Research

The faculty of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Lethbridge, both present and past, have a long and rich history of producing original and influential research. Below you will find detailed records of their work. If you are unable to access a resource listed below, we invite you to reach out.

Some recent highlights include:

Balcarras, D. (2023) What is it to have a language? Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. 104(4), 837-866.
Dieleman, S. & Ramberg, B. (2023) Richard Rorty. In Zalta, E. N., & Nodelman, U. (Eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2024 Edition).
Peacock, K. A. (2024) The Last Loophole in Bell's Theorem? A prima facie problem with superdeterminism. arXiv Preprint.
Stevens, K. (2024) Sophisms and Contempt for Autonomy. Philosophy and Rhetoric, 57(3), 333–346.

And some of our faculty's most cited and influential works include:

Brown, B. & Priest, G. (2004) Chunk and Permeate, a Paraconsistent Inference Strategy. Part I: The Infinitesimal Calculus. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 33, 379–388.
Dieleman, S. (2015) Epistemic Justice and Democratic Legitimacy. Hypatia, 30(4), 794–810.
Peacock, K. A. (2011) Symbiosis in Ecology and Evolution. In deLaplante, K., Brown, B., & Peacock, K. A. (Eds.), Philosophy of Ecology (pp. 218–250). Elsevier.
Rodych, V. (2018) Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics. In Zalta, E. N. (Ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2018 Edition).
Stevens, K. (2016) The Virtuous Arguer: One Person, Four Roles. Topoi, 35, 375–383.
Stingl, M. & Collier, J. (1993) Evolutionary Naturalism and the Objectivity of Morality. Biology and Philosophy, 8, 47–60.

Faculty

Website

balcarras.ca

Articles

(2023) Is meaning cognized? Mind and Language. 38(5), 1276-1295.
(2023) What is it to have a language? Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. 104(4), 837-866.
(2023) Functionalism and tacit knowledge of grammar. Philosophical Perspectives. 37(1), 18-48.

Books

with K. deLapante & K. A. Peacock (Eds.) (2011) Philosophy of Ecology. Elsevier.
with P. K. Schotch & R. Jennings (Eds.) (2009) On Preserving: Essays on Preservationism and Paraconsistent Logic. University of Toronto Press.
(2007) Evolution: A Historical Perspective. Greenwood Press.
with F. Lepage (Eds.) (2006) Truth and Probability: Essays in Honour of Hugues Leblanc. College Publications.
with J. Woods (Eds.) (2001) Logical Consequences: Rival Approaches. Hermes Science Publishing.
with D. Braybrooke & P. K. Schotch (1995) Logic on the Track of Social Change. Oxford University Press.

