Categories: Historical and Systematic Essays (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, Volume 41)

List of Contributors

List of Contributors C.฀Wesley฀DeMarco (Ph.D.,฀Vanderbilt฀University)฀teaches฀philosophy฀at Clark฀University.฀His฀research฀interests฀include฀metaphysics฀and฀ethics, and฀he฀has฀published฀a฀number฀of฀articles,฀including฀“Knee฀Deep฀in Technique:฀The฀Ethics฀of฀Monopoly฀Capital”฀( Journal฀of฀Business฀Ethics, 2001),฀ “On฀the฀Impossibility฀of฀Placebo฀Effects฀in฀Psychotherapy” (Philosophical฀ Psychology, 1998),฀ and฀“The฀Greening฀of฀Aristotle,”฀in Greek฀ Roots฀of฀Ecological฀Thinking ,฀ ed.฀T.฀ M.฀Robinson฀and฀L.฀W estra (1997). Dagfinn Føllesdal (Ph.D.,฀Harvard฀University)฀is฀the฀C.฀I.฀Lewis฀Professor of฀Philosophy฀at฀Stanford฀University฀and฀Professor฀Emeritus฀of฀Philosophy ฀at฀the฀Philosophical฀Institute฀of฀the฀University฀of฀Oslo.฀He฀has฀published ฀extensively฀on฀the฀philosophy฀of฀logic฀and฀language,฀phenomenology ,฀existentialism,฀and฀hermeneutics.฀Most฀recently฀he฀has฀edited and฀written฀introductions฀for฀ The฀Philosophy฀of฀W .฀V.฀Quine, 5 volumes (2001);฀republished฀his฀1961 dissertation,฀Referential฀Opacity฀and฀Modal Logic (2003);฀and฀assembled฀many฀of฀his฀most฀critical฀papers฀in฀Selected Papers (forthcoming). Newton฀Garver (Ph.D.,฀Cornell฀University)฀is฀SUNY฀Distinguished฀Ser vice ฀Professor฀and฀Professor฀Emeritus฀of฀Philosophy฀at฀the฀State฀Uni versity ฀of฀New฀York฀at฀Buffalo.฀A฀leading฀interpreter฀of฀Wittgenstein,฀he has฀also฀published฀many฀articles฀on฀various฀topics฀in฀the฀philosophy฀of language฀and฀ethics.฀He฀is฀the฀co-editor,฀with฀P.฀H.฀Hare,฀of฀Naturalism and฀Rationality (1986),฀and,฀with฀J.฀B.฀Brady,฀of฀Justice,฀Law,฀and฀Violence (1991).฀ He฀is฀the฀co-author ,฀ with฀Seung-Chong฀Lee,฀of฀ Derrida฀ and Wittgenstein (1994).฀ He฀is฀also฀the฀author฀of฀ This฀ Complicated฀For m฀ of Life:฀Essays฀on฀Wittgenstein (1994). Michael฀Gorman (Ph.D.,฀State฀University฀of฀New฀Y ork฀at฀Buffalo;฀Ph.D., Boston฀ College)฀is฀Assistant฀Professor฀of฀Philosophy฀at฀The฀Catholic University฀ of฀America.฀He฀has฀authored฀more฀than฀a฀dozen฀publications ฀on฀metaphysics,฀philosophy฀of฀mind,฀Christology ,฀and฀other฀top ics ,฀among฀them฀papers฀in฀Ratio International฀Philosophical฀Quarterly,฀Dia295 logue:฀Canadian฀Philosophical฀Review,฀Traditio,฀Philosophical฀Quarterly, and Hume฀Studies. He฀is฀currently฀working฀on฀a฀book฀on฀essence. Jorge฀J.฀E.฀Gracia (Ph.D.,฀University฀of฀Toronto)฀is฀the฀Samuel฀P.฀Capen Chair฀and฀a฀SUNY฀Distinguished฀Professor฀of฀Philosophy฀at฀the฀State University฀of฀New฀York฀at฀Buffalo.