November 2004 · Web viewIn N. Blake, P. Smeyers, R. Smith, and P. Standish, eds., The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education, Oxford: Blackwell (2003): 181-193. Translated

January 2016 CURRICULUM VITAE

Harvey SiegelDepartment of Philosophy

University of MiamiP.O. Box 248054

Coral Gables, FL 33124-4670, USAphone: (305)284-5411

fax: (305)284-5594email: [email protected]

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Epistemology Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Social SciencePhilosophy of Education LogicInformal Logic and Argumentation Theory

PRESENT POSITION

Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami (1988- )Cooper Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami (2012- )

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Associate Dean for Program Development, College of Arts and Sciences, UM (2012-13)Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami (1999-2011)Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami (1984-88, awarded tenure 1987) Associate Professor of Philosophy, Michigan Technological University (1983-4)Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Sonoma State University (1981-3)Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Nebraska (1977-81)Instructor, Northshore Community College, Beverly MA (1974-7)Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, for Professors Quine and Scheffler (1975-7)

VISITING POSITIONS

H.J.F.W. Brugmans Visiting Chair in Philosophy of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (Inaugural Chair-Holder) (1996)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 3 months/year (1992-5)

Visiting Professor, Instituut voor Neerlandistiek, University of Amsterdam (Fall 1990)Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University (Winter 1986)Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley (Summer 1986)EDUCATION

Harvey Siegel Curriculum Vitae, p. 2

B.A. (cum laude) 1974 Cornell UniversityEd.M. 1975 Harvard UniversityEd.D. 1977 Harvard University

Dissertation: Kuhn’s Philosophy of Science and Science Education(Israel Scheffler, Director)

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

*Provost’s Award for Scholarly Activity, University of Miami (2013)*Spencer Foundation, ‘Initiative on Philosophy in Educational Policy and Practice’ Grant (2013)

Project: Teaching Evolution: A Question of Culture?*Cooper Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami (appointed 2012)*Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant, University of Miami (1999)

Project: Multiculturalism and Rationality*Spencer Foundation, Small Grant Award (1997-8)

Project: Multiculturalism and the Possibility of Transcultural Educational Ideals*National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (1997)

Project: Multiculturalism and the Possibility of Transcultural Philosophical and Educational Ideals

*Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant, University of Miami (1997)Project: Multiculturalism and the Possibility of Transcultural Philosophical Ideals

*Warren Steinkraus Lecturer on Human Ideals, SUNY Oswego (1997)*Green Honors Visiting Professor, Texas Christian University (1997)*Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Miami (1996)*Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant, University of Miami (1996)

Project: Naturalism and the Instrumental Conception of Epistemic Justification*President, Philosophy of Education Society (1994-5)*President, Association for Philosophy of Education (1994-7)*Foundation Visiting Lecturer, University of Auckland, New Zealand (1993)*Institute for the Study of Quality Research Grant, University of Miami (1990)

Project: Towards a Theory of Quality*Teaching Support Grant, University of Miami (1989)

Project: Feminist Epistemology/Philosophy of Science *Robert Jackson Memorial Lecturer, Dalhousie University (1988)*Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant, University of Miami (1988)

Project: Towards a Theory of Rationality*Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant, University of Miami (1987)

Project: Rationality and Naturalized Philosophy of Science*John Dewey Senior Research Fellowship, The John Dewey Society (1985-6)

Project: Rationality and Education

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS (cont.)


*Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant, University of Miami (1985)Project: Realism and Relativism

*Summer Creativity Grant, Michigan Technological University(1984) Project: Rationality and Ideology

*Shell Grant, Michigan Technological University (1983)*Parlin Scholarship, Harvard University (1974-7)

PUBLICATIONS

A. BOOKS AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES AUTHORED OR EDITED:

Teaching Evolution in a Creation Nation (co-authored with Adam Laats)(2016, University of Chicago Press)

Teaching Thinking Skills, (co-authored with Stephen Johnson), ed. Christopher WinchLondon: Continuum, 2010

(edited): The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of EducationNY: Oxford University Press, 2009. Paperback 2012. (Translated into both Macedonian and Albanian and published by PrintHouse Europa 92, funded by a Macedonian Government Initiative, publication October 2012)

(edited): Two special issues of Educational Theory, on Epistemology and Education: vol. 58, #2, 2008; vol. 61, #5, 2011.

Rationality Redeemed?: Further Dialogues on an Educational Ideal New York: Routledge, 1997

(edited): Reason and Education: Essays in Honor of Israel Scheffler Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1997 (Also appeared as guest-edited special issue of Studies in Philosophy of Education, vol. 16, #1-2, January-April 1997)

Educating Reason: Rationality, Critical Thinking, and Education London: Routledge (Philosophy of Education Research Library), 1988

Relativism Refuted: A Critique of Contemporary Epistemological Relativism Dordrecht: D. Reidel (Synthese Library, Volume 189), 1987

B. REFEREED ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND ESSAY REVIEWS:

135. ‘Critical Thinking and the Intellectual Virtues’In J. Baehr, ed., Educating the Intellectual Virtues: Essays in Applied Virtue Epistemology, New York: Routledge, 2016, pp. 95-112.


134. ‘Philosophy of Education and the Tyranny of Practice’In K. Stojanov and M. Spieker, eds., Philosophy of Education: Main Topics, Disciplinary Identity, and Political Significance. Special Issue of Nomos, Spring 2016 (forthcoming).

133. ‘Argument and Context’ (co-authored with J. Biro)Cogency, Spring 2016 (in press); also in D. Mulholland and M. Lewinski, eds, Proceedings of the First European Conference on Argumentation, College Publications, 2016 (in press).

132. ‘Israel Scheffler’In J. A. Palmer, ed., Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education, 2nd ed., London: Routledge, 2016 (in press). Originally published In J. A Palmer, ed., Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present, London: Routledge, 2001, pp. 142-148. A shortened version appears in E. Provenzo, ed., Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education, Sage, 2008, pp. 946-947.

131. ‘Argumentative Norms: How Contextual Can They Be? A Cautionary Tale’In F. H. van Eemeren and B. Garssen, eds., Reflections on Theoretical Issues in Argumentation Theory (ISSA 2014: Selected Essays), Dordrecht: Springer, 2015 (Springer argumention Library, volume 28, ch. 15), pp. 205-215. Earlier version in B. J. Garssen, D. Godden, G. Mitchell, and F. Snoek-Henkemans, eds., Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam: Sic Sat (cd-rom), pp. 1340-1349.

130. ‘John White on the Aims of Education’In, J. Suissa, C. Wistanley and R. Marples, eds., Education, Philosophy and Well-being: New Perspectives on the Work of John White, London: Routledge, 2014, pp. 112-124.

129. ‘John White on Philosophy of Education and Philosophy’ Theory and Research in Education (2014) 12.1: 120-127.

128. ‘Argumentation and the Epistemology of Disagreement’Cogency (2013) 5.1: 135-170. An earlier version appears in D. Muhammed and M. Lewiński, eds., Virtues of Argumentation: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), Windsor, ON: OSSA, 2013, pp. 1-22.

127. ‘Philosophy of Education’ (co-authored with D. C. Phillips)Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, E. Zalta, ed., Fall 2013 edition,

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/education-philosophy/

126. ‘Robin Barrow on the Aims of Education’


In J. Gingell, ed., Education and the Common Good: Essays in Honor of Robin Barrow, NY: Routledge, 2013, pp. 64-74.

125. ‘Education as Initiation into the Space of Reasons’Theory and Research in Education (2012) 10.2: 191-202; also in J. Nida-Rümelin and E. Özmen, eds., Welt der Gründe: Deutches Jahrbuch Philosophie 4 (Proceedings of the 22nd German Congress for Philosophy), Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag, 2012, pp. 561-572.

124. ‘Relativism, Incoherence, and the Strong Programme’In R. Schantz and M. Seidel, eds., The Problem of Relativism in the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge, Frankurt: Ontos Verlag, 2011, pp. 41-64.

123. ‘The Role of Reasons in Moral Education’In D. J. deRuyter and S. Meidema, eds., Moral Education and Development: A Lifetime Commitment (Festschrift for Jan Steutel), Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2011, pp. 59-69.

122. ‘Argumentation, Arguing, and Arguments: Comments on Giving Reasons’ (co-authored with J. Biro)

Theoria 72 (2011) 26.3: 279-287.

121. ‘Epistemological Relativism: Arguments Pro and Con’In Steven D. Hales, ed., A Companion to Relativism, Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2011, pp. 201-218.

120. ‘The Pragma-Dialectitian’s Dilemma: Reply to Garssen and van Laar’ (co-authored with J. Biro)

Informal Logic (2010) 30.4: 457-480.

119. ‘On Thinking Skills’In Stephen Johnson and Harvey Siegel, Teaching Thinking Skills, ed. Christopher Winch, London: Continuum, 2010, pp. 51-84.

118. ‘Critical Thinking’In P. Peterson, E. Baker, and B. McGaw, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd ed., volume 6, Oxford: Elsevier, 2010, pp. 141-145.

117. ‘Where the Fiddich Meets the Spey: My Religious Experience’In F. Allhoff and M. P. Adams, eds., Whiskey and Philosophy: A Small Batch of Spirited Ideas, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010, pp. 162-175.

116. ‘How Should We Educate Students whose Cultures Frown upon Rational Disputation?: Cultural Difference and the Role of Reason in Multicultural Democratic Education’

In Y. Raley and G. Preyer, eds., Philosophy of Education in the Era of Globalization,


NY: Routledge, 2010, pp. 7-14. Translated into Turkish and published in Ulushrarasi Egitim Felsefesi Kongresi, Kuresellesme Surecinde Egitim Sorunlarinin Felsefi Boyutu (International Congress on Philosophy of Education, Philosophical Dimensions of Educational Problems in the Globalization Process), Ankara: Egitim-Bir-Sen (2009): 26-31. An earlier version appeared as ‘Public Education, Democratic Citizenship and Cultural Difference: The Role of Reason in Multicultural Democratic Education’ in The School Field (2002) 13.6: 33-39.

115. ‘Open-Mindedness, Critical Thinking, and Indoctrination: Homage to William Hare’Paideusis (2009) 18.1: 26-34. (Special issue, Festschrift for William Hare)

114. ‘Is “Education” a Thick Epistemic Concept?’Philosophical Papers (2008) 37.3: 455-469.

113. ‘Rationality, Reasonableness, and Critical Rationalism: Problems with the Pragma- Dialectical View’ (co-authored with J. Biro)

Argumentation (2008) 22.2: 191-203. An earlier version appeared in F. H. van Eemeren, J. A. Blair, C. A. Willard, and B. Garssen, eds., Proceedings of the 6th ISSA (International Society for the Study of Argumentation) Conference, Amsterdam: SicSat, 2007, pp. 1277-1283.