Articles

with W. F. Dai et al. (2021) Building a National Reassessment Process for Oncology Drugs: Lessons Learned by the Canadian Real-World Evidence for Value of Cancer Drugs (CanREValue) Collaboration through a Simulated Reassessment Exercise. Current Oncology, 28(6), 4645-4654.
with F. M. Kouhestani et al. (2020) Multi-criteria PSO-based optimal design of grid-connected hybrid renewable energy systems. International Journal of Green Energy, 17(11), 617-631.
(2020) Speaking of Fiction. Journal of Applied Logics, 7(2), 145–161.
with F. M. Kouhestani & J. Byrne et al. (2019) A comprehensive assessment of solar and wind energy potential at the University of Lethbridge campus, a medium-sized western Canadian university. International Journal of Green Energy, 16(14), 1246-1263.
(2018) Inconsistency Measures and Paraconsistent Consequence. In Grant, J. & Martinez, M. V. (Eds.) Measuring Inconsistency in Information. College Publications.
with C. Potvin et al. (2017) Stimulating a Canadian Narrative for Climate. Facets, 2(1), 131–149.
(2017) Paraconsistency, Pluralistic Models and Reasoning in Climate Science. Humana Mente, 32, 179–194.
(2017) A Preservationist Perspective on Relevance Logic. Journal of Applied Logics, 4(3), 783–793.
(2016) On the Preservation of Reliability. In Andreas, H. & Verdee, P. (Eds.) Logical Studies of Paraconsistent Reasoning in Science and Mathematics. (pp. 65-80) Springer.
(2016) From Consequence Relations to Reasoning Strategies. In Payette, G. (Ed.) "Shut Up" He Explained: Essays in Honour of Peter K. Schotch. College Publications.
with G. Priest (2015) Chunk and Permeate II: Bohr's Hydrogen Atom. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 5, 297–314.
(2015) Stipulation and Symmetrical Consequence. In Beziau, J.-Y., Chakraborty, M., & Dutta, S. (Eds.), New Directions in Paraconsistent Logic: 5th WCP, Kolkata, India, February 2014 (pp. 335–352). Springer.
(2014) Symmetrical Preservation Relations and Cognitive Commitments. In Beziau, J.-Y., Buchsbaum, A., & Altair, A. (Eds.), Handbook of the 5th World Congress on Paraconsistency (pp. 23–25). Indian Statistical Institute.
(2014) The Shape of Science. Synthese, 191, 3079–3109.
with J. S. Hoch, C. Mahon, J. Nanson, & L. Rozmovitz (2014) Meaningful patient representation informing Canada’s cancer drug funding decisions: Views of patient representatives on the Pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review. Current Oncology. 21, 263-266.
(2014) In Defense of Forthright Atheism. In Bauslaugh, G. (Ed.) Voices of Humanism. Rocketday Arts.
(2013) Consequence as Preservation: Some Refinements. In Tanaka, T., Berto, F., Mares, E. & Paoli, F. (Eds.) Paraconsistency: Logic and Applications. (pp. 123-140) Springer.
(2011) Ecology as Historical Science. In deLaplante, K., Brown, B., & Peacock, K. A. (Eds.), Philosophy of Ecology (pp. 251–282). Elsevier.
(2011) Ethics in Darwin's Melancholy Vision. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 42(1), 20–29.
with K. deLaplante & K. A. Peacock (2011) Philosophy of Ecology Today. In deLaplante, K., Brown, B., & Peacock, K. A. (Eds.), Philosophy of Ecology (pp. 3–22). Elsevier.
(2010) Robert Latimer's Choice. In Stingl, M. (Ed.), The Price of Compassion: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (pp. 161–186). Broadview Press.
(2010) Beyond the Brink: Somalia's Health Crisis. Human Rights and Human Welfare, 10(1), 6–16.
(2009) Ambiguity Games and Preserving Ambiguity Measures. In Schotch, P. K., Brown, B., & Jennings, R. (Eds.), On Preserving: Essays on Preservationism and Paraconsistent Logic (pp. 167–182). University of Toronto Press.
with D. Nicholson (2009) Representation of Forcing. In Schotch, P. K., Brown, B., & Jennings, R. (Eds.), On Preserving: Essays on Preservationism and Paraconsistent Logic (pp. 139–154). University of Toronto Press.
(2008) Coherentism and Coherence Truth in the Philosophy of Nicholas Rescher. In Almeder, R. (Ed.), Rescher Studies: A Collection of Essays on the Philosophical Work of Nicholas Rescher (pp. 59–88). Ontos Verlag.
(2008) Authority and Civil Disobedience. Humanist Perspectives. 164.
(2007) Preservationism: A Short History. In Gabbay, D. M. & Woods, J. (Eds.), Handbook of the History of Logic, Volume 8: The Many Valued and Nonmonotonic Turn in Logic (pp. 95–127). Elsevier.
(2007) Selective Skepticism, Manufactured Doubt and the Politics of Science. Humanist Perspectives. 160, 20-23.
(2006) Bootstrapping Norms: From Cause to Intention. In Schotch, P. & Sherwin, S. (Eds.), Engaged Philosophy: Essays in Honour of David Braybrooke (pp. 343–364). University of Toronto Press.
(2006) Skepticism About the Past and the Problem of Criterion. Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 6(2), 291–306.
(2004) Chunk and Permeate, a Paraconsistent Inference Strategy. Part I: The Infinitesimal Calculus. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 33, 379–388.
(2004) The Pragmatics of Empirical Adequacy. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 82(2), 242–264.
(2004) Knowledge and Non-Contradiction. In Priest, G., Beall, J. C., & Armour-Garb, B. (Eds.), The Law of Non-Contradiction (pp. 126–155). Oxford University Press.
(2003) Notes on Hume and Skepticism of the Senses. Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 3(3), 289–303.
(2002) Approximate Truth: A Paraconsistent Account. In Meheus, J. (Ed.), Inconsistency in Science (pp. 81–103). Springer.
(2002) Paraconsistent Classical Logic. In Carnielli, W. A., Coniglio, M., & D'ottaviano, I. M. L. (Eds.), Paraconsistency: The Logical Way to the Inconsistent (pp. 95–107). CRC Press.
(2002) On Paraconsistency. In Jacquette, D. (Ed.), A Companion to Philosophical Logic (pp. 628–650). Blackwell.
(2000) Simple Natural Deduction for Weakly Aggregative Paraconsistent Logic. In Batens, D., Mortensen, C., Priest, G., & Van Bendegem, J. P. (Eds.), Frontiers of Paraconsistency. Research Studies Press.
(2000) An empty refinement in Mellor's definition of chances. Analysis, 60(3), 238–243.
(2000) Critical Notice of D. H. Mellor's The Facts of Causation. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 30(3), 467–494.
(1999) Adjunction and Aggregation. Noûs, 33(2), 273–283.
with P. Schotch (1999) Logic and Aggregation. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 28, 265–288.
(1999) Yes, Virginia, there Really are Paraconsistent Logics. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 28, 489–500.
(1999) Smoke and Mirrors: A Few Nice Tricks. Dialogue, 38(1), 123–134.
(1996) Rules and the Rationality of Scientific Cultures. In Braybrooke, D. (Ed.) Social Rules: Origin; Character; Logic; Change. (pp. 53-74) Westview Press.
with P. Apostoli (1995) A Solution to the Completeness Problem for Weakly Aggregative Modal Logic. Journal of Symbolic Logic, 60(3), 832–842.
(1993) Old Quantum Theory: A Paraconsistent Approach. PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, (2), 396–411.
(1993) The Force of 2/n+1. In Hahn, M. (Ed.) Vicinae Deviae: Essays in Honour of Raymond Earl Jennings. (pp. 151-163) Simon Fraser University.
(1992) Struggling With Conditionals. Dialogue, 31(2), 327–332.
(1992) Rational Inconsistency and Reasoning. Informal Logic, 14(1), 5–10.
(1992) Defending Backwards Causation. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 22(4), 429–443.
(1990) How to be Realistic about Inconsistency in Science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 21(2), 281–294.
(1984) Tracking Dummett's Anti-Realism. The Dalhousie Review, 64(3), 584-595.

Book Reviews

(2015) Review of Understanding Inconsistent Science by Peter Vickers. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 46, 413–418.
(2004) Review of The Species Problem: Biological Species, Ontology, and the Metaphysics of Biology by David N. Stamos. Philosophy in Review, 25(5), 371–374.
(1991) Review of Paraconsistent Logic: Essays on the Inconsistent by Graham Priest, Richard Routley, and Jean Norman. Philosophy in Review, 11(1), 58–60.
(1987) Review of Scientific Rationality: The Sociological Turn by James Robert Brown. Dialogue, 26(2), 382–385.
(1987) Review of Hard Choices: Decision Making under Unresolved Conflict by Isaac Levi. Philosophy in Review, 7(12), 500–503.

Website

susandieleman.com

Books

with D. E. McClean & P. Showler (Eds.) (2022) The Ethics of Richard Rorty: Moral Communities, Self-Transformation, and Imagination. Routledge.
with D. Rondel & C. Voparil (Eds.) (2017) Pragmatism and Justice. Oxford University Press.

