to Expect when They Fail’” Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, University of Seattle, Seattle, April 29-May 1, 2005. (Paper Read by Chair of Session because I was unable to attend due to my wife’s illness.)
234 “The Many Places of Knowledge in Nature: Reflections on Hilary Kornblith’s “The Place of Knowledge in Nature,” The International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Study of Biology, The University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, July, 13-17, 2005.
235“An Ironic Turn: Comments on Card’s ‘Pure Aretaic Ethics and Character’” Conference on Virtue Ethics and Moral Psychology: The Situationism Debate, University of Denver, October 7 and 8, 2005. (Read in Absentia)
236“The Many Places of Knowledge in Nature: Reflections on Hilary Kornblith’s “The Place of Knowledge in Nature,” 57th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Seattle University, Seattle Washington, October 21-22, 2005.
237“The Truth and Nothing But the Truth: Comments on Jerry Dopplet’s ‘How to be a Scientific Realist’, 57th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Seattle University, Seattle Washington, October 21-22, 2005. 57th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Seattle University, Seattle Washington, October 21-22, 2005.
238“Goals and Knowledge: A Response to ‘DeMoss’s ‘The Many Goals of Knowledge in Nature’” 57th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Seattle University, Seattle Washington, October 21-22, 2005.
239“Are there any Biological Explanations in Experimental Biology: Reflections on Marcel Weber’s Account of Heteronomous Explanation in Experimental Biology,” The Oregon Academy of Science, University of Oregon, February, 25, 2006.
240“Parenting and Moral Learning: How Scientifically Based Moral Realism Justifies Moral Claims”, Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, March 15, 2006.
241 “Parenting and Moral Learning: How Scientifically Based Moral Realism Justifies Moral Claims,” The Society for Empirical Ethics, American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 22-26, 2006.
242“The Many Places of Knowledge in Nature: Reflections on Hilary Kornblith’s “The Place of Knowledge in Nature,” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 22-26, 2006.
243“Who is the Real Hilary Kornblith?: Reply to Witmer”, The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 22-26, 2006.
244“Are there any Biological Explanations in Experimental Biology: Reflections on Marcel Weber’s Account of Heteronomous Explanation in Experimental Biology,” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, October 25, 2006.
245 “Parenting and Moral Learning: How Scientifically Based Moral Realism Justifies Moral Claims,” Philosophy of Science Association Meeting, Vancouver, B. C., November 4, 2006.
246“Are there any Biological Explanations in Experimental Biology: Reflections on Marcel Weber’s Account of Heteronomous Explanation in Experimental Biology,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Portland, November 5, 2006.
247“Modest and More Modest Autonomy: A Reply to Kumar,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Portland, November 5, 2006.
248“Oh Happy Accident or How to Found Inferential Practices Without Much A-Do: Comments on Slater’s ‘An Explanation for the Explanatory Utility of Species’,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Portland, November 5, 2006.
249“Not by Genetically Based Tribal Social Instincts: A Critique of Richerson’s and Boyd’s Co-evolutionary Account of the Origins of Human Ultra-sociality” Oregon Academy of Science, Western Oregon University, February 24, 2007,
250“Are there any Biological Explanations in Experimental Biology: Reflections on Marcel Weber’s Account of Heteronomous Explanation in Experimental Biology,” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, California, April, 2007.
251“Reply to Haber,” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, California, April, 2007.
252“Moral Emotions: Detectors or Projectors,” The Society for Empirical Ethics, American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, California, April, 2007
253“The Modest Justificatory Power of Moral Intutionism: A Critique of Sinnott-Armstrong’s Epistemic Pessimism Bout Moral Intuitions,” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, October 5-6, 2007
254“Do We Need Something More Than Sympathy? : Comments on Ilea’s “Sympathy, Moral Psychology, and Mass Suffering” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, October 5-6, 2007
255 “Affording Morali Realism,” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, October 26, 2007.
256 “Affording Morali Realism,” Socratic Society, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, November 14, 2007.
257“Is There a Difference Between my Recognizing that I’m Happy and my Recognizing that you’re Happy?: An Assessment of the Asymmetry Thesis in Alvin Goldman’s Simulation Account of First Person Mind Reading” Oregon Academy of Science, Portland Community College, February 23, 2008.