฀He฀is฀the฀author฀of฀more฀than฀two hundred฀articles฀and฀has฀written฀or฀edited฀more฀than฀twenty-five฀books His฀recent฀books฀include฀Metaphysics฀and฀Its฀Task:฀The฀Search฀for฀the฀Categorial ฀ Foundation฀of฀Knowledge (1999),฀ How฀ Can฀W e฀ Know฀What฀God Means?฀The฀Interpretation฀of฀Revelation (2001),฀and฀Old฀Wine฀in฀New฀Skins, Aquinas฀ Lecture฀ 2003 (2003).฀ He฀is฀the฀co-editor ,฀ with฀T imothy Noone,฀ of฀ The฀ Blackwell฀Companion฀to฀Philosophy฀in฀the฀Middle฀Ages (2003).฀His฀specializations฀include฀medieval฀philosophy ,฀metaphysics, hermeneutics,฀and฀Latin฀American฀philosophy. Carl฀R.฀Hausman (Ph.D.,฀Northwestern฀University)฀is฀Professor฀Emeritus ฀of฀Philosophy,฀the฀Pennsylvania฀State฀University.฀His฀interests฀focus on฀the฀philosophy฀of฀Charles฀Peirce,฀especially฀his฀views฀of฀evolution, realism,฀and฀semeiotic.฀His฀interests฀are฀equally฀focused฀on฀philosophical ฀understandings฀of฀creativity฀and฀metaphor฀in฀the฀arts.฀His฀books฀include ฀Metaphor฀and฀Art (1989),฀Charles฀S.฀Peirce’s฀Evolutionary฀Philosophy (1993),฀and฀A฀Discourse฀on฀Novelty฀and฀Creation (1984).฀He฀also฀was฀a฀coeditor ฀ of฀ The฀ Creativity฀ Question (1976),฀ Classical฀ American฀Philosophy (1999),฀ and฀other฀works,฀as฀well฀as฀articles฀on฀Peirce,฀creativity , metaphor,฀and฀aesthetics฀in฀various฀professional฀journals. Helen฀Lang (Ph.D.,฀University฀of฀Toronto)฀is฀Professor฀of฀Philosophy฀at Villanova฀ University฀and฀is฀currently฀the฀chair฀of฀the฀Department฀of Philosophy.฀She฀is฀an฀authority฀on฀topics฀in฀ancient฀and฀medieval฀philosophy ฀ and฀has฀held฀visiting฀positions฀at฀the฀Institute฀for฀Advanced Study฀in฀Princeton฀and฀the฀Dibner฀Institute฀for฀the฀Histor y฀of฀Science and฀Technology฀at฀MIT.฀In฀addition฀to฀numerous฀articles,฀she฀is฀the฀author ฀of฀Aristotle’s฀Physics฀and฀Its฀Medieval฀V arieties (1992)฀as฀well฀as฀ The Order฀ of฀Nature฀ in฀Aristotle’s฀ Physics:฀Place฀and฀the฀Elements (1998).฀ Her most฀recent฀book,฀with฀A.฀D.฀Macro,฀is฀an฀edited฀Greek฀text,฀translation ,฀and฀introduction฀to฀Proclus’s฀On฀the฀Eternity฀of฀the฀World (2002). William฀ E.฀McMahon (Ph.D.,฀ University฀of฀Notre฀Dame)฀is฀Professor Emeritus฀of฀Philosophy,฀University฀of฀Akron.฀He฀works฀in฀the฀philosophy ฀of฀language,฀medieval฀philosophy ,฀and฀philosophy฀of฀science.฀His publications฀include฀Hans฀Reichenbach’s฀Philosophy฀of฀Grammar (1976), “Albert฀ the฀Great฀on฀the฀Semantics฀of฀the฀Categories฀of฀Substance, Quantity,฀and฀Quality”฀( Historiographia฀Linguistica 7,฀1980),฀and฀“The 296 contributors [18.119.105...