Articles

(2023) Richard Rorty: Narrative as Anti-Authoritarian Therapy and as Cultural Politics. In Aikin, S. & Talisse, R. (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to Pragmatism. Routledge.
with B. Ramberg (2023) Richard Rorty. In Zalta, E. N., & Nodelman, U. (Eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2024 Edition).
(2022) Speaking for Oneself: Stolen Vocabularies and Imposed Vocabularies. In Dieleman, S., McClean, D. E., & Showler, P. (Eds.), The Ethics of Richard Rorty: Moral Communities, Self-Transformation, and Imagination.
(2022) Introduction: Stretched Thin: Rorty's Ethical Vision. In Dieleman, S., McClean, D. E., & Showler, P. (Eds.), The Ethics of Richard Rorty: Moral Communities, Self-Transformation, and Imagination. Routledge (pp. 1-16).
(2022) Traveling with a Reconstructed Pragmatist Map: A Commentary on Chris Voparil's Reconstructing Pragmatism. Contemporary Pragmatism, 19(4), 401–409.
(2022) Richard Rorty and the Epistemic Defense of Democracy. Contemporary Pragmatism, 19(3), 151–169.
(2021) We're All Winston Now: Losing One's Self in a Post-Truth Society. Forma de Vida, 20.
(2021) Thinking with Rorty about How to Make Philosophy more Livable. In Marchetti, G. (Ed.), The Ethics, Epistemology, and Politics of Richard Rorty. Routledge (pp. 209-225).
(2021) Tinkering with Truth, Tinkering with Difference: Rorty and (Liberal) Feminism. In Rondel, D. (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Richard Rorty. Cambridge University Press (pp. 179–200).
(2021) Cultural Politics, Critical Reflexivity, and Post-Truth Politics: A Response to Clayton Chin's The Practice of Political Theory: Rorty and Continental Thought. Contemporary Pragmatism, 18(4), 349–357.
(2019) Toward a Pragmatist Feminist Egalitarianism: Redescribing the Vertical-Horizontal Debate From a Feminist Perspective. Contemporary Pragmatism, 16(4), 319–328.
(2019) Class Politics and Cultural Politics. Pragmatism Today, 10(1), 23–36.
(2017) Realism, Pragmatism, and Critical Social Epistemology. In Dieleman, S., Rondel, D., & Voparil, C. (Eds.), Pragmatism and Justice. Oxford University Press (pp. 129–143).
(2017) What Would it Mean to Call Rorty a Deliberative Democrat?. Contemporary Pragmatism, 14(3), 319–333.
(2016) Responsibilism and the Analytic-Sociological Debate in Social Epistemology. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 2(2).
(2015) The Energies of Women: William James and the Ethics of Care. In Sullivan, S. & Tarver, E. (Eds.), Feminist Interpretations of William James. Penn State University Press (pp. 121-140).
(2015) Epistemic Justice and Democratic Legitimacy. Hypatia, 30(4), 794–810.
with M. G. Navarro & E. Simbürger (2015) The Politics of Social Epistemology. In Collier, J. H. (Ed.), The Future of Social Epistemology: A Collective Vision. Roman and Littlefield (pp. 55–64).
(2014) Pragmatist Tools for Public Administration. Administration and Society, 49(2), 275–295.
(2014) Locating Rorty: Feminism and Poststructuralism, Experience and Language. The Pluralist, 9(3), 110–120.
(2014) Urban Agriculture, the Idyllic Farmer, and Stupid Knowing. Social Philosophy Today, 30, 47–62.
(2013) The Contingent Status of Epistemic Norms: Rorty, Kantian Pragmatisms, and Feminist Epistemologies. In Groeschner, A., Koopman, C., & Sandbothe, M. (Eds.), Richard Rorty: From Pragmatist Philosophy to Cultural Politics. Bloomsbury.
(2012) Solving The Problem of Epistemic Exclusion: A Pragmatist Feminist Approach. In Hamington, M., & Bardwell-Jones, C. (Eds.), Contemporary Feminist Pragmatism (pp. 90–114). Routledge.
(2011) The Roots of Rorty's Philosophy: Catharine A. MacKinnon. Pragmatism Today, 2(1), 123–132.
(2011) Should we agree to disagree? Pragmatism and peer disagreeement. OSSA Conference Archives, 64, 1–11.
(2010) Revisiting Rorty: Contributions to a Pragmatist Feminism. Hypatia, 25(4), 891–908.

Book Reviews

(2023) Rorty, Brandom, and Women. Metascience, 32, 391–394.
(2021) Review of Rorty and Beyond, edited by Randall Auxier, Eli Kramer, and Krzysztof Piotr Skowrońksi. American Journal of Theology and Philosophy.
(2021) Review of Richard Rorty: Outgrowing Modern Nihilism, by Tracy Llanera. Metaphilosophy.
(2021) Philosopher-Chairpersons & Rortyan Deposits: Response to Deweyan Experimentalism and the Problem of Method in Political Philosophy, by Joshua Forstenzer. Syndicate.
(2019) Against Ideal Theory Ignorance: Review of Understanding Ignorance, by Daniel R. DeNicola. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 9(5), 11-15.
(2016) Review of Defending Rorty: Pragmatism and Liberal Virtue, by William M. Curtis. Contemporary Pragmatism. 13(4), 441-444.
(2016) Review of The Cambridge Companion to Pragmatism, edited by Alan Malachowski. Dialogue. 55(2), 385-386.
(2016) Review of Gendered Readings of Change: A Feminist-Pragmatist Approach, by Clara Fischer. Hypatia Reviews Online. E41.
(2014) Review of Communication and Creative Democracy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Omar Swartz. Education and Culture. 30(1), 101-105.
(2012) Review of Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance, edited by Robert N. Proctor and Londa Schiebinger, and Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance, edited by Shannon Sullivan and Nancy Tuana. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 1(2), 11-25.
(2011) Review of Feminist Interpretations of Richard Rorty, edited by Marianne Janack. Social Theory and Practice. 37(4), 705-711.
(2011) Review of The Deepening Darkness: Patriarchy, Resistance, and Democracy’s Future by Carol Gilligan and David A.J. Richards. APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy. 10(2), 19-20.

Website

scholar.ulethbridge.ca/kentpeacock

Books

(In Progress) Basic Symbolic Logic.
(In Progress) Sustainability as Symbiosis: An Ecological Vision of the Prospects for Humanity on a Living Planet.
(2018) Quantum Heresies. College Publications.
with K. deLaplante and B. Brown (Eds.) (2011) Philosophy of Ecology. Elsevier.
(2008) The Quantum Revolution: A Historical Perspective. Greenwood Press.
with A. D. Irvine (Eds.) (2005) Mistakes of Reason: Essays in Honour of John Woods. University of Toronto Press.
(1996) Living With the Earth: An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy. Harcourt Brace Canada.