258 “Moral Agency and Moral Learning: Transforming Metaethics from a First to a Second Philosophy Enterprise” The Society for Empirical Ethics, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, March 20, 2008
259 “Ultra-Sociality and Language: Is Extensive Human Cooperation the Result of Gene/Culture Co-evolution?” Northwest Conference on Philosophy, University of Oregon, December 6, 2008
260 “Second Philosophy and the Explanatory Power of Truth,” Oregon Academy of Science, Western Oregon University, February 28, 2009
261 “Ultra-Sociality and Language: Is Extensive Human Cooperation the Result of Gene/Culture Co-evolution?” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 10, 2009
262 “Two Helpful Suggestions: A Reply to Lusk” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 10, 2009
263 “Affording Morali Realism,” Wilammette University, September 30, 2009
264 “Second Philosophy and the Explanatory Power of Truth,” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, September 18, 2009
265 “Second Philosophy and the Explanatory Power of Truth,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pacific University, October, 24, 2009
266 “Reply to Cushman,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pacific University, October, 24, 2009
267 “Cosmic Optimism and Eschatological Verification: Explaining Bad Religion and Good Secularism, “ Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pacific University, October 24, 2009
268 “Clark on Supersizing the Mind: So Where’s the Beef?”, Oregon Academy of Science, Concordia University, February 27, 2010.
269“Extending the Extended Mind: The Phenomenon of WEness,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Wilammette University, October 2, 2010.
270. “Philosophy: Chaperone of Theology and Science?” Emeriti Luncheon, Lewis and Clark College March 21, 2011.
271. “Extending the Extended Mind: The Phenomenon of WEness” International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Study of Biology, University of Utah, July, 2011.
272 “Moral Emotions: Detectors or Projectors of Moral Values,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College, November 5th, 2011.
273 “Moral Failure and Moral Learning: A Response to Saint,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College, November 5th, 2011.
274 “Do Situations Afford a Way to Harmonize Virtue Ethics and Stituationism?,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College, November 5th, 2011.
275. “The Extended Mind and WE-ness: How Far Can It Stretch Without Breaking?” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, November 18th, 2011.
276. “Moral Emotions: Detectors or Projectors of Moral Values,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Seattle Washington, April 4th-7th, 2012.
277. What Kind a Thing is a Moral Detector: Reply to Kelly” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Seattle Washington, April 4th-7th, 2012
278. “Cosmic Optimism and Eschatological Verification: Explaining Bad Religion and Good Secularism,” Pacific Northwest Division of the American Academy of Religion, Portland, Oregon, Concordia University, May13th, 2012
279. “Convergence on Divergence: How to be a Relativistic Moral Realist?” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Oregon State University, October 26th and 27th, 2012.
280. “A Substantial Relativistic Moral Realism: Reply to Justin Kalef,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Oregon State University, October 26th and 27th, 2012.
281. “The Unity of Philip Kitcher’s The Ethical Project; A Comment on Sager’s “Kitcher’s Ethical Project: Naturalism Pragmatism and Progress.” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Oregon State University, October 26th and 27th, 2012
282. “Convergence on Divergence: How to be a Relativistic Moral Realist?” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, January25, 2013.
283. “Convergence on Divergence: How to be a Relativistic Moral Realist?” American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March 27-31, 2013.
284. “Reply to Demetriou,” American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March 27-31, 2013.
285. “Ditching Moral Responsibility,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pacific University, October 5, 2013.
286. “Convergence on Divergence: How to be a Relativistic Moral Realist?” Socratic Society, Portland State University, April 23, 2014.
287. “Real Moral Progress: Why Pragmatic Naturalism Requires Moral Realism,” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, September 19, 2014.
288. “Schellenberg’s Evolutionary Religion: How Evolutionary and How Religious?” Pacific Northwest Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Marylhurst University, March 27-29, 2015.
289. “Schellenberg’s Evolutionary Religion: How Evolutionary and How Religious?” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, September, 2015.
290. "How Otto did not Extend His Mind, but Might Have: Dynamic Systems Theory and Social-Cultural Group Selection, Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, September, 2016.
291. "Affording Affordance Moral Realism", Nanyang Unviersity, Singapore, October. 2018 (By Skype).
292 . "Sentimentalism and Rationalism: Fashioning an Empirical Union", Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College, October, 2022.
293. "Pragmatic Affordance Moral Realism: Why Moral Realism is an Essential Element of Kitcher’s Deweyan Pragmatic Account of Moral Progress", Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College, November, 2023.