112. ‘In Search of Reasons’In L. J. Waks, ed., Leaders in Philosophy of Education: Intellectual Self-Portraits, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2008, pp. 219-228.

111. ‘Why Teach Epistemology in Schools?’In M. Hand and C. Wistanley, eds., Philosophy in Schools, London: Continuum, 2008, pp. 78-84.

110. ‘Autonomy, Critical Thinking and the Wittgensteinian Legacy: Reflections on C. Winch, Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking’

Journal of Philosophy of Education (2008) 42.1: 165-184.

109. ‘Multiculturalism and Rationality’Theory and Research in Education (2007) 5.2: 203-223. An altered and shortened version appears as ‘Multiculturalism and Argumentative Norms: On an Argument of Stanley Fish, as Seen Through the Eyes of Ralph Johnson and Tony Blair’, in H. V. Hansen and R. Pinto, eds., Reason Reclaimed: Essays in Honor of J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson, Newport News: Vale Press, 2007, pp. 215-228.

108. Essay Review of Paul Boghossian, Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, January 2007, http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=8364. A revised and shortened version appears as ‘Targets of Anti-Relativist

http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=8364

http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=8364


Arguments’ in M. Krausz, ed., Relativism: A Contemporary Anthology, New York: Columbia University Press, 2010, pp. 183-193.

107. ‘The Philosophy of Education’Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, September 2007, http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9108550.

106. ‘The Reasons Conception [of Critical Thinking]’ (Chapter Two of Educating Reason)Reprinted in R. Curren, ed., Philosophy of Education: An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007, pp. 435-447. Translated into Hebrew by Yoram Harpaz and published in Y. Harpaz, ed., Education for Critical Thinking. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1996, pp. 95-117.

105. ‘What Is Freedom of Speech in Teaching?’In W. Hare and J. Portelli, eds., Key Questions for Educators, San Francisco: Caddo Gap Press, 2007, pp. 81-84. Originally appeared in Hare and Portelli, eds., 50 Key Questions for Educators, Halifax: Edphil Books, 2005, pp. 64-67.

104. ‘Epistemological Diversity and Educational Research: Much Ado about Nothing Much?’Educational Researcher (2006) 35.2, March 2006: 1-10. Reprinted in W. Paul Vogt, ed., Selecting Research Methods, London: Sage, 2008, pp. 1-19, and in C. W. Ruitenberg and D. C. Phillips, eds., Education, Culture and Epistemological Diversity: Mapping a Disputed Terrain, Dordrecht: Springer, 2011, pp. 65-84.

103. ‘Pragma-Dialectic versus Epistemic Theories of Arguing and Arguments: Rivals or Partners?’ (co-authored with J. Biro).

In. P. Houtlosser and A. van Rees, eds., Considering Pragma-Dialectics: A Festshrift for Frans H. van Eemeren on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, Mahuah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2006, pp. 1-10. Translated into Spanish by L. Hammer and published as ‘Consideraciones en Torno a la Pragma-Dialéctica’, in Logos (2014) 24.2: 193-201.

102. ‘Philosophy of Education, Epistemological Issues in’Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd ed., ed. Donald M. Borchert, Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, Thomson Gale, 2006, vol. 7, pp. 355-360.

101. ‘In Defense of the Objective Epistemic Approach to Argumentation’ (co-authored with J. Biro)

Informal Logic (2006) 25.3: 91-101.

http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9108550

http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9108550


100. ‘Truth, Thinking, Testimony and Trust: Alvin Goldman on Epistemology and Education’ Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (2005) 71.2: 345-366.

99. ‘An Interview with Israel Scheffler’Journal of Philosophy of Education (2005) 39.4: 647-659.

98. ‘Neither Humean Nor (Fully) Kantian Be: Reply to Cuypers’Journal of Philosophy of Education (2005) 39.3: 535-547.

97. ‘Relativism’In I. Niiniluoto, M. Sintonen, and J. Woleński, eds., Handbook of Epistemology, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2004, pp. 747-780. An excerpt appears under the title ‘Why Everything Is Not Relative’, Free Inquiry (1998) 18.4: 35-38.

96. ‘Rationality and Judgment’Metaphilosophy (2004) 35.5: 597-613. Earlier versions appear in F. H. van Eemeren, J. A. Blair, C. A. Willard, and A. F. Snoeck-Henkemans, eds., Anyone Who Has a View: Theoretical Contributions to the Study of Argumentation, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2003, pp. 27-40, and in F. van Eemeren, J. A. Blair, C.. A. Willard and A. F. Snoeck-Henkemans, eds., Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the International : for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam: Sic Sat, 2002, pp. 959-964.

95. ‘Epistemology and Education: An Incomplete Guide to the Social-Epistemological Issues’Epistéme (2004) 1.2: 129-137.

94. ‘The Bearing of Philosophy of Science on Science Education and Vice Versa: The Case of Constructivism’

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (2004) 35A.1: 185-198.

93. ‘Knowing, Believing, and Understanding: What Goals for Science Education?’ (co-authored with M. U. Smith)

Science & Education (2004) 13.6: 553-582.

92. ‘High Stakes Testing, Educational Aims and Ideals, and Responsible Assessment’Theory and Research in Education (2004) 2.3: 219-233. Reprinted in W. Hare and J. P. Portelli, eds., Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings, 4th ed., Alberta: Brush Education Inc., 2013, pp. 271-285, and in D. Scott, ed., Theories of Learning, vol. 3, #43, London: Sage, 2013, pp. 207-219. A modified version appears as ‘What Ought to Matter in Public Schooling: Judgment, Standards, and Responsible Accountability’, in K. A. Sirotnik, ed., Holding Accountability Accountable: What Ought to Matter in Public Education, New York: Teachers College Press, 2004, pp. 51-65.

91. ‘“You Take the Wheel, I’m Tired of Driving, Jesus, Show Me the Way”: Doctrines, Indoctrination, and the Suppression of Critical Dispositions’


In L. F. Groenendijk and J. W. Steutel, eds., Analytisch Filosoferen over Opvoeding en Onderwijs: Liber Amicurum voor Ben Spiecker (Analytic Philosophizing about Upbringing and School Education: Festschrift for Ben Spiecker), Amsterdam: B.V. Uitgeverij SWP, 2004, pp. 129-138.

90. ‘Faith, Knowledge and Indoctrination: A Friendly Response to Hand’ Theory and Research in Education (2004) 2.1: 75-83.

89. ‘Cultivating Reason’In R. Curren, ed., A Companion to the Philosophy of Education, Oxford: Blackwell, 2003, pp. 305-317. Reprinted in Critique and Humanism 26 (Sofia, Bulgaria) (2008): 43-58.

88. ‘Critical Thinking’ (co-authored with S. Bailin)In N. Blake, P. Smeyers, R. Smith, and P. Standish, eds., The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education, Oxford: Blackwell (2003): 181-193. Translated into Spanish by E. Otero Bello and reprinted in Mesa Redondo 4 (2004).

87. ‘Multiculturalism, Universalism, and Science Education: In Search of Common Ground’Science Education (2002) 86.6: 803-820.

86. Essay Review of Alvin Goldman, Knowledge in a Social WorldArgumentation (2002) 16.3: 369-382.

85. ‘Philosophy of Education and the Deweyan Legacy’Educational Theory (2002) 52.3: 273-280.

84. ‘Incommensurability, Rationality and Relativism: In Science, Culture and Science Education’In P. Hoyningen-Huene and H. Sankey, eds., Incommensurability and Related Matters, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2001, pp. 207-224.

83. ‘Dangerous Dualisms or Murky Monism?: A Reply to Jim Garrison’Journal of Philosophy of Education (2001) 35.4: 577-595.

82. ‘Critical Thinking and Prejudice,’ reprinted in W. Hare and J. Portelli, eds., Philosophy ofEducation: Introductory Readings, 3e, Calgary: Detselig, 2001, pp. 177-186. Originallypublished as chapter 6 of Siegel, Rationality Redeemed?, pp. 89-97.

81. ‘Argument Quality and Cultural Difference’Argumentation (1999) 13.2: 183-201; also OSSA 1999: Argumentation at the Century’s Turn (Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation) CD-ROM, 1999. Reprinted in A. J. Aguayo and T. R. Steffensmeier, eds., Readings on Argumentation, State College, PA: Strata Publishing, Inc., 2008, pp. 232-247.


80. ‘Multiculturalism and the Possibility of Transcultural Educational and Philosophical Ideals’Philosophy (1999) 74: 387-409. Reprinted in Alan Malachowski, ed., Richard Rorty, vol. IV, London: Sage Publications (Sage Masters of Modern Social Thought), 2002, pp. 25-44, and in Richard Smith, ed., Philosophy of Education II: Major Themes in Education, London, Routledge, 2015 (in press). An earlier version appeared in The School Field (1998) 9.1/2: 5-31.

79. ‘What (Good) Are Thinking Dispositions?’Educational Theory (1999) 49.2: 207-221.

78. ‘Naturalism and Normativity: Hooker’s Ragged Reconciliation’Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (1998) 29.4: 639-652.

77. ‘Hooker’s Revolutionary Regulatory Realism’Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (1998) 29.1: 129-141.

76. ‘Knowledge, Truth and Education’In D. Carr, ed., Education, Knowledge, and Truth: Beyond the Postmodern Impasse, London: Routledge, 1998, pp. 19-36. Modestly revised version reprinted under the title ‘Knowledge and Truth’ in R. Bailey, R. Barrow, D. Carr and C. McCarthy, eds., The Sage Handbook of the Philosophy of Education, Los Angeles: Sage, 2010, pp. 283-295.

75. ‘Science Education: Multicultural and Universal’Interchange (1997) 28.2: 97-108.

74. ‘Epistemic Normativity, Argumentation, and Fallacies’ (co-authored with John Biro)Argumentation (1997) 11.3: 277-292. An earlier version appeared in F. van Eemeren, et. al., eds., Analysis and Evaluation: Proceedings of the Third ISSA Conference on Argumentation, Volume II, Amsterdam: SICSAT, 1995, pp. 286-299.

73. ‘Naturalism and the Abandonment of Normativity’In W. O’Donohue and R. Kitchener, eds., The Philosophy of Psychology, London, Sage, 1996, pp. 4-18.

72. ‘Instrumental Rationality and Naturalized Philosophy of Science’Philosophy of Science (1996) 63.3, Supplement (PSA 1996 Proceedings, Part 1): 116-124.

71. ‘Naturalism, Instrumental Rationality, and the Normativity of Epistemology’Proto Sociology (1996) 8/9: 97-110. Reprinted in G. Preyer and G. Peter, eds., The Contextualization of Rationality: Problems, Concepts and Theories of Rationality, Paderborn: Mentis, 2000, pp. 95-107.


70. ‘Reason and Rationality’In J. J. Chambliss, ed., Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Publishing, 1996, pp. 536-539.