Articles

(2024) The Last Loophole in Bell's Theorem? A prima facie problem with superdeterminism. arXiv Preprint.
(2023) The Hamiltonian for Entangled States Cannot Be Additive. arXiv Preprint.
(2023) We Are the Emergency. In Lucy Weir (Ed.), Philosophy as Practice in the Ecological Emergency: An Exploration of Urgent Matters (pp. 57–69). Palgrave Macmillan.
(2022) As Much as Possible, As Soon as Possible: Getting Negative About Emissions. Ethics, Policy, and Environment, 25(3), 281–296.
(2019) Virtue in the Anthropocene. In T. DesRoches, F. Jankunis, and B. Williston (Eds.), Canadian Environmental Philosophy (pp. 181–198). McGill-Queen’s University Press.
(2018) Fermi and Lotka: The Long Odds of Survival in a Dangerous Universe. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 71(6), 207–211.
(2018) A Different Kind of Rigor: What Climate Scientists Can Learn from Emergency Room Doctors. Ethics, Policy, and Environment, 21(2), 194–214.
(2017) Energy, Complexity, and the Singularity. In V. Callaghan, J. Miller, R. Yampolskiy, and S. Armstrong (Eds.), The Singularity Hypothesis: Managing the Journey (pp. 153–165). Springer.
(2017) La Durabilité comme Symbiose : Qu'est ce que cela nécessiterait?. In Alexandre Guay and Stéphanie Ruphy (Eds.), Science, philosophie, société : 4e congrès de la Société des Sciences (pp. 131–142). Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté.
(2017) Happiest Thoughts: Great Thought Experiments of Modern Physics. In Michael T. Stuart, Yiftach Fehige, and James Robert Brown (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Thought Experiments (pp. 211–242). Routledge.
(2017) Do Businesspeople Need to be Professionals?. In Peg Tittle (Ed.), Ethical Issues in Business: Inquiries, Cases, and Readings, Second Edition (p. 556). Broadview Press.
with Andrew Tedder (2016) Identity, Haecceity, and the Godzilla Problem. In Gillman Payette (Ed.), “Shut up,” he explained. Essays in Honour of Peter K. Schotch (pp. 63–79). College Publications.
(2015) Philosophy in the Anthropocene. In Kishor Vaidya (Ed.), Philosophy for the Curious. The Curious Academic Publishing.
(2014) Would Superluminal Influences Violate the Principle of Relativity?. Lato Sensu: revue de la Société de philosophie des sciences, 1(1), 49–62.
(2014) Realism in a Quantum World. In Jeffrey Foss (Ed.), Science and the World: Philosophical Approaches (pp. 251–264). Broadview Press.
(2011) The Three Faces of Ecological Fitness. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 42, 99–105.
with Bryson Brown and Kevin deLaplante (2011) Philosophy of Ecology Today. In Kevin deLaplante, Bryson Brown, and Kent A. Peacock (Eds.), Philosophy of Ecology (pp. 3–22). Elsevier.
(2011) Symbiosis in Ecology and Evolution. In Kevin deLaplante, Bryson Brown, and Kent A. Peacock (Eds.), Philosophy of Ecology (pp. 218–250). Elsevier.
(2008) Sustainability---The Very Idea!. Alternatives Journal, 34(4), 28.
(2008) Ecosystems. In Sahotra Sarkar and Anya Plutynski (Eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology (pp. 351–367). Blackwell.
with John Woods (2004) Quantum Logic and the Unity of Science. In S. Rahman, J. Symons, D.M. Gabbay, and J.-P. Van Bendegem (Eds.), Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science (pp. 257–287). Kluwer.
(2002) Bub and the Barriers to Quantum Ontology. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 16(3), 281–285.
with Brian Hepburn (2000) Begging the Signalling Question: Quantum Signalling and the Dynamics of Multiparticle Systems. In B. Brown and J. Woods (Eds.), Logical Consequences: Rival Approaches and New Studies in Exact Philosophy: Logic, Mathematics, and Science, Vol. II (pp. 279–292). Hermes Science Publishers.
(1999) Staying Out of the Lifeboat: Sustainability, Culture, and the Thermodynamics of Symbiosis. Ecosystem Health, 5(2), 91–103.
(1999) Symbiosis and the Ecological Role of Philosophy. Dialogue, 38(4), 699–717.
(1998) Superluminal Transformations in Spacetimes of Definite Metric. In Geoffrey Hunter, Stanley Jeffers, and Jean-Pierre Vigier (Eds.), Causality and Locality in Modern Physics: Proceedings of a Symposium in Honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier (pp. 227–234). Kluwer.
(1998) On the Edge of a Paradigm Shift: Quantum Nonlocality and the Breakdown of Peaceful Coexistence. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 12(2), 129–149.
with Jan Shepherd (1998) Knowledge versus Opinion: Two Models of Professionalism. In A. Carson and J. McCutcheon (Eds.), Educating the Ethical Professional: Proceedings of the Third Annual Laurier Conference on Business and Professional Ethics (pp. 84–92). Wilfred Laurier University.
(1992) A New Look at Simultaneity. PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, 1992(1), 542–552.
(1992) Comment on 'Tests of Signal Locality and Einstein-Bell Locality' by S. Roy and V. Singh. Physical Review Letters, 69(18), 2377.

Book Reviews

(2020) The Duty to Communicate: Review of Ethics and Practice in Science Communication (Susanna Priest, Jean Goodwin, & Michael F. Dahlstrom eds.). BioScience, 70(8), 719–721.
(2011) The Two Faces of Gaia: Review of The Medea Hypothesis by Peter Ward. Alternatives Journal, 37(1), 35–36.
(2007) The Symbiotic Vision: Review of Symbiotic Planet: A New Look at Evolution by Lynn Margulis and The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back— and How We Can Still Save Humanity by James Lovelock. Alternatives Journal, 33(4), 35–36.
(2006) Progress Traps: Review of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond, and A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright. Alternatives Journal, 32(3), 38–41.
(2003) Review of Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology by Eric Katz, Andrew Light, and David Rothenberg. Philosophy in Review, 23(2), 116–118.
(2002) Review of Quantum Theory and the Flight From Realism by Christopher Norris. Philosophy in Review, XXII(2), 138–140.
(2000) Review of Studies in Scientific Realism by André Kukla. University of Toronto Quarterly, Letters in Canada (Winter/Spring 1999/2000), 69(1), 129–.
(1999) Review of Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: An Appraisal by James T. Cushing, Arthur Fine, and Sheldon Goldstein. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 13(2), 197–200.
(1999) Review of The End of the World: The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction by John Leslie. Dialogue, 38(3), 650–653.
(1998) Critical Notice of From Physics to Metaphysics by Michael Redhead. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 28(2), 287–309.
(1998) Review of The Dilemma of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen — 60 Years Later edited by A. Mann and M. Revzen. Mathematical Reviews, 98i, 5947–5948.
(1997) Review of Re-examining the assumption that elements of reality can be Lorentz-invariant by O. Cohen and B. J. Hiley. Mathematical Reviews, 97a, 81008.
(1997) Review of Relativistic Covariance and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by E. Marx. Mathematical Reviews, 97j, 6415.
(1997) Review of The Invented Universe: The Einstein-de Sitter Controversy (1916–17) and the Rise of Relativistic Cosmology by Pierre Kerszberg. ProtoSociology, 10, 234–237.
(1996) Review of Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics by Tim Maudlin. Philosophical Review, 105(2), 259–262.
(1995) Review of A Model of the Universe: Space-Time, Probability and Decision by Storrs McCall. The Review of Metaphysics, 49(2), 419–420.
(1993) Review of Quantum Mechanics by Leslie Ballentine. Physics in Canada, 49(6), 394–395.
with James R. Brown (1988) Review of Incompleteness, Nonlocality and Realism by Michael Redhead. Canadian Philosophical Reviews, 8(8), 316–320.

