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History of ‘Temperature’: Maturation of a Measurement Concept

Aug 27, 2020Sep 27, 2020 John 2321 Views 0 Comments

The accepted manuscript for this conceptual etymology of “temperature,” to be published in Annals of Science, is below.

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John D. Norton and the Mateiral Theory of Induction
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Reviving Material Theories of Induction

Jul 11, 2020Jul 13, 2020 John 3106 Views 0 Comments Induction

John D. Norton says philosophers have been led astray for thousands of years by their attempt to treat induction formally.

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Ockham on Induction

Sep 18, 2017Feb 26, 2018 John 6616 Views 0 Comments Induction, Medieval

Summa Logicae, part 3-3, chapters 31–36, trans. John P. McCaskey, September 18, 2017 The text here is from Opera Philosophica,

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Induction in the Renaissance

May 26, 2016 John 4772 Views 0 Comments

During the Renaissance, an older understanding of induction, one prevalent in antiquity, was rediscovered and adopted.

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Sgarbi, The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British Empiricism

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 John 5487 Views 0 Comments HOPOS, Jacopo Zabarella

A book review in HOPOS, Spring 2015.

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The Sources of Mill’s View of Ratiocination and Induction

Jan 29, 2015Jul 20, 2020 John 5979 Views 0 Comments History of philosophy of science, Induction, John Stuart Mill

An article, co-authored with Steffen Ducheyne, in which I trace the sources for John Stuart Mill’s views on induction.

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Induction in the Socratic Tradition

Apr 22, 2014Jul 13, 2020 John 7679 Views 1 Comment Aristotle, Francis Bacon, History of philosophy of science, Induction, Induction case studies, Socrates, William Whewell

McCaskey here seeks to recover a lost conception of induction, one whose leading theoreticians were William Whewell, Francis Bacon, Socrates, and Aristotle.

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Jacopo Zabarella, On Methods and On Regressus

Apr 17, 2014Jul 13, 2020 John 6859 Views 0 Comments Jacopo Zabarella

First ever collated Latin edition and English translation of Jacopo Zabarella on method and regressus.

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Portrait of Francis Bacon
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Regula Socratis: The Rediscovery of Ancient Induction in Early Modern England

Jan 25, 2012May 17, 2016 John 5183 Views 0 Comments Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Induction, Induction case studies

My dissertation. A account of how philosophical induction was conceived in the ancient world and how that conception was later rediscovered by, especially, Francis Bacon.

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Book reviews Publications 

McKnight, The Religious Foundations of Francis Bacon’s Thought

Jan 25, 2012May 17, 2016 John 5703 Views 1 Comment Francis Bacon

A book review in Technology and Culture 48, July 2007.

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Freeing Aristotelian Epagōgē from Prior Analytics II 23

Jan 25, 2012Jul 13, 2020 John 6163 Views 0 Comments Aristotle, Induction

Prior Analytics II 23 is not really about induction by complete enumeration, as all commentators have thought.

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Matthews, Theology and Science in the Thought of Francis Bacon

Jan 25, 2012May 16, 2016 John 5497 Views 0 Comments Francis Bacon

A book review in Technology and Culture 50, July 2009.

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Book cover of An Aristotelian Account of Induction by Louis Groarke
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Groarke, An Aristotelian Account of Induction

Jan 25, 2012Jul 12, 2020 John 4612 Views 0 Comments Aristotle, Induction

A book review in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

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Snyder, Reforming Philosophy

Oct 20, 2010May 17, 2016 John 4279 Views 0 Comments John Stuart Mill

A book review in The Objective Standard, Summer 2008.

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Harriman, The Logical Leap

Sep 4, 2010Jun 9, 2016 John 7811 Views 0 Comments Ayn Rand, David Harriman, Induction, Induction case studies

A review on Amazon, September 2010.

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New Libertarians: New Promoters of a Welfare State

New Libertarians: New Promoters of a Welfare State

Apr 13, 2014 John 3 Comments
Resignation from the Boards of ARI and the Anthem Foundation

Resignation from the Boards of ARI and the Anthem Foundation

Sep 3, 2010 John 1 Comment
How Best to Attack Ayn Rand’s System

How Best to Attack Ayn Rand’s System

Dec 10, 2013 John No Comments
Stop Pirating Copyrighted Course Readings

Stop Pirating Copyrighted Course Readings

Aug 12, 2014 John 2 Comments
The History of Induction

The History of Induction

Mar 12, 2015 John No Comments
Natural Rights, Civil Rights, and Guns

Natural Rights, Civil Rights, and Guns

Jun 29, 2016 John 5 Comments
Key to Induction: Distinguish General and Universal

Key to Induction: Distinguish General and Universal

Jun 11, 2014 John No Comments
Initiation of the Use of Physical Force

Initiation of the Use of Physical Force

Nov 12, 2013 John 3 Comments
A Dog-Eat-Dog World: Rand vs. Rawls

A Dog-Eat-Dog World: Rand vs. Rawls

Mar 24, 2014 John 3 Comments
Induction Without the Uniformity Principle

Induction Without the Uniformity Principle

May 12, 2015 John 3 Comments
The History of Scientific Methods, Pythagoras to Popper

The History of Scientific Methods, Pythagoras to Popper

Jan 26, 2012 John No Comments
History of ‘Temperature’: Maturation of a Measurement Concept

History of ‘Temperature’: Maturation of a Measurement Concept

Aug 27, 2020 John
Reviving Material Theories of Induction

Reviving Material Theories of Induction

Jul 11, 2020 John
Ockham on Induction

Ockham on Induction

Sep 18, 2017 John
Medieval Transmission and Humanist Solution to the Scandal of Philosophy

Medieval Transmission and Humanist Solution to the Scandal of Philosophy

Nov 28, 2016 John
Fordham University’s Medieval Fellow, 2016–7

Fordham University’s Medieval Fellow, 2016–7

Aug 4, 2016 John
Natural Rights, Civil Rights, and Guns

Natural Rights, Civil Rights, and Guns

Jun 29, 2016 John
Induction in the Renaissance

Induction in the Renaissance

May 26, 2016 John
Sgarbi, <em>The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British Empiricism</em>

Sgarbi, The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British Empiricism

May 25, 2016 John
Oct. 22 in NYC — Rights in America: A History

Oct. 22 in NYC — Rights in America: A History

May 12, 2016 John
Contemporary Civilization

Contemporary Civilization

May 11, 2016 John
Universal Laws and the Case of Cholera

Universal Laws and the Case of Cholera

Dec 2, 2015 John
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