69. ‘Education and Cultural Transmission/Transformation: Philosophical Reflections on the Historian’s Task’

In Johan Sturm, et. al., eds., Education and Cultural Transmission: Historical Studies of Continuity and Change in Families, Schooling and Youth Cultures (Paedagogica Historica, Supplementary Series, Vol. II), Ghent: C.S.H.P., 1996, pp. 25-46.

68. ‘Naturalized Epistemology and “First Philosophy”’Metaphilosophy (1995) 26.1: 46-62.

67. ‘What Price Inclusion?’ (Presidential Address, Philosophy of Education Society)In A. Neiman, ed., Philosophy of Education 1995, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 1-22; also Teachers College Record (1995) 97.1: 6-31.

66. ‘“Radical” Pedagogy Requires “Conservative” Epistemology’Journal of Philosophy of Education (1995) 29.1: 33-46.

65. ‘Knowledge and Certainty; Feminism, Postmodernism, and Multiculturalism’In W. Kohli, ed., Critical Conversations in Philosophy of Education, New York: Routledge, 1995, pp. 190-200.

64. ‘Foundational Issues in Evolution Education’ (co-authored with Mike U. Smith and Joseph D. McInerney)

Science & Education (1995) 4.1: 23-46.

63. ‘Why Should Educators Care About Argumentation?’Informal Logic (1995) 17.2: 159-176. A shortened version under the title ‘On Some Recent Challenges to the Ideal of Reason’ appeared in Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines (1996) 15.4: 2-16.

62. ‘Relativism and Realism’ (co-authored with D. C. Phillips)In T. Húsen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd edition, vol. 9, Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1994, pp. 4977-4981.

61. ‘Objectivity and Rationality in Epistemology and Education: Scheffler’s Middle Road’ (co-authored with A. Neiman)

Synthese (1993) 94.1: 55-83.

60. ‘Naturalized Philosophy of Science and Natural Science Education’Science and Education (1993) 2.1: 57-68.


59. ‘Not By Skill Alone: The Centrality of Character to Critical Thinking’Informal Logic (1993) 15.3: 163-177.

58. ‘Gimme That Old-Time Enlightenment Meta-Narrative: Radical Pedagogies (and Politics) Require Traditional Epistemology (and Moral Theory)’

Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines (1993) 11.4: 1, 17-22. Reprinted in W. Oxman and M. Weinstein, eds., Critical Thinking as an Educational Ideal: Proceedings of the 1992 Fifth Annual Conference for Critical Thinking, Upper Montclair, NJ: Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College, 1993, pp. 27-36. A shortened version appears under the title ‘Gimme That Old-Time Enlightenment Meta-Narrative’ (Response to Weinstein), in Audrey Thompson, ed., Philosophy of Education 1993, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 37-40.

57. ‘Justification By Balance’Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (1992) 52.1: 27-46.A modified version appears under the title ‘Justification By Balance and The Epistemology of Informal Logic’, in R. H. Johnson and J. A. Blair, eds., New Essays in Informal Logic, Windsor, Canada: Informal Logic Publications, 1994), pp. 125-139.

56. ‘Rescher on the Justification of Rationality’Informal Logic (1992) 14.1: 23-31.

55. ‘The Limits of A Priori Philosophy’ (Reply to Weinstein)Studies in Philosophy and Education (1992) 11.3: 265-284.

54. ‘Normativity, Argumentation, and an Epistemic Theory of Fallacies’ (co-authored with J. Biro)

In F. van Eemeren, et. al., eds., Argumentation Illuminated: Selected Papers from the 1990 International Conference on Argumentation, Dordrecht: Foris, 1992, pp. 85-103.

53. ‘The Generalizability of Critical Thinking’Educational Philosophy and Theory (1991) 23.1: 18-30. Reprinted under the title ‘The Generalizability of Critical Thinking Skills, Dispositions and Epistemology,’ in Stephen P. Norris, ed., The Generalizability of Critical Thinking: Multiple Perspectives on an Educational Ideal, New York: Teachers College Press, 1992, pp. 97-108.

52. ‘Indoctrination and Education’In B. Spiecker and R. Straughan, eds., Freedom and Indoctrination in Education: International Perspectives, London: Cassell, 1991, pp. 30-41.

51. ‘The Rationality of Reasonableness’


In Margret Buchmann and Robert E. Floden, eds., Philosophy of Education 1991, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 225-233.

50. ‘Laudan’s Normative Naturalism’Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (1990) 21.2: 295-313. A shortened version, translated into Rumanian by Mircea Dumitru, appears under the title ‘Naturalismul Normativ Al Lui L. Laudan’, in Revista de Filosofie, Academia Romana, 1990, pp. 76-84, and in Angela Botez, ed., Realism Si Relativism In Filosofia Stiintei Contemporane, Bucurest, Editura DAR, 1993, pp. 167-188.

49. ‘Farewell to Feyerabend’ (invited essay review of Feyerabend, Farewell to Reason)Inquiry (1989) 32.3: 343-369.

48. ‘Philosophy of Science Naturalized?: Some Problems with Giere’s Naturalism’Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (1989) 20.3: 365-375.

47. ‘Is Confirmation Differential?’ (co-authored with E. Erwin)British Journal for Philosophy of Science (1989) 40.1: 105-119.

46. ‘The Rationality of Science, Critical Thinking, and Science Education’Synthese (1989) 80.1: 9-41. Reprinted in M. Matthews, ed., History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching: Selected Readings, Toronto: Ontario Institute for the Study of Education, and New York: Teachers College Press, 1991, pp. 45-62.

45. ‘Epistemology, Critical Thinking, and Critical Thinking Pedagogy’Argumentation (1989) 3.2: 127-140.

44. ‘Teaching, Reasoning, and Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov’In P. W. Jackson and S. Haroutunian-Gordon, eds., From Socrates to Software: The Teacher as Text and the Text as Teacher, Chicago: Eighty-Eighth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1989, pp. 115-134.

43. ‘The Role of Reasons in (Science) Education’In W. Hare, ed., Reason in Teaching and Education: Three Essays in Philosophy of Education, Halifax: Dalhousie University School of Education, 1989, pp. 5-21. Reprinted under the same title in M. Weinstein and W. Oxman-Michelli, eds., Critical Thinking: Language and Inquiry Across the Disciplines, Upper Montclair, NJ: Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College (1989): 7-21, and in W. Hare and J.P. Portelli, eds., Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings, 2nd ed., Calgary: Detselig (1996): 107-123. A revised version appears under the title ‘Education and the Fostering of Rationality’ in R. Talaska, ed., Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Culture: Theoretical Perspectives on the Meaning, Conditions, and Goals of Critical Reasoning, Albany: SUNY Press, 1992, pp. 89-112.


42. ‘Why Be Rational? On Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking’In Ralph Page, ed., Philosophy of Education 1989, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 392-401. A longer version is available as the Institute for Critical Thinking Resource Publication, Montclair State College, Series 2.1 (1989): 1-15.

41. ‘Critical Thinking, Rationality, and Relativism’In S. Doss, ed., Critical Thinking as a Philosophical Movement, Ripon, Wisconsin: Ripon College Press, 1989, pp. 77-98.

40. ‘Rationality and Epistemic Dependence’Educational Philosophy and Theory (1988) 20.1: 1-6.

39. ‘Epistemology and Philosophy for Children’Analytic Teaching (1988) 8.2: 32-42.

38. ‘Rationality and Ideology’Educational Theory (1987) 37.2: 153-167.

37. ‘Skills, Attitudes, and Education for Critical Thinking’In F. H. van Eemeren, et. al., eds., Argumentation: Analysis and Practices (Proceedings of the 1986 Amsterdam Conference on Argumentation), Dordrecht: Foris Publications, 1987, pp. 358-365.

36. ‘Relativism, Truth and Incoherence’Synthese (1986) 68.2: 225-259. Translated into Polish and published in Na Czym Polega Racjonalnosc Nauki? --What Is the Question Concerning the Rationality of Science?: Realism, Rationality, Relativism, Volume 7, ed. by K. Jodkowski, MCS University Publishers, Lublin, Poland, 1991, pp. 207-249. Reprinted as ‘The Incoherence Argument and the Notion of Relative Truth,’ in S. Luper, ed., Essential Knowledge: Readings in Epistemology, New York: Pearson Longman, 2004, pp. 446-457.

35. ‘Critical Thinking as an Intellectual Right’In D. Moshman, ed., Children’s Intellectual Rights. New Directions for Child Development, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1986, 33, pp. 39-49.Reprinted in Analytic Teaching (1987) 8.1: 19-24.

34. ‘On Using Psychology to Justify Judgments of Moral Adequacy’In Sohan and Celia Modgil, eds., Lawrence Kohlberg: Consensus and Controversy, Barcombe, Sussex: Falmer Press, 1986, pp. 65-78.

33. ‘What Is the Question Concerning the Rationality of Science?’Philosophy of Science (1985) 52.4: 517-537.Translated into Polish and published in Na Czym Polega Racjonalnosc Nauki? --What Is the Question Concerning the Rationality of Science?:


Realism, Rationality, Relativism, Volume 7, ed. by K. Jodkowski, MCS University Publishers, Lublin, Poland, 1991, pp. 181-206.

32. ‘Educating Reason: Critical Thinking, Informal Logic, and the Philosophy of Education. Part One: A Critique of McPeck and a Sketch of an Alternative View’

American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy (Special Issue on Critical Thinking) (1985): 10-13. A slightly altered version appears under the title ‘McPeck, Informal Logic and the Nature of Critical Thinking’ in David Nyberg, ed., Philosophy of Education 1985, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 61-72. Reprinted in John McPeck, Teaching Critical Thinking: Dialogue and Dialectic, New York: Routledge, 1990, pp. 75-85, and in Paul H. Hirst and Patricia White, eds., Philosophy of Education: Major Themes in the Analytic Tradition, Routledge, Volume IV: Problems of Educational Content and Practices, 1998, pp. 199-210.

31. ‘Educating Reason: Critical Thinking, Informal Logic, and the Philosophy of Education. Part Two: Philosophical Questions Underlying Education for Critical Thinking’

Informal Logic (1985) 7.2-3: 69-81.

30. ‘Relativism, Rationality, and Science Education’Journal of College Science Teaching (1985) 15.2: 102-105.

29. ‘Goodmanian Relativism’The Monist (1984) 67.3: 359-375.

28. ‘Empirical Psychology, Naturalized Epistemology, and First Philosophy’Philosophy of Science (1984) 51.4: 667-676.

27. ‘The Response to Creationism’Educational Studies (1984) 15.4: 349-364.

26. ‘Relativism, Realism and Rightness: Notes on Goodmanian Worldmaking’Journal of Thought (1984) 19.4: 16-35.