Books

with I. M. Copi & C. Cohen (2019) Introduction to Logic: Fifteenth Edition. Routledge

Articles

(2018) Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics. In Zalta, E. N. (Ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2018 Edition). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. (Substantial revision of Rodych (2007).)
(2013) Wittgenstein Completeness. In Punochar, V. & Svarny, P. (Eds.) The Logica Yearbook 2012. (pp. 137-157) College Publications.
(2008) M athematical Sense: Wittgenstein’s Syntactical Structuralism. In: Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Information, Pichler, A. & Hrachovec, H. (Eds.), From Ontos Verlag: Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society (Vol. 6), 81–103.
(2007) Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mathematics. In Zalta, E. N. (Ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.
(2006) Who is Wittgenstein’s Worst Enemy?: Steiner on Wittgenstein on Gödel. Logique et Analyse, 49(193), 55–84.
(2005) Are Platonism and Pragmatism Compatible?. In Mistakes of Reason: Essays in Honour of John Woods. Peacock, K. & Irvine, A. D. (Eds.) University of Toronto Press (pp. 78–92).
(2003) Searle Freed of Every Flaw. Acta Analytica, 18, 161–175.
(2003) Popper versus Wittgenstein on Truth, Necessity, and Scientific Hypotheses. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 34, 323–336.
(2003) Misunderstanding Gödel: New Arguments about Wittgenstein and New Remarks by Wittgenstein. Dialectica, 57(3), 279–313.
(2002) Wittgenstein on Gödel: The Newly Published Remarks. Erkenntnis, 56(3), 379–397.
(2001) Gödel's ‘Disproof’ of the Syntactical Viewpoint. Southern Journal of Philosophy, 39(4), 527–555.
(2000) Wittgenstein’s Critique of Set Theory. Southern Journal of Philosophy, 38(2), 281–319.
(2000) Wittgenstein’s Anti-Modal Finitism. Logique et Analyse, 43(171/172), 249–282.
(1999) Wittgenstein's Inversion of Gödel's Theorem. Erkenntnis, 51(2/3), 173–206.
(1999) Wittgenstein on Irrationals and Algorithmic Decidability. Synthese, 118(2), 279–304.
(1997) Wittgenstein on Mathematical Meaningfulness, Decidability, and Application. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 38(2), 195–224.

Reviews

(2004) Review of John Searle, edited by Barry Smith. Philosophy in Review, 24(5), 365–367.
(1995) Review of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mathematics by P. Frascolla. Philosophia Mathematica, 3(3).

Books

(Forthcoming) The Ethics of Argumentation. Routledge.
with S. Aikin & J. Casey (Eds.) (Forthcoming) The Routledge Handbook of Argumentation Theory. Routledge.

Articles

(2024) Waluchow's Theory of Constitutional Interpretation from a Rhetorical-Argumentative Point of View. In Bustamante, T., de Matos, S., & Coelho, A. L. S. (Eds.), Law, Morality and Judicial Reasoning: Essays on W. J. Waluchow’s Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory (pp. 183–200). Springer.
(2024) Sophisms and Contempt for Autonomy. Philosophy and Rhetoric, 57(3), 333–346.
with J. Casey (2024). Autonomy and Argumentation: An Introduction. Philosophy and Rhetoric, 57(3), 270–275.
(2023) Precedent Slippery Slopes. In Endicott, T., Kristj'ansson, H. D., & Lewis, S. (Eds.), Philosophical Foundations of Precedent (pp. 459–474). Oxford University Press.
(2023) Humility as a Necessary Virtue in Common-law Decision Making. Jurisprudence, 14(4), 443–461.
(2023) Asking before Arguing? Consent in Argumentation. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 1(1), 1–14.
(2022) Silence at the Meta-Level: A Story about Argumentative Cruelty. Philosophy and Rhetoric, 55(1), 76–82.
(2022) On the Occasion of the First Argumentation Network of the Americas Special Issue. Argumentation and Advocacy, 58(3–4), 302–305.
with N. Lokstadt (2022) How the Ideal Adversary System's Argumentative Structure Threatens Dignity. In Penner, J., & McBride, M. (Eds.), New Essays on the Nature of Legal Reasoning. Bloomsbury Publishing.
(2021) Precedent. In LaFollette, H. (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Wiley.
(2021) Argument is Moral: Using Walton's Dialectical Tools to Evaluate Argumentation from a Moral Perspective. Journal of Applies Logics, 8(1), 137–158.
(2021) Charity for Moral Reasons? — A Defense of the Principle of Charity in Argumentation. Argumentation and Advocacy, 57(2), 67–84.
(2021) Fooling the Victim: Of Straw Men and Those Who Fall for Them. Philosophy and Rhetoric, 54(2), 109–127.
with D. H. Cohen (2021) Angelic Devil’s Advocates and the Forms of Adversariality. Topoi, 40, 899–912.
with J. Casey (2021) Introduction: Adversariality in Argument. Topoi, 40, 833–836.
(2020) Setting Precedents Without Making Norms?. Law and Philosophy, 39, 577–616.
(2020) Principle of Charity as a Moral Requirement in Non-Institutionalized Argumentation. OSSA Conference Archive, 19, 1–20.
(2020) On the Puzzling Death of the Sanctity-of-Life Argument. Argumentation, 34, 55–81.
(2019) The Roles We Make Others Take: Thoughts on the Ethics of Arguing. Topoi, 38, 693–709.
with D. H. Cohen (2019) The Attraction of the Ideal has No Traction on the Real: On Adversariality and Roles in Argument. Argumentation and Advocacy, 55(1), 1–23.
(2018) Reasoning by Precedent — Between Rules and Analogies. Legal Theory, 24(3), 216–254.
(2018) Case-to-Case Arguments. Argumentation, 32, 431–455.
(2018) The Constraining Force of Analogies and the Role of the Judge. In Himma, K. E., Jovanovi'c, M. A., & Spai'c, B. (Eds.), Unpacking Normativity: Conceptual, Normative, and Descriptive Issues (pp. 187–205). Bloomsbury.
(2018) Trump, Snakes and the Power of Fables. Informal Logic, 38(1), 53–83.
(2017) Does Rhetoric Have a Place in Wohlrapp's Theory of Argument?. Informal Logic, 37(3), 183–210.
(2017) Why Constitutional Meaning is not Necessarily Fixed — A Reply to Solum. Problema anuario de filosofía y teoría del derecho, 11, 177–214.
with D. H. Cohen (2016) Virtuous Vices: On Objectivity, Bias, and Virtue in Argumentation. OSSA Conference Archive, 70, 1–11.
(2016) The Virtuous Arguer: One Person, Four Roles. Topoi, 35, 375–383.
with W. J. Waluchow (2016). Common Law Constitutionalism and the Written Constitution. In Bustamante, T., & Fernandes, B. G. (Eds.), Democratizing Constitutional Law: Perspectives on Legal Theory and the Legitimacy of Constitutionalism (pp. 275–291). Springer.