25. ‘Post-Formal Reasoning: A Philosophical Model’ (co-authored with M. C. Linn)In Michael L. Commons, Francis A. Richards, and Cheryl Armon, eds., Beyond Formal Operations: Late Adolescent and Adult Cognitive Development, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984, pp. 239-257.

24. ‘Truth, Problem Solving and the Rationality of Science’Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (1983) 14.2: 89-112.

23. ‘Brown on Epistemology and the New Philosophy of Science’Synthese (1983) 56.1: 61-89.


22. ‘Genderized Cognitive Perspectives and the Redefinition of Philosophy of Education’Teachers College Record (1983) 85.1: 100-119. Reprinted in Paul H. Hirst and Patricia White, eds., Philosophy of Education: Major Themes in the Analytic Tradition, Routledge, Volume I: Philosophy and Education (1998): 328-347. A shortened version appears in Robert R. Roemer, ed., Philosophy of Education 1983, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society: 35-51.

21. ‘Educational Ideals and Educational Practices: The Case of Minimum Competency Testing’

Issues in Education (1983) 1.2-3: 154-170. Reprinted in Fred Schultz, ed., Education 86/87, The Dushkin Publishing Group, 1986, pp. 84-90. A revised version appeared under the title ‘Critical Literacy and Minimum Competency Testing’ in E. Grossen, ed., Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Far West Philosophy of Education Society, 1983, pp. 46-64.

20. ‘On the Obligations of the Professional Philosopher of Education’Journal of Thought (1983) 18.2: 31-37. Reprinted in W. Hare and J. P. Portelli, eds., Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings, Calgary: Detselig Enterprises, 1988, pp. 15-21.

19. ‘On the Parallel Between Piagetian Cognitive Development and the History of Science’

Philosophy of the Social Sciences (1982) 12.4: 375-386.

18. ‘Creationism, Evolution, and Education: The California Fiasco’Phi Delta Kappan (1981) 63.2: 95-101. Reprinted in James W. Noll, ed., Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Educational Issues (2nd edition), The Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc., 1983, pp. 230-242.

17. ‘Conceptual Change and the New Philosophy of Science’In Daniel R. DeNicola and Thomas W. Nelson, eds., Philosophy of Education 1981 (Supplement), Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 21-36.

16. ‘The Future and Purpose of Philosophy of Education’Educational Theory (1981) 31.1: 11-15.

15. ‘Kohlberg, Moral Adequacy, and the Justification of Educational Interventions’Educational Theory (1981) 31.3-4: 275-284.

14. ‘How “Practical” Should Philosophy of Education Be?’Educational Studies (1981) 12.2: 125-134.

13. ‘Justification, Discovery and the Naturalizing of Epistemology’


Philosophy of Science (1980) 47.2: 297-321. Reprinted in Shelby D. Hunt, ed., Marketing Theory: The Philosophy of Marketing Science, Richard D. Irwin Co., 1983, pp. 405-423.

12. ‘Objectivity, Rationality, Incommensurability, and More’The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (1980) 31.4: 359-375.

11. ‘Epistemological Relativism In Its Latest Form’Inquiry (1980) 23.1: 107-117.

10. ‘Critical Thinking as an Educational Ideal’The Educational Forum (1980) 45.1: 7-23. Reprinted in W. Hare and J. P. Portelli, eds., Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings, Calgary: Detselig Enterprises, 1988, pp. 107-122. Translated into French by Jean Dierickx as ‘La Pensée Critique Comme Idéal Éducatif’ and published in Vivre (2005) 16: 39-52, and into Spanish by Lilian Hammer as ‘El Pensamiento Critico como un Ideal Educacional’ and published in Logos (2013) 23.2: 272-292.

9. ‘Rationality, Talking Dogs, and Forms of Life’Educational Theory (1980) 30.2: 135-148.

8. ‘Rationality, Morality, and Rational Moral Education: Further Response to Freeman’Educational Philosophy and Theory (1980) 12.1: 37-47.

7. ‘On the Distortion of the History of Science in Science Education’Science Education (1979) 63.1: 111-118.

6. ‘Can Psychology Be Relevant to Epistemology?’In Jerrold R. Coombs, ed., Philosophy of Education 1979, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 55-64.

5. ‘Piaget’s Conception of Epistemology’Educational Theory (1978) 28.1: 16-22.

4. ‘Kuhn and Schwab on Science Texts and the Goals of Science Education’Educational Theory (1978) 28.4: 302-309.

3. ‘Is It Irrational to Be Immoral? A Response to Freeman’Educational Philosophy and Theory (1978) 10.2: 51-61.

2. ‘Kuhn and Critical Thought’In Ira S. Steinberg, ed., Philosophy of Education 1977, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 173-179.


1. ‘Meiland on Scheffler, Kuhn, and Objectivity in Science’Philosophy of Science (1976) 43.3: 441-448.

C. DISCUSSION NOTES, INTRODUCTIONS AND SHORT REVIEWS:

60. ‘New Work on Critical Thinking: Comments on Frímannsson, Holma and Ritola’Studier i Paedagogisk Filosofi (2015) 4.1: 55-62.

59. ‘What’s In a Name? Epistemology, ‘Epistemology’ and Science Education’Science Education (2014) 98.3: 372-374.

58. Review of D. Bakhurst, The Formation of ReasonTheory and Research in Education (2013) 11.3: 304-311.

57. Review of S. Psillos and M. Curd, eds., The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of ScienceScience & Education (2013) 22.3: 729-731.

56. ‘Epistemic Normativity: Reply to Lo Presti’ (Co-authored with J. Biro)Cogency (2012) 4.2: 111-113.

55. ‘A Symposium on Epistemology and Education, Part Two: Introduction’In H. Siegel, guest editor, Epistemology and Education. Special issue of Educational Theory (2011) 61.5: 513-14.

54. ‘Comments on David M. Godden, “Presumptions in Argument: Epistemic v. Social Approaches”’

In F. Zenker, ed., OSSA 9: Argumentation: Cognition and Community: Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation conference CD-ROM (2011).

53. ‘Relativism’

Updated version in J. Dancy, E. Sosa, and M. Steup, eds., A Companion to Epistemology, 2nd Edition, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp. 676-8. Original version in J. Dancy and E. Sosa, eds., A Companion to Epistemology, Oxford: Blackwell, 1992, pp. 428-430.

52. Review of Penelope Maddy, Second Philosophy: A Naturalistic MethodBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2010) 61.4: 897-903.

51. ‘Introduction: Philosophy of Education and Philosophy’In H. Siegel, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education, New York: Oxford University Press (2009): 3-8.

50. ‘Comments on Chris Campolo, “Deep Disagreement in a Multicultural World”’In J. Ritola, ed., Argument Cultures: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of


the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation Biennial Conference, Windsor, conference CD-ROM (2009).

49. ‘A Symposium on Epistemology and Education: Introduction’In H. Siegel, guest editor, Epistemology and Education. Special issue of Educational Theory (2008) 58.2: 123-124.

48. ‘Comments on Panel A: Philosophical Issues and Next Steps for Research’In R. A. Duschl and R. E. Grandy, eds., Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Recommendations for Research and Application, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2008, pp. 129-133.

47. ‘“So What?”: On the Philosophical Import of Learning from Others’ (Response to Sharon Bailin’s Presidential Address)

In D. Vokey, ed., Philosophy of Education 2006, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society (2007), pp. 17-19.

46. ‘Comments on Frank Zenker, “Pragma-dialectic’s Necessary Conditions for a Critical Discussion”’

In H.V. Hansen, C.W. Tindale, J.A. Blair, R.H. Johnson and D.M. Godden, eds., Dissensus and the Search for Common Ground: Proceedings of the 2007 OSSA Conference, Windsor, ON: OSSA (2007). (CD-ROM).

45. Review of Hilary Kornblith, Knowledge and Its Place in Nature. The Philosophical Review (2006) 115.2: 246-251.

44. Review of Jonathan Knowles, Norms, Naturalism and Epistemology: The Case for Science Without Norms, Mind (2005) 114.454: 424-429.

43. ‘Value Pluralism and Moral Progress’ (response to David Shweder’s Kneller Distinguished Lecture)

In K. Alston, ed., Philosophy of Education 2003, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 57-59.

42. ‘Philosophy, Philosophizing, and Philosophical Change of Mind and Heart’ (Response to Nicholas Burbules’ Presidential Address)

In S. Rice, ed., Philosophy of Education 2001, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 18-24.

41. Review of Rom Harré and Michael Krausz, Varieties of RelativismInternational Studies in Philosophy (2001) 33.4: 125-6.

40. ‘Relevance, Pluralism, and Philosophy of Education’ (reply to Higgins)In Lynda Stone, ed., Philosophy of Education 2000, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 280-282.


39. ‘Afterwords’ (Reply to Garrison)Educational Theory (2000) 50.1: 129-131.

38. Review of Nicholas Rescher, Objectivity: The Obligations of Impersonal ReasonEthics (1999) 109.4: 917-919.

37. Review of Frederick F. Schmitt, Knowledge and Belief and Truth: A PrimerInformal Logic (1999) 19.1: 95-99.

36. ‘Replies to Reviews’ (Replies to Okshevsky and Ellett and Ericson)Paideusis: Canadian Philosophy of Education Journal (1998) 11.2: 27-37.

35. ‘What Is Naturalism?’ (Reply to Ellett and Ericson)In S. Tozer, ed., Philosophy of Education 1998, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society: 244-247.

34. ‘Editor’s Introduction’In H. Siegel, ed., Reason and Education: Essays in Honor of Israel Scheffler, Dordrecht: Kluwer (1997): 1-6, also in Studies in Philosophy and Education (1997) 16.1-2: 1-6.

33. Review of C. A. Hooker, Reason, Regulation and Realism: Towards a Regulatory Systems Theory of Reason and Evolutionary Epistemology

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (1997) 48.1: 121-125.

32. Review of Nel Noddings, Philosophy of EducationEducational Studies (1997) 28.1: 71-79. A shortened version appears in Teaching Philosophy (1997) 20.1: 83-88.

31. ‘Ethics, Education, and the Creationism/Evolution Controversy’In Karl Hostetler, ed., Ethical Judgments in Teaching, Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1997, pp. 169-173.

30. ‘Faith, Truth, and Philosophy: A Response to Alven Neiman’In Karl Hostetler, ed., Ethical Judgments in Teaching, Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1997, pp. 179-180.

29. ‘Israel Scheffler’s “Moral Education and the Democratic Ideal”’Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, ‘Landmarks in Critical Thinking’ Series, (1997) 16.3: 25-26.

28. ‘Is Inclusion an Epistemic Virtue?’ (Response to Howe)In S. Laird, ed., Philosophy of Education 1997, Urbana: Philosophy of Education


Society, pp. 97-99.

27. ‘Can Reasons for Rationality Be Redeemed?’ (Reply to Alexander)In Frank Margonis, ed., Philosophy of Education 1996, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 74-76.

26. Review of David Papineau, Philosophical Naturalism The Review of Metaphysics (1996) 44.4: 938-939.

25. ‘Justifying Conceptual Development Claims: Response to van Haaften’Journal of Philosophy of Education (1993) 27.1: 79-85.

24. ‘Comment on ‘The Rejection of Nonscientific Beliefs About Life’’ (co-authored with Mike U. Smith)

Journal of Research in Science Teaching (1993) 30.6: 599-602.

23. ‘On Defining “Critical Thinker” and Justifying Critical Thinking’ (Response to McCarthy and Norris)

In H. A. Alexander, ed., Philosophy of Education 1992, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 72-75.

22. Review of Francis O’Gorman, Rationality and Relativity: The Quest for Objective Knowledge

Argumentation (1992) 6: 361-367.

21. ‘Naturalism, Instrumental Rationality, and the Normativity of Epistemology’ (Abstract of Invited Address to Eastern Division Meeting of the A.P.A.)

Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association (1992) 66.2: 81-82.

20. Review of Nelson Goodman and Catherine Z. Elgin, Reconceptions in Philosophy and in Other Arts and Sciences

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (1991) 51.3: 710-713.

19. ‘Must Thinking Be Critical to Be Critical Thinking?’ (Reply to Finocchiaro)Philosophy of the Social Sciences (1990) 20.4: 453-461.

18. ‘Fostering the Disposition to Be Rational’ (Response to Barbara Arnstine’s Presidential Address)

In David P. Ericson, ed., Philosophy of Education 1990, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 27-31.

17. ‘Response to Mackenzie’Educational Philosophy and Theory (1990) 22.1: 45-47.


16. Review of Matthew Lipman, Philosophy Goes to SchoolEthics (1990) 100.3: 709-710.

15. ‘Is Translation Relevant to Educational Relevance?’ (Response to Burbules)In Ralph Page, ed., Philosophy of Education 1989, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 197-202.

14. ‘Rationality and Anemia’ (Response to Baigrie)Philosophy of Science (1988) 55.3: 442-447.

13. ‘Rationality and Ideology Revisited’ (Replies to Cato and Selman)Educational Theory (1988) 38.2: 267-74.

12. ‘Relativism for Consumer Research?’ (Response to Anderson)Journal of Consumer Research (1988) 15.1: 129-132.

11. ‘Psychology and Moral Adequacy Revisited’ (Reply to Eddy)Educational Theory (1986) 36.1: 77-80.

10. ‘Justification and Complementarity: Response to Boyd’In Sohan and Celia Modgil., eds., Lawrence Kohlberg: Consensus and Controversy, Barcombe, Sussex: Falmer Press, 1986, pp. 80-83.

9. ‘Tarski A Relativist?’Analysis (1985) 45.2: 75-76. Translated into Polish and published in Na Czym Polega Racjonalnosc Nauki? -- What Is the Question Concerning the Rationality of Science?: Realism, Rationality, Relativism, Volume 7, ed. by K. Jodkowski, MCS University Publishers, Lublin, Poland, 1991, pp. 251-253.

8. ‘Reply to Elgin’Journal of Thought (1985) 20.4: 45-51.

7. ‘Psychology, Epistemology, and Critical Thinking’In Robert R. Roemer, ed., Philosophy of Education 1983, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 197-200.

6. ‘Sexism, Cognitive Perspective and Philosophy of Education’ (letter to the Editors)Harvard Educational Review (1983) 53.2: 244-246.

5. Review of Joseph Agassi, Science and SocietyAnnals of Science (1983) 40: 206-207.

4. ‘Relativism Refuted’


Educational Philosophy and Theory (1982) 14.2: 47-50.

3. Review of Antony Flew, Sociology, Equality and EducationPhilosophy of the Social Sciences (1979) 9.1: 116-119.

2. ‘Comments on Brush on the History of Science in Science Education’Science Education (1980) 64.1: 121-122.

1. ‘On ‘Rationality in the Schools’’In C. J. B. Macmillan, ed., Philosophy of Education 1980, Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society, pp. 228-235.

Papers Reprinted: 10, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 32 (twice), 35, 36, 43 (twice), 46, 53, 58, 71, 76, 80 (twice), 81, 82, 89, 92 (thrice), 104 (twice), 106.

Papers Translated: 9(c), 10 (twice), 33, 36, 50 (twice), 88, 103, 106, 116.

Contributions to Festschrifts: 91, 103, 109, 115, 123, 126, 130.

SELECTED INVITED NAMED/KEYNOTE/PRESIDENTIAL LECTURES

19. ‘Argument and Context’ (with J. Biro)Keynote, IV Congreso Argumentacíon, Psicología del Razonamiento y Pensamiento Crítico, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile, September 2015.

18. ‘Critical Thinking and the Intellectual Virtues’Keynote, ‘Educating the Intellectual Virtues’ Conference, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, June 2013.

17. ‘Education as Initiation into the Space of Reasons’Keynote, Deutscher Congress für Philosophie, Munich, September 2011.

16. ‘Contextualism, Argumentative Norms and Educational Ideals’Plenary address, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Oxford, March 2010.

15. ‘How Should We Educate Students Whose Cultures Frown upon Rational Disputation?: Cultural Difference and the Role of Reason in Multicultural Democratic Education’

Keynote (‘Principal Guest Speaker’), International Congress of Philosophy of Education ‘Philosophical Dimensions of Educational Problems in the Globalization Process’, Ankara, Turkey, March 2009.

14. ‘Multiculturalism and Rationality’Keynote, Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Hong Kong, November 2005.


13. ‘The Rationality of Science, Critical Thinking, and Science Education’ Keynote, annual Taiwan Conference on Physics Education, Taiwan, July 2000.

12. ‘Multiculturalism and the Possibility of Transcultural Educational (and Philosophical) Ideals’Keynote, European Educational Research Association, Ljubljana, September 1998;

11. Keynote, International Conference on Philosophy, Education and Culture, University of Edinburgh, September 1997.

10. ‘Educating Reason’10th Annual Warren Steinkraus Lecture on Human Ideals, SUNY Oswego, October 1997.

9. ‘Rationality as the Aim of Education: Implications for Teachers’Green Honors Lecture (on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the TCU School of Education), Texas Christian University, March 1997.

8. ‘Why Should Educators Care about Argumentation?’Keynote, First Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA) conference, Brock University, May 1995.

7. ‘What Price Inclusion?’Presidential address, Philosophy of Education Society, San Francisco, March 1995.

6. ‘Education and Cultural Transmission/Transformation: Philosophical Reflections on the Historian’s Task’

Keynote, ISCHE XVI, the International Standing Conference for the History of Education, Amsterdam, August, 1994.

5. ‘“Radical” Pedagogy Requires “Conservative” Epistemology’Plenary address, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Oxford, April1994.

4. ‘The Rationality of Science, Critical Thinking, and Science Education’Keynote, First International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching (HPSST), Florida State University, November 1989.

3. ‘The Role of Reasons in (Science) Education’The Robert Jackson Memorial Lecture, Dalhousie University, October 1988.

2. ‘Critical Thinking and the Language of Inquiry’Keynote, conference on ‘Critical Thinking: Language and Inquiry in the Disciplines,’ Montclair State College, October 1988.


1. ‘Epistemology and Philosophy for Children’Keynote, Tenth Anniversary Conference of Philosophy for Children, Texas Wesleyan College, October 1987.

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

150. ‘Critical Thinking, Argument, and Argumentation’Invited talk, “Beyond Critical Thinking” conference, York University, Toronto, November 2015.

149: ‘Argument and Context’ (with J. Biro), and 148. ‘Natural Born Good Arguers? Comments on Mercier, Paglieri and Boudry’

Both at ECA: First European Conference on Argumentation, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2015.

147. ‘Argumentative Norms: How Contextual Can They Be? A Cautionary Tale’8th ISSA (International Society for the Study of Argumentation) Conference, Amsterdam, July 2014.

146. ‘Philosophy of Education and the Tyranny of Practice’Invited lecture, conference on ‘Philosophy of Education: Main Topics, Disciplinary Identity, Political Significance, and Relevance for Educational Policy’, at Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany, April 2014; University of London, Institute of Education, May 2014.

145. ‘Bakhurst on Bildung and the Life of Reason’Symposium on David Bakhurst, The Formation of Reason, at annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Oxford, March 2014.

144. ‘Is Measuring Virtue an Educationally Good Thing?‘Can Virtues Be Measured?’ Conference, Oriel College, Oxford, January 2014; invited talk, Teachers College Columbia University, November 2013.

143. ‘Critical Thinking and the Intellectual Virtues’Philosophy of Education Society panel discussion, Portland OR, March 2013.

142. Comments on Belarmino and York’Philosophy of Education Society, Portland OR, March 2013.

141. ‘Critical Thinking and Education’University of Akureyri, Iceland, March 2013.

140. ‘Argumentation and the Epistemology of Disagreement’


Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Tenth Anniversary Conference, Windsor, ON, May 2013; University of Iceland, Reykjavik, March 2013; International Conference on Logic, Argumentation and Critical Thinking, Santiago, Chile, January 2013.

133-139. Series of public lectures on Epistemology, Argumentation, and Critical Thinking in Chile, March/April 2012: In Santiago at Universidad Diego Portales and Escuela Militar, in La Serena at Universidad La Serena, Universidad Central, and Universidad Pedro Valdivia.

132. ‘Comments on David M. Godden, “Presumptions in Argument: Epistemic v. Social Approaches”’

Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation Biennial Conference, Windsor, May 2011.

131. ‘Are the Truths of Philosophy Relative?’Colby College, April 2011.

130. ‘Relativism, Incoherence, and the Strong Programme’Invited address, conference on ‘The Problem of Relativism and the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge’, University of Siegen, March 2011; European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) Biennial Meeting, Athens, October 2011.

129. ‘Comments on S. Bailin and M. Battersby, Reason in the Balance: An Inquiry Approach to Critical Thinking’

Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, March 2011.

128. ‘Criticality and Negativity’AILACT, Eastern APA, December 2010 (not presented due to flight cancellation).

127. ‘Contextualism and Argumentation’ 7th ISSA (International Society for the Study of Argumentation) Conference, Amsterdam, June 2010.

126. ‘On Thinking Skills’Book Launch, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Oxford, March 2010.

125. ‘Response to Susana Nuccetelli and Gary Seay, “Reasoning, Normativity, and Experimental Philosophy”’

Eastern APA Meeting, AILACT session, New York, December 2009.

124. ‘Commentary on: Chris Campolo, “Deep Disagreement in a Multicultural World”’ Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation Biennial Conference, Windsor, June 2009.