Books

with J. Collier (2019) Evolutionary Moral Realism. Routledge.
(Ed.) (2010) The Price of Compassion: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Broadview Press.
with D. Wilson (Eds.) (1996) Efficiency vs. Equality: Health Reform in Canada. Fernwood Press.

Articles

(2020) Public Health from a Feminist Point of View: A Commentary on “Public Health and Precarity” by Michael D. Doan and Ami Harbin. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 13(2), 131–134.
(2016) Smartening Up: Animal Cognition from an Evolutionary Point of View. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 91(4), 487–490.
with J. Collier (2013). Evolutionary Moral Realism. Biological Theory, 7, 218–226.
with M. O'Beirne & S. Hayward (2007) Who Reviews the Projects of Unaffiliated Researchers for Ethics? A Case Study from Alberta. Cambridge Quarterly for Healthcare Ethics, 16(3), 346-355.
(2005) Engineered Death and the (Il)logic of Social Change. In Peacock, K. A., & Irvine, A. D. (Eds.), Mistakes of Reason: Essays in Honour of John Woods (pp. 453–473). University of Toronto Press.
with J. Collier (2005) Reasonable Partiality from a Biological Point of View. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 8, 11–24.
with J. Collier (2004) After the fall: Religious capacities and the error theory of morality. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(6), 751-752.
with Wilson, D. M., Northcott, H. C., Truman, C. D., Smith, S. L., Anderson, M. C., & Fainsinger, R. L. (2001) Location of Death in Canada: A Comparison of 20th-Century Hospital and Nonhospital Locations of Death and Corresponding Population Trends. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 24(4), 385–403.
with J. Collier (2000). All the Monkeys Aren't in the Zoo: Evolutionary Ethics and the Possibility of Moral Knowledge. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 30(1), 245–265.
(1998) Euthanasia and Health Reform in Canada. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 7(4), 348-362.
(1997) Ethics I (1900–45). In Canfield, J. V. (Ed.), Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge and Value in the Twentieth Century (pp. 89–108). Routledge.
(1996) Evolutionary Ethics and Moral Theory. The Journal of Value Inquiry, 30, 531–545.
(1996) Equality and Efficiency as Basic Social Values. In Stingl, M., & Wilson, D. (Eds.), Efficiency vs. Equality: Health Reform in Canada. Fernwood Publishing. Reprinted in Gedge, E. & Waluchow, W. J. (Eds.) (2012), Readings in Health Care Ethics (Second Edition), and in Koggel, C. (Ed.) (2006), Moral Issues in Global Perspective, Volume 2: Human Diversity and Equality.
with J. Collier (1993) Evolutionary Naturalism and the Objectivity of Morality. Biology and Philosophy, 8, 47–60.

Book Reviews

(2013) Review of Love as a Guide to Morals by Andrew Fitz-Gibbon. Teaching Philosophy, 36(3), 313–316.
(2005) Review of What Makes Us Moral? Crossing the Boundaries of Biology by Neil Levy. Philosophy in Review, 25(5), 364–366.
(2005) Review of Without a Tear: Our Tragic Relationship with Animals by Mark H. Bernstein. Philosophy in Review, 25(2), 85–89.
(2005) Review of Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights by Tom Regan. Philosophy in Review, 25(2), 85–89.
(1998) Still Waiting for Rain: Review of Rain without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement by Gary L. Francione. BioScience, 48(5), 407–408.
(1991) Review of Interpreting Political Responsibility by John Dunn. Philosophy in Review, 11(6), 390–392.

Faculty Alumni

Trudy Govier was a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Lethbridge from 2005 until her retirement in 2012, and Professor Emerita and Adjunct Professor thereafter. She is currently a Research Fellow in the Critical Thinking & Citizen Engagement Lab. She has also taught philosophy at the University of Winnipeg, the University of Calgary, the University of Amsterdam, Simon Fraser University, and Trent University. You read more about her career and her influential, widely-cited research here. See also the papers in Informal Logic's 'Special Issue in Honour of Trudy Govier' from 2013.

Books

(2015) Victims and Victimhood. Broadview Press.
(2012) A Practical Study of Argument (7th Edition). Wadsworth.
(2006) Taking Wrongs Seriously: Acknowledgement, Reconciliation, and the Politics of Sustainable. Humanity Books.
with C. Prager (Eds.) (2003) Dilemmas of Reconciliation: Cases and Concepts. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
(2002) A Delicate Balance: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About Terrorism. Basic Books.
(2002) Forgiveness and Revenge. Routledge.
(1999) The Philosophy of Argument. Vale Press.
(1998) Dilemmas of Trust. McGill-Queen's University Press.
(1997) Social Trust and Human Communities. McGill-Queen's University Press.
(1997) Socrates' Children: Thinking and Knowing in the Western Tradition. Broadview Press.
(1995) God, the Devil and the Perfect Pizza: Ten Philosophical Questions. Broadview Press.
(1988) Selected Issues in Logic and Communication. Wadsworth.
(1987) Problems in Argument Analysis and Evaluation. Foris Publications.