123. ‘Open-Mindedness, Critical Thinking, and Indoctrination: Homage to William Hare’Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Annual Conference, Oxford, April 2009; ‘Open-mindedness and the Virtues in Education: A Conference Celebrating the Work of Professor William Hare’, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, October 2008.

122. ‘Cultivating Reason’Invited presentation, conference on ‘Philosophy of Education and Educational Practice: Core Values of Liberal Education in Discussion’, Sofia, Bulgaria, New Bulgarian University, June 2008.

121. ‘Two Senses of “Naturalism”’Conference on ‘The Future of Naturalism’, Amherst, NY: Center for Inquiry, September 2007.

120. ‘In Defense of the Objective Epistemic Approach to Argumentation’University of Florida, December 2006.

119. ‘Truth, Thinking, Testimony and Trust: Alvin Goldman on Epistemology and Education’Gregynog (PESGB), July 2006; ‘IL@25’ Conference on Informal Logic, Windsor, May 2003; CSU Fresno, May 2002; University of Rochester, April 2003.

118. ‘Rationality, Reasonableness, and Critical Rationalism: Problems with the Pragma- Dialectical View’

6th ISSA (International Society for the Study of Argumentation) Conference, Amsterdam, June 2006.

117. ‘“So What?”: The Philosophical Import of Learning from Others’ (Response to Sharon Bailin’s Presidential Address)

Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, April 2006.

116. ‘Comments on Panel A: Philosophical Issues and Next Steps for Research’NSF-Sponsored conference on ‘Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Recommendations for Research and Application’, Rutgers University, May 2006.

115. ‘Multiculturalism and Rationality’University of Hong Kong, November 2005; Institute of Education, University of London, October 2005.

114. ‘Why Focus on Practice?’ (Reply to Pinto)Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation conference, Hamilton, May 2005.

113. ‘Are “Reasons of the Heart” Really Reasons?’


Conference on ‘Reasons of the Heart’, University of Edinburgh, September 2004.

112. ‘High Stakes Testing, Educational Aims and Ideals, and Responsible Assessment’Eastern Division APA Meeting, APE session, Washington DC, December 2003.

111. ‘Epistemological Diversity and Educational Research: Much Ado about Nothing Much?’Invited Lecture, Spencer Foundation funded program on ‘Ways of Knowing in Educational Research and Practice’, Teachers College, Columbia University, March 2003.

110. ‘Value Pluralism and Moral Progress’ (Response to David Shweder’s Kneller Distinguished Lecture)

Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, Miami, March 2003.

109. ‘Comments on Martin Seligman, Authentic Happiness’American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Boston, December 2002.

108. ‘Rationality and Judgment’Spring Philosophy Series Annual Lecture, Fresno City College, May 2002; International Society for the Study of Argumentation conference, Amsterdam, June 2002; International Network of Philosophers of Education conference, Oslo, August 2002.

107. ‘Alexander on Spirituality’ (Comments on H. A. Alexander, Reclaiming Goodness)Philosophy of Education Society, Vancouver, April 2002.

106. ‘Democratic Citizenship and Cultural Differences: The Role of Reason in Multicultural Democratic Education’

UNESCO/Council of Europe Conference on ‘Citizenship Education, Political Theory, and Their Reflection in Language’, Bled, Slovenia, November 2001.

105. ‘The Bearing of Philosophy of Science on Science Education and Vice Versa: The Case of Constructivism’, and 104. ‘Creationism, Evolution, and Habits of Mind: Implications for Science Education’

Sixth International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference, Denver, November 2001.

103. ‘Multiculturalism, Science, and the Creationism/Evolution Controversy’University of Alabama, December 2000; University of Colorado at Boulder, October 2001.

102. ‘Multiculturalism, Universalism, and Science Education’Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Oxford, April 2001.

101. ‘Philosophy, Philosophizing, and Philosophical Change of Mind and Heart’ (Response to


Nicholas Burbules’ Presidential Address), and100. ‘Comments on M. Matthews, Time for Science Education’

Philosophy of Education Society, Chicago, March 2001

99. ‘Equality, Excellence, and the Education of Reason’International Symposium (small working conference) on ‘Economy, Public Education and Democracy’, Ascona, Switzerland, September 2000.

98. ‘The Rationality of Science, Critical Thinking, and Science Education’ (Keynote, annual Taiwan Conference on Physics Education),

97. ‘The Role of Reasons in Science Education’,96. ‘Why Should Educators Care about Argumentation?’, 95. ‘Incommensurability, Rationality and Relativism: In Science, Culture, and Science Education’,94. ‘Educating Reason: Rationality, Critical Thinking, and Education’, and93. ‘Why be Rational?: On Justifying the Commitment to Rationality’

Six talks given at four universities in Taiwan at invitation of the National Research Council of Taiwan, July 2000.

92. ‘Relevance, Pluralism, and Philosophy of Education’ (response to Higgins), and91. ‘Onward the Revolution: PES’ Obligation to Work to Save U.S. Education’

Philosophy of Education Society, Toronto, April 2000.

90. ‘Multiculturalism, Science, and Science Education’York University, Toronto, November 1999.

89. ‘Multiculturalism, Universalism, and Science Education: In Search of Common Ground’Fifth International Conference on History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching, Como, Italy, September 1999.

88. ‘Incommensurability, Rationality and Relativism: In Science, Culture, and Science Education’

Invited address, conference on ‘Incommensurability (and Related Matters)’, Hannover, Germany, June 1999.

87. ‘Argument Quality and Cultural Difference’Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, St. Catherines, May 1999.

86. ‘Naturalism and Normativity in Recent Philosophy of Science’ (to the Philosophy Department),

85. ‘Multiculturalism and the Possibility of Transcultural Moral Ideals’ (at the Ethics Center), and 84. ‘Remarks on Critical Thinking and Character Education, and on Multiculturalism and Science Education’ (to the School of Education)


Western Michigan University, February 1999.

83. ‘What (Good) Are Thinking Dispositions?’ (Keynote address, Northwest Philosophy of Education Society), and

82. ‘Multiculturalism and Universalism in Science Education: In Search of Common Ground,’Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, January 1999.

81. ‘Response to Goldman and Elgin on Epistemology and Education,’ and80. ‘Response to Adler’ (AILACT),

Eastern Division APA meeting, New York, December 1998.

79. ‘Multiculturalism and the Possibility of Transcultural Educational (and Philosophical) Ideals’Simon Fraser University, October 1997.

78. ‘Argument Quality and Cultural Difference’ and 77. ‘Reply to Matthews and Feldman,’ both invited and presented at World Congress of

Philosophy, Boston, August 1998.

76. ‘What Is Naturalism?’Philosophy of Education Society, Cambridge, March 1998.

75. ‘Rationality, Democracy, and Education’International Symposium (small working conference) on ‘Education, the Public and Democracy’, Ascona, Switzerland, September 1997.

74. ‘Science Education: Multicultural and Universal’Fourth International Conference on History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching, Calgary, June 1997.

73. ‘What (Good) Are Thinking Dispositions?’ and72. ‘Naturalism, Instrumental Rationality, and the Normativity of Epistemology’

Both invited and presented at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 1977.

71. ‘Is Inclusion an Epistemic Virtue?’Philosophy of Education Society, Vancouver, March 1997.

70. ‘Instrumental Rationality and Naturalized Philosophy of Science’Fifteenth Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Cleveland, November 1996.

69. ‘Can Reasons for Rationality Be Redeemed?’Philosophy of Education Society, Houston, March 1996.

68. ‘Philosophy of Science and Science Education Curriculum and Policy’


Third International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching, Minneapolis, November 1995.

67. ‘On Some Recent Challenges to the Ideal of Reason’Conference on Critical Thinking and Informal Logic, George Mason University, June 1995.

66. ‘Response to James Kaminsky’s Presidential Address’Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, February 1995.

65. ‘Epistemic Normativity, Argumentation, and Fallacies’ (co-authored with John Biro)Third ISSA (International Society for the Study of Argumentation) Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, June 1994.

64. ‘The Rationality of Science and Science Education’Universities of Auckland and Canterbury, New Zealand, September 1993.

63. ‘Normativity, Argumentation, and an Epistemic Theory of Fallacies’ (co-authored with J. Biro)

Turku Conference on Argumentation, Turku, Finland, July 1993.

62. ‘Gimme That Old-Time Enlightenment Meta-Narrative’Philosophy of Education Society, March 1993.

61. ‘Naturalism, Instrumental Rationality, and the Normativity of Epistemology’Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association, December 1992 (invited); University of Florida, November 1992; University of Auckland, New Zealand, September 1993.

60. ‘Response to Zack’Eastern APA, Association for Philosophy of Education (APE), December 1992.

59. ‘Critical Thinking: Justifying the Ideal’Montclair State College Conference on Critical Thinking as an Educational Ideal, October 1992.

58. ‘Argumentation and Prejudice’Wake Forest Conference on Argumentation and Democracy, Venice, June 1992.

57. ‘On Defining “Critical Thinker” and Justifying Critical Thinking’ (Response to McCarthy and Norris)

Philosophy of Education Society, April 1992.

56. ‘Not by Skill Alone: The Centrality of Character to Critical Thinking’


Pacific APA (AILACT), March 1992.

55. ‘On Studying Science as a Scientist Might: Problems with Naturalized Philosophy of Science’University of Utrecht, November 1990; University of East Anglia, January 1991; LSE, February 1991; University of Groningen, March 1991; University of Durham, April 1991; Cambridge University, May 1991.

54. ‘Education and the Fostering of Rationality’University of Nijmegen, December 1990; University of Groningen, March 1991; University of Leeds, May 1991.

53. ‘The Rationality of Reasonableness’Philosophy of Education Society, Washington, March 1991.

52. ‘Rationality and Ideology’Institute of Education, University of London, February 1991.

51. ‘Normativity, Argumentation, and an Epistemic Theory of Fallacies’ (with J. Biro) Second International Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, June 1990.

50. ‘Fostering the Disposition to be Rational’Philosophy of Education Society, Miami, April 1990.

49. ‘Feyerabend on Science and Culture,’ and 48. ‘Lipman’s Contributions to Philosophy and Education’ (AILACT), both presented at

Eastern Division, APA, December 1989.

47. ‘Education for Critical Thinking’Claremont Colleges, October 1989.

46. ‘Critical Thinking, Rationality and Education,’ 45. ‘Rationality and Ideology,’ and 44. ‘Naturalizing the Philosophy of Science,’ all invited and presented at the University of

Manitoba, October 1989.

43. ‘The Generalizability of Critical Thinking’Invited talk, presented at conference on title topic, Memorial University, Newfoundland, September 1989.

42. ‘Justification by Balance: The Epistemology of Informal Logic’Third International Symposium on Informal Logic, June 1989.

41. ‘Response to Fogelin, Hatcher, and Lipman’APA Pacific Division (AILACT), March 1989.