Articles

(2023) Forgiveness in Politics. In G. Pettigrove & R. Enright (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Forgiveness. 407-417.
(2023) Talking with the Enemy? Free Inquiry. 41(1).
(2022) Thinking About Property Violence. Free Inquiry. 42(2).
(2021) Reflections on Minimal Adversariality. Informal Logic. 41(4): 523-537.
(2021) Appealing to Ignorance? De-extinction and Accounts of a Fallacy. Journal of Applied Logics. 8(1): 75-88.
with D. Boutland (2020) Dilemmas Regarding Returning ISIS Fighters. Ethics & Global Politics. 13(2): 93-107.
(2020) Opposition and Polarization. In J. A. Blair & C. W. Tindale (Eds.) Rigour and Reason: Essays in Honour of Hans Vilhelm Hansen. Windsor Studies in Argumentation.
(2019) A Troubling Case: The International Trial of a Ugandan Soldier. Free Inquiry. 39(6).
(2017) Issues of Logicism and Objectivity. Informal Logic. 37(3): 211-222.
(2016) Outstanding Questions and Analogies. OSSA Conference Archive. 11, 111.
(2013) Teaching and Learning, Stories and Arguments. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 57(6): 587-599.
(2013) Commentary on Laura M. Benacquista's "Some Practical Values of Argumentation". OSSA Conference Archive. 10, 21.
(2013) Reflections on the Authority of Personal Experience. OSSA Conference Archive. 10, 63.
with L. Ayers (2012) Logic and Parables: Do These Narratives Provide Arguments? Informal Logic. 32(2): 161-189.
with W. Verwoerd (2012) Responsibility and Responsiveness. Praxis. 13(20): 9–28.
(2012) Respect and its Dilemmas. In J. Keeping, D. Shapiro, & G. Steward (Eds.) Deal with it! Free Speech, Ethics and the Law in Canada. Calgary: Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership. 46–56.
(2012) Public Forgiveness: A Modest Defense. In N. Doorn, B. van Stokkom, & P. Tongeren (Eds.) Public Forgiveness in Post-Conflict Situations. Antwerp: Intersentia. 25–36.
(2011) Hope and Its Opposites. Journal of Social Philosophy. 42(3): 239–253.
(2011) Economies and Trust. In R. Chadwick (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. 28-34.
(2011) Conductive Arguments: Overview of a Symposium. In J. A. Blair & R. H. Johnson (Eds.) Conductive Argument: An Overlooked Type of Defeasible Reasoning. London: College Publications. 262–276.
with H. Jansen (2011) Anecdotes and Arguments. In E. Feteris, B. Garssen, & F. Snoeck-Henkemans (Eds.) Keeping in Touch with Pragma-Dialectics. John Benjamins. 75–88.
(2010) Reflections on Fact, Values, and Argument. In C. Reed & C. W. Tindale (Eds.) Dialectics, Dialogue, and Argumentation: An Examination of Douglas Walton’s Theories of Reasoning. College Publications. 19–29.
(2009) Logical Opposition and Social Opposition. Cogency. 1(1): 43–58.
(2009) Duets, Cartoons, and Tragedies: Struggles with the Fallacy of Composition. In F. van Eemeren & B. Garssen (Eds.) Pondering Problems of Argumentation. Springer. 91–104.
(2009) A Dialectic of Acknowledgement. In J. R. Quinn (Ed.) Reconciliation(s): Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies. McGill-Queen’s University Press. 36–50.
(2008) Violence, Nonviolence, and Definitions: A Dilemma for Peace Studies. Peace Research. 40(2): 61–83.
(2008) Pressing for Remorse? Humanist Perspectives. 164.
with C. Hirano (2008) A Conception of Invitational Forgiveness. Journal of Social Philosophy. 39(3): 429–444.
(2008) War’s Aftermath: The Challenges of Reconciliation. In L. May & E. Crookston (Eds.) War: Essays in Political Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. 229–248.
(2007) Visiting Uninhabited Islands. Humanist Perspectives. 163.
(2007) Getting Even? The Ethics and Politics of Revenge. Humanist Perspectives. 162.
(2007) Quoting the Experts: The Case of Peace and War. Humanist Perspectives. 161.
(2007) Considering Questions about Questions. In H. V. Hansen & R. C. Pinto (Eds.) Reason Reclaimed: Essays in the Honor of J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson. Vale Press. 171–186.
(2014) My Interlocutor. In P. Houtlosser & A. van Rees (Eds.) Considering Pragma-Dialectics. Routledge.
(2006) Murdering Trees? In A. D. Irvine & J. S. Russell (Eds.) In the Agora: The Public Face of Canadian Philosophy. University of Toronto Press.
(2005) Philosophies, Life & Philosophies of Life. Philosophy Now. 49: 23–25.
(2005) Physical Violence in Political Conflicts: Grounds for a Strong Presumption Against Violence. In T. Shanahan (Ed.) Philosophy 9/11: Thinking About the War on Terrorism. Open Court. 107–126.
with W. Verwoerd (2004) How Not to Polarize ‘Victims’ and ‘Perpetrators’. Peace Review. 16(3): 371-377.
(2004) Email Addiction? So Far and Yet So Near. In B. Szabados & K. G. Probert (Eds.) Writing Addiction: Toward a Poetics of Desire and Its Others. Canadian Plains Research Center.
(2003) Emotion, Relevance, and Consolation Arguments. OSSA Conference Archive. 5, 31.
with W. Verwoerd (2002) Forgiveness: The Victim’s Prerogative. South African Journal of Philosophy. 21(2): 97–111.
with W. Verwoerd (2002) Taking Wrongs Seriously: A Qualified Defense of Public Apology. Saskatchewan Law Review. 65: 139.
with W. Verwoerd (2002) Trust and the Problem of National Reconciliation. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 32(2): 178–205.
with W. Verwoerd (2002) The Promise and Pitfalls of Apologies. Journal of Social Philosophy. 33(1): 67–82.
(2002) Should A Priori Analogies Be Regarded as Deductive Arguments? Informal Logic. 22(2): 155–157.
(2001) Acknowledgement and Forced Confession. The Acorn. 11(1): 5–20.
(1999) Argument, Adversariality, and Controversy. In F. H. van Eemeren et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation. SicSat. 260–265.
(1999) Forgiveness and the Unforgivable. American Philosophical Quarterly. 36(1): 59–75.
(1999) Judicial Independence in the Context of Interdependence. In Setting Judicial Compensation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Law Commission of Canada. 95–104.
(1998) Philosophers, Argument, and Politics Without Certainty. Inquiry. 18(1): 95–103.
(1997) Arguing forever? Or: Two tiers of Argument Appraisal. OSSA Conference Archive. 2, 46.
(1996) Trust and Totalitarianism: Some Suggestive Examples. Journal of Social Philosophy. 27(3): 149–163.
(1995) Reply to Massey. In H. V. Hansen & R. C. Pinto (Eds.) Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings. Pennsylvania State University Press. 172-180.
(1995) The Realist Model of International Politics and Three Feminist Alternatives. Peace Research. 27(4): 63-77.
(1994) Is It a Jungle Out There? Trust, Distrust, and the Construction of Social Reality. Dialogue. 33(2): 237–252.
(1993) Needing Each Other for Knowledge: Reflections on Trust and Testimony. In E. C. W. Krabbe, R. J. Dalitz & P. A. Smit (Eds.) Empirical Knowledge and Public Debate: Essays in Honour of Else M. Barth. Rodopi. 13–26.
(1993) Self-Trust, Autonomy, and Self-Esteem. Hypatia. 8(1): 99–120.
(1993) When Logic Meets Politics: Testimony, Distrust, and Rhetorical Disadvantage. Informal Logic. 15(2): 93–104.
(1992) What Is a Good Argument? Metaphilosophy. 23(4): 393–409.
(1992) Distrust as a Practical Problem. Journal of Social Philosophy. 23(1): 52–63.
(1992) Trust, Distrust, and Feminist Theory. Hypatia. 7(1): 16–33.
(1992) Was the Gulf War a Just War? In W. Cragg (Ed.), Contemporary Moral Issues, McGraw-Hill Ryerson. 476-487.
(1991) How We Trust Ourselves and What Happens When We Don’t. Cogito. 5(3): 145–153.
(1989) Analogies and Missing Premises. Informal Logic. 11(3): 141–152.
(1989) Global Citizenship. Cogito. 3(3): 208–216.
(1989) Critical Thinking as Argument Analysis? Argumentation. 3(2): 115–126.
(1988) Are There Two Sides to Every Question? In T. Govier (Ed.) Selected Issues in Logic and Communication. Wadsworth. 43-54
(1987) Beyond Induction and Deduction. In F. H. van Eemeren et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the First International Conference on Argumentation. Foris.
(1987) Nuclear Hardware and Power: The War of Perceptions. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 17(4): 749–766.
(1985) Logical Analogies. Informal Logic. 7(1): 27–33.
(1985) Thoughts from Under the Nuclear Umbrella. In L. Groarke & M. Fox (Eds.) Nuclear War: Philosophical Perspectives: An Anthology. P. Lang.
(1983) Nuclear Illusion and Individual Obligation. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 13(4): 471–492.
(1983) Who Says There Are No Fallacies? Informal Logic. 5(1): 2–10.
(1983) Ad Hominem: Revisiting the Textbooks. Teaching Philosophy. 6(1): 13–24.
(1982) What’s Wrong with Slippery Slope Arguments? Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 12(2): 303–316.
(1981) Theory, Common Sense, and Certainty. Metaphilosophy. 12(1): 31–46.
(1981) Getting Rid of the Big Bad Wolf. Philosophy. 56(216): 258–264.
(1981) On Adler on Charity. Informal Logic. 4(3): 10–11.
(1981) Uncharitable Thoughts about Charity. Informal Logic. 4(1): 5–6.
(1980) Worries about Tu Quoque as a Fallacy. Informal Logic. 3(3): 2–4.
(1980) Assessing Arguments: What Range of Standards? Informal Logic. 3(1).
(1979) More on Deductive and Inductive Arguments. Informal Logic. 2(3): 7–8.
(1979) What Should We Do About Future People? American Philosophical Quarterly. 16(2): 105–113.
(1978) Is 'There are External Objects' an Empirical Proposition? Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 8(2): 305–321.
(1976) Belief, Values and the Will. Dialogue. 15(4): 642–663.
(1975) The Right to Eat and the Duty to Work. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 5(2): 125–143.
(1974) Woman’s Place. Philosophy. 49(189): 303–315.
(1973) Tolerance and 'Dogmatism' in Morals. Mind. 82(325): 108–110.
(1972) Is Conscientiousness Always—or Ever—a Virtue? Dialogue. 11(2): 241–251.
(1972) Presuppositions, Conditions and Consequences. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 1(4): 443–456.
(1972) Variations on Force and Vivacity in Hume. Philosophical Quarterly. 22(86): 44–52.

Ronald M. Yoshida was a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Lethbridge from 1968 until his retirement in 2002, and a Professor Emeritus until 2022. He earned his MA (1965) and PhD (1971) in Philosophy from the University of Washington, with a dissertation on the philosophy of physics entitled "Von Neumann's Proof and Hidden Variables". He was an avid swimmer, swimming coach, drummer, band leader, record collector, author, reader, researcher, modeller, Seahawks fan, painter, and jazz aficionado. In describing his life, he wrote: "Philosophy takes care of the mind; music, the soul; and swimming, the body". He passed away in 2023. And in his honour his son, Doug, established the Ronald M. Yoshida Award in Philosophy of Science.

Books

(1977) Reduction in the Physical Sciences. Dalhousie University Press.
- Reviews:
  - W. Krajewski (1978) Reduction in Physics. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 29(3), 280-283.
  - C. Hooker (1979) Critical Notice of Ronald M. Yoshida: Reduction in the Physical Sciences. Dialogue. 18, 81-99.
  - P. Teller (1980) Ronald Yoshida's Reduction in the Physical Sciences. Noûs. 14(1), 136-140.

Articles

(1986) Steven C. Patten (1941-1985). Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume. 12, xi-xiv.
(1975) De Sousa on Kripke on Theoretical Identities. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 5(1), 137-141.
(1975) Five Duhemian Theses. Philosophy of Science. 42(1), 29-45.

Book Reviews

(1981) Reduction as Replacement: Review of Concepts of Reduction in Physical Science by Marshall Spector. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 32(4), 400-410.
(1978) Review of Correspondence Principle and Growth of Science by W. Krajewski. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 29(3), 285-289.