40. ‘Why Be Rational? On Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking,’ and 39. ‘Is Translation Relevant to Educational Relevance?’, both presented at

Philosophy of Education Society, March 1989.

38. ‘Epistemology, Psychology, and Critical Thinking’Long Beach State University, February 1989.

37. ‘Rationality and Relativism: The Epistemological Importance of Critical Thinking’Ripon College, November 1988.

36. ‘Can Philosophy of Science Be Naturalized?’University of South Florida, September 1988; Eighteenth World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, England, August 1988.

35. ‘Response to Rud’APA Eastern Division Meeting (AILACT), December 1987.

34. ‘Rationality, Technology, and Liberal Education’Baker University Series on Technology and Liberal Education, October 1987.

33. ‘Can Philosophy of Science Be Naturalized?’,32. ‘Is Confirmation Differential?’ (with Edward Erwin), and31. ‘Discovery, Creativity, and Methodological Rule-Breaking’ (with Sharon Bailin): all presented

at the Eighth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Moscow, August 1987.

30. ‘The Role of Philosophy in a Technological University’, and 29. ‘Relativism and Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities’, both presented at

Michigan Technological University, May 1987.

28. ‘Reasoning, Teaching, and Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov’American Educational Research Association, April 1987.

27. ‘Rationality and Ideology’APA Central Division (AILACT), April 1987; Sonoma State University Conference on Critical Thinking, August 1986.

26. ‘Epistemological Underpinnings of Critical Thinking’APA Pacific Division (AILACT), March 1987; Sonoma State University Conference on Critical Thinking, August 1987; Eighteenth World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, England, August 1988.

25. ‘Rationality and Epistemic Dependence’


APA Pacific Division, March 1987; Stanford Colloquium on Philosophy of Science, April 1986; California Association for Philosophy of Education, March 1986; Sacramento State University, April 1986.

24. ‘Critical Thinking and Rationality’ (Response to Weinstein)APA Eastern Division (AILACT), December 1986.

23. ‘Education, Critical Thinking and Indoctrination’Southeast Bank Lecture, University of Miami, April 1986; Invited Lecture, Sacramento State Center for the Reasoning Arts, April 1986; Sonoma State University Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, August 1987.

22. ‘How Political Should Philosophy of Education Be?’Philosophy of Education Society, April 1986.

21. ‘On “Critical Attitude”’APA Central Division Meeting (AILACT), March 1986; Sonoma State University Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, July 1985.

20. ‘Skills, Attitudes, and Education for Critical Thinking’APA Pacific Division (AILACT), March 1986; First International Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, June 1986.

19. ‘McPeck, Informal Logic and the Nature of Critical Thinking’Philosophy of Education Society, April 1985.

18. ‘Naturalized Epistemic Justification’ (Response to Duran)APA Pacific Division Meeting, March 1985.

17. ‘Philosophical Questions Underlying Education for Critical Thinking’ (Part Two of ‘Educating Reason: Critical Thinking, Informal Logic, and the Philosophy of Education’)

APA Eastern Division Meeting (AILACT), December 1984.

16. ‘Rationality, Ideology and Education’American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, October 1984.

15. ‘Critical Thinking, Philosophy, and the Informal Logic Movement’Sonoma State University Conference on Critical Thinking, July 1984.

14. ‘The Impotence of Relativism’APA Pacific Division Meeting, March 1984.

13. ‘Creationism, Evolution, and the Politics of Science’Science, Technology and Society Lecture Series, Michigan Technological University,


October 1983.

12. ‘Rationality, Relativism and Science Education’ American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, May 1983.

11. ‘Genderized Cognitive Perspectives and the Redefinition of Philosophy of Education’Philosophy of Education Society, April 1983; Harvard University, November 1982.

10. ‘Reliabilism, Naturalism, and Justification’ (Response to Heil) APA Pacific Division Meeting, March 1983.

9. ‘Laudan on Problems, Rationality, and Truth in Science’APA Pacific Division Meeting, March 1982.

8. ‘Critical Literacy and Minimum Competency Testing’California Association for Philosophy of Education, November 1981; Far West Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, December 1982; American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, November 1983.

7. ‘Rationality, Critical Thinking, and Moral Education’Sonoma State University Conference on Critical Thinking, May 1981.

6. ‘Conceptual Change and the New Philosophy of Science,’ and5. ‘The Future and Purpose of Philosophy of Education’

Philosophy of Education Society, April 1981.

4. ‘On “Rationality in the Schools”’Philosophy of Education Society, April 1980.

3. ‘Critical Thinking As An Educational Ideal’American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April 1980.

2. ‘Can Psychology Be Relevant to Epistemology?’Philosophy of Education Society, April 1979.

1. ‘Kuhn and Critical Thought’Philosophy of Education Society, April 1977.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

A. External Evaluator, Programs, Promotion/Tenure Cases and Dissertations:

*Promotion to Full Professor Evaluation, Bryan Warnick, Philosophy of Education, Ohio State University, August 2014.


*Outside Member, Dissertation Committee, Ben Van Dam, University of Ghent, from January 2014-15.

*Promotion Evaluation, John Freeman-Moir, University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ, August 2013.

*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Josh Corngold, Philosophy of Education, University of Tulsa, August 2013.

*External Evaluation, School of Philosophy, University of Leuven, Belgium, September 2012.*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Victoria Costa, Philosophy, College of William and Mary,

August 2012.*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Jon Levisohn, Philosophy of Education, Brandeis

University, August 2011.*Promotion to Full Professor Evaluation, Geoff Goddu, Philosophy, University of Richmond,

August 2011.*Outside Member, Dissertation Committee, James Croft, Philosophy of Education, Harvard

University, from July 2011; Qualifying paper passed October 2012; dissertation in progress.

*Outside Member, Dissertation Committee, Joshua Ryoo, Philosophy of Education, ‘The Philosophy of Epistemic Liberty: John Locke on Politics, Knowledge and Education’, Harvard University, 2008-2010.

*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Bryan Warnick, Philosophy of Education, Ohio State University, August 2009.

*External Evaluation, PhD Dissertation, Mark Tyler, ‘Critical Spirit’, Philosophy of Education, University of Southern Queensland, Australia, June 2009.

*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Stephen Campbell, Philosophy of Education, Simon Fraser University, September 2007.

*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Marcello Guarino, Philosophy, University of Windsor, October 2006.

*Tenure Evaluation, Barbara Applebaum, Philosophy of Education, Syracuse University, October 2006.

*Promotion to Associate Professor Evaluation, Barbara Applebaum, Philosophy of Education, Syracuse University, November 2004.

*Promotion to Professor Evaluation, Christopher Winch, Philosophy of Education, King’s College London, November 2004.

*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Christopher Higgins, Philosophy of Education, Teachers College Columbia University, November 2003.

*External Evaluation of Philosophy Programs, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, Trinidad, 2003.

*External Evaluation, MPhil Thesis on ‘The Rationality of Curriculum Development’, University of the West Indies, 2002.

*External Evaluation, candidates for Chair of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Turku, Finland, 2001.

*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Christine McCarthy, Philosophy of Education, University of Iowa, November 2000.

*Reappointment Evaluation, Christopher Higgins, Philosophy of Education, Teachers College


Columbia University, November 2000.*Research and PhD Program Evaluation, The Association of Research Universities in the

Netherlands (VSNU), 2000.*Professorial Appointment Evaluation, Eamonn Callan, Philosophy of Education, Stanford

University, February 1999.*PhD Program Evaluation, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), 1993,

1999-2000.*Promotion to Professor Evaluation, Shelagh Crooks, Philosophy, Saint Mary’s University

(Canada), November 1998.*External Examiner, PhD Dissertation, Shelby Sheppard, Simon Fraser Univ., 1997.*External Examiner, PhD Dissertation, Philosophy of Education, Univ. of Aberdeen, 1996.*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Robert Carson, Montana State University, November 1996.*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Luise Prior McCarty, Philosophy of Education, Indiana

University, August 1996.*Outside Reader for PhD thesis on Relativism by B. R. Beatch, Dept. of Philosophy, SUNY

Buffalo, 1993.*Promotion to Professor Step VI Evaluation, Donald Arnstine, Philosophy of Education, UC

Davis, August 1992.*Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon, Philosophy of Education,

University of Chicago, September 1989.

B. Guest Instructor:

*Short Course on ‘Well-being, Wisdom and Education (co-taught with Joseph Dunne), University of Oslo, October 2014.

*Short course on ‘Aims of Education’ (co-taught with Paul Standish), University of Oslo, October 2013.

*Short course on ‘Aristotle and Practical Reason’ (co-taught with Joseph Dunne), University of Oslo, May 2012.

*Three short courses, on ‘The Epistemology of Disagreement’, ‘Theory of Argumentation’, and ‘Critical Thinking and Education’, at Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago Chile, March 2012, and Universidad La Serena, La Serena Chile, April 2012.

*Short course on ‘Philosophy of Science’, University of Oslo, January 2011.*Short course on ‘Critical Thinking’, University of Oslo, February 2010.*Short course on ‘Pragmatism and Education’ (co-taught with Paul Standish), University of

Oslo, May 2008.*Lead Tutor, one week short course on ‘Reason and Education’: inaugural effort sponsored by

the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) as part of their ‘regeneration’ effort to bring a new generation of scholars to the field, Roehampton University, London, July 2006.

*Short course on ‘Epistemology and Argumentation’, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 1997.

*Foundation Visiting Lecturer, University of Auckland, New Zealand (1993)*Short course on ‘Rationality, Argumentation and Education’, University of Amsterdam, Fall


1990.

C. Interviews:

*Interviewed by Winston Thompson on the current state of philosophy of education for PIPE: Profiles in Philosophy and Education, available at http://www.pipeline.fm/podcast/episode-019-harvey-siegel.

*Interview on Critical Thinking and Education, El Mercurio (Chile national newspaper), April 2012.

*Interview on NPR, Why? Radio, on ‘What is Critical Thinking?’, December 2009, http://www.whyradioshow.org/previous.html.

*‘An Interview with Harvey Siegel: An Essential Resource in Philosophy of Education’, by Michael Shaughnessy, on the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education, in Education News, December 2009, www.educationnews.org/michael-f-shaughnessy/17952.html.

*‘An Interview with Harvey Siegel’, by Michael Shaughnessy, Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, vol. 16, #2, 2006, pp. 91-100.

*‘Différentialisme: Respect des Différences et Relativismes Culturels’ (‘Respect for Cultural Difference and Cultural Relativism’), Interview in Belgian magazine Regards, November 2003, pp. 14-15.

*‘Kdo Je Kritični Mislec?’ (‘What Is Critical Thinking?’), Interview in Slovene magazine Šolski Razgledi, September 1999, p. 5.

D. Editorial Boards:

Member, Scientific Board, Filozofia Edukacji (Philosophy of Education), Poland, (2015- )Member, Scientific Committee, European Conference on Argumentation (2014- ) Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Oxford Research Directions, Oxford University Press

(2011- )Member, International Editorial Board, Biographical Encyclopedia of Educational Thought

(Book Series, Continuum Publishing (2004- )Member, Editorial Board, Theory and Research in Education (2003- )Consulting Editor, Epistéme (2002- )Member, External Advisory Board, London Review of Education (2002- )Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Caribbean Educational Research Journal (2001- )Member, Editorial Board, Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines (1999- )Member, U.S. Editorial Advisory Board, Philosophy Now (1998- )Member, Editorial Board, Science and Education: Contributions from History, Philosophy

and Sociology of Science and Mathematics (1991- )Member, Editorial Board, Informal Logic (1989- )Member, Editorial Board, Studies in Philosophy and Education (1989- )Associate Editor, Educational Theory (1996- )

http://www.educationnews.org/michael-f-shaughnessy/17952.html

http://www.educationnews.org/michael-f-shaughnessy/17952.html

http://www.whyradioshow.org/previous.html

http://www.pipeline.fm/podcast/episode-019-harvey-siegel


Editorial Consultant, Educational Philosophy and Theory (1997- )Member, Editorial Board, Argumentation (1994-2014)Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Teaching for Thinking and Creativity (2004- 2011)Member, Editorial Board, Synthese (1999-2007)Member, Editorial Board, The School Field (1998-2002)Member, Editorial Board, Kluwer Book Series Philosophy and Education (1987-98)Member, Editorial Board, Educational Theory (1985-7)Member, Review Board, Educational Theory (1981-5)Member, Review Board, Co-Editor, ‘Margins of Precision’ section, Journal of Thought (1985-

90)

E. Referee/Reviewer: Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, The MIT Press, University of Chicago Press, Wiley-Blackwell, University of California Press, University of British Columbia Press, SUNY Press, D. Reidel, Kluwer, Springer, Routledge, Teachers College Press, St. Martin’s Press, Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, Rowman & Littlefield, College Publications, McGill-Queen’s Press, Bloomsbury, Wm. C. Brown Co. Publishers, Parlor Press, Acumen Publishing, Longman Publishers, Noûs, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, British Journal for Philosophy of Science, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Synthese, The Monist, Ethics, Metaphilosophy, Episteme, American Philosophical Quarterly, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Topoi; Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Dialogue, Philosophy Research Archives, Journal of Philosophical Research, Social Epistemology, Iyyun, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Electronic Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Informal Logic, Argumentation, Cogency, Science in Context, Theory and Research in Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Educational Theory, Studies in Philosophy and Education, Journal of Moral Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory, Science & Education, Science Education, Cultural Studies of Science Education, Interchange, Educational Researcher, American Educational Research Journal, British Journal of Educational Studies, Educational Psychology Review, Journal of Curriculum Studies, American Journal of Education, Administrator's Notebook, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education, National Science Foundation (NSF), The Foundation for Educational Sciences, The Netherlands (PEDON), The Association of Research Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC), Oxford Bibliographies Online, German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development, First Croatian Conference on Argumentation, PSC-CUNY Research Awards, Calgary Institute for the Humanities Annual Fellowship Competition, University of Calgary, Florida Philosophical Association, European Conference on Argumentation.

F. Professional Organizations:

*American Philosophical Association (1976- ):


Program Committee, Eastern Division (2011-13); APA/PDC Award selection committee (2001-03); Advisory Committee to the Program Committee, Eastern Division, Special Field: Philosophy of Education (1997-2001)

*Philosophy of Science Association (1976- )*British Society for the Philosophy of Science (1977- )*Philosophy of Education Society (1976- ):

President (1994-5); Executive Board (1985-87, 1994-6); Program Committee, 1987; Nominating Committee, 1989, 1997, 2009, 2011; Chair, Local Organizing Committee, 1990, 2003; variety of other activities.

*Association for Philosophy of Education (1988- )President (1994-7); Co-founder and Vice-President (Eastern Division) (1988-94)

*Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (1982- ):Vice President (1990-92); Executive Board (1987-89, 2001-03); Essay Prize Committee (2007-10, Chair, 2010); Recruitment Committee (2013- )

*Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (1984- )*Florida Philosophical Association (1984- )

G. University of Miami:*Department of Philosophy: Chair (1999-2011), Director of Undergraduate Studies

(1984-9, 1996-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02), Founding Advisor, Phi Sigma Tau (National Honor Society in Philosophy) (1987-89, 1996-7, 1999-2000, 2001-02), full range of departmental academic and administrative committees, member of over two dozen doctoral committees, director of eight.

*College Committees: College Council (1984-9, 1995-6), College Curriculum Committee (1984-9, 1996, 1999-2000), Dean’s Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee (1999-2001, Chair, 2001), various other regular and ad hoc committees.

*University Committees: Academic Personnel Board (2014-16), University Research Council (2013-16), Executive Committee, University Research Council (2015-16), Research Misconduct Committee Pool (2012-15), PhD. in Nursing Advisory Committee, Provost’s Curriculum Task Force, Graduation Honors Committee, outside member of several Doctoral committees, etc.

*Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (1989-90; 2012-13)

H. Teaching:

Awards: Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Miami (1996)

Regular Courses taught: Variety of courses at undergraduate and graduate levels in Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Philosophy of Social Science, Philosophy of Religion, Analytic Philosophy, Feminist Epistemology/Philosophy of Science, Logic, Ethics, Informal Logic, and Philosophy of Education


Innovative Courses taught: Graduate seminars: Rationality and Rational Belief; Ethics of Belief; Rationality; Relativism; Philosophical Naturalism; Relativism and Disagreement; The End of Philosophy?; Naturalized Epistemology/Philosophy of Science.

Freshman seminars: Reason and Faith in Science and Religion; Elements of Scientific and Philosophical Thought (co-taught with George Gokel, Chemistry).

Others: Theories of the Physical Universe (MALS course, co-taught with Carl Snyder, Chemistry); Philosophy of Biology (co-taught with Michael Gaines,

Biology); Multiculturalism and the Philosophy of Science; Objectivity, Rationality and Relativism; range of independent studies directed (graduate and undergraduate).

I. Thesis and Dissertation Advising:

Chair, Philosophy PhD dissertations:

Micah Dugas, ‘Relativism, Disagreement, and Assertion’ (awarded 2015)Benjamin Yelle, ‘Realizing What Matters’ (awarded 2014)Sheron Fraser-Burgess, ‘How Can Society Educate its Children for Pluralism?’

(awarded 2005)Melissa Bergeron, ‘The Ethics of Belief: A Kantian Duty to Humanity’

(awarded 2004)Tim Mosteller, ‘Epistemological Relativism: McIntyre, Putnam and Rorty’

(awarded 2002)John Wingard, ‘Plantinga’s Proper Functionalism, Knowledge, and Rationality’

(awarded 1997)William Harper, ‘Internalism and Externalism in Epistemic Justification’

(awarded 1996)Ellen Klein, ‘Should Epistemology Be Naturalized? A Metaepistemological

Investigation’ (awarded 1989)Charles M. Schofield, ‘Historical Consciousness and the Problem of Interpretation in

Wilhelm Dilthey’s Philosophy of the Human Sciences’(University of Nebraska-Lincoln, awarded 1980)

Committee Member, Philosophy PhD dissertations:

Lance Aschliman, ‘Epistemic Value’ (in progress)Noel Alphonse, ‘Recent Critiques and Defenses of Ethical Intuitionism’ (awarded 2014)Osvil Acosta-Morales, ‘Believing Courageously: A Philosophical Analysis of Doxastic

Courage’ (in progress) Brian Mondy, ‘Answering Questions: The Aims and Value of Inquiry’ (awarded 2011)Jeremy Morris, ‘The Epistemic Significance of Pure Indexicality’ (awarded 2008)Nenad Popovic, ‘An Analysis of Possible Responses to the Skeptical Puzzle: A Defense

of a New Version of Subject-Sensitive Invariantism’ (awarded 2006)


Michael Veber, ‘Recent Rationalism: A Survey and Evaluation of ContemporaryTheories of the A Priori’ (awarded 2002)

Mark Neunder, ‘The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement’ (awarded 2001)Michael Shaffer, ‘Idealization and Empirical Testing’ (awarded 2000)Ruben Rabinsky, ‘Philosophy of Journalism: On the Theory and Practice of the News

Enterprise’ (awarded 1998)Christopher Hajec, ‘The Argument from Order’ (awarded 1998)James Ryan, ‘Ethical Naturalism’ (awarded 1996)Shannon Krenkel, ‘Victim’s Rights in Capital Sentencing’ (awarded 1996)Frank Macaluso, ‘The Language of Thought Thesis’ (awarded 1994)Kenton Harris, ‘The Philosophy of Dance: A Groundwork to Dance Criticism’ (awarded

1994) Esther Nepomechie, ‘Skepticism: An Overview’ (awarded 1993)Victor Cosculluela, ‘The Ethics of Suicide’ (awarded 1993)David McNaron, ‘The Case Against Eliminative Materialism’ (awarded 1989)

Outside member on dissertations in Psychology, English and Education

Chair, MA thesis: John Nania, ‘Historiography and Conversationalism’ (awarded 1996)

Director, Magna Cum Laude/Philosophy Honors Thesis (undergraduate): Ana Cristancho, ‘A New Theory of the Rationality of Science’ (awarded 2004)

J. Other:

*Member, Program Committee, European Conference on Argumentation, Lisbon, 2015.*Member, Program Committee, International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE)

conference, Bógota, June 2010.*Director, ‘Argumentation and Epistemology’ theme, 6th international ISSA (International

Society for the Study of Argumentation) conference, Amsterdam, June 2006.*CERC Fellow, University of Hong Kong (2005).*Consultant to research group at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, on project in

philosophy of education and social science concerning the nature of (cognitive and moral) development and the normative status of developmental stages and claims. (1990-92)

*Contributor of a fifteen minute taped lecture on Israel Scheffler’s philosophy of education to cassette tape: W. Hare, ed., Twentieth Century Philosophy of Education: Four Lectures on John Dewey, Bertrand Russell, Israel Scheffler, and R. S. Peters, Dalhousie University Learning Resource Services, 1990.

*Member, National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking Instruction (1987-98)*Organizer and Chair, symposium on ‘Philosophy of Science: Current Research and Implications

for Science Education’, for 1983 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), May 1983.

*Consultant, expert witness for State of California in suit concerning the teaching of evolution


and creationism in the California Public Schools, March 1981.*Consultant, Participant on California Public Radio (KQED) ‘Matrix’ program on

creationism/evolution controversy, May 15, 1981; participant in KNBR Radio station program on ‘Evolution in the Schools,’ November 1981.

November 2004 · Web viewIn N. Blake, P. Smeyers, R. Smith, and P. Standish, eds., The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education, Oxford: Blackwell (2003): 181-193. Translated

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