Jonathan E. Adler
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Philosophy
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Jonathan Adler's dissertation for his Oxford University D.Phil. was titled "Knowledge, Inference, and Evidence." His Ph.D. dissertaion for Brandeis University was "Inductive Logics: A Guide and a Critique."
Education:
D.Phil., Oxford University - 1978 (Philosophy)
Ph.D., Brandeis University - 1974 (Philosophy)
Areas of Expertise:
Epistemology, philosophy of psychology and education, reasoning, ethics.
Books and Publications
"Argument Relevance as the Right Kind of Epistemic Reason." Journal of Logic and Computation (pnline publication, 2009) 22: 113-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Fallacies and Lapses in James' 'The Will to Believe' Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy." (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
"Pragmatic Encroachment, Double Checking, and Contextualism Analysis." (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
"Contextualism and Fallibility: Pragmatic Encroachment, Possibility, and Strength of Epistemic Position." Synthese. (Online publication, 2011) (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2011
Review of How Do You Know?: The Economics of Ordinary Knowledge, by Russell Hardin (Princeton University Press, 2009). International Journal of Social Economics 37: 649-52. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2010
"Another Argument for the Knowledge Norm." Analysis 69: 407-12. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
"Resisting the Force of Argument." Journal of Philosophy CVI: 339-64. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Review of Anti-Individualism: Mind and Language, Knowledge and Justification, by Sanford C. Goldberg. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009
"Conversation Is the Folks' Epistemology." Philosophical Forum 39: 337-48. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
"Sticks and Stones: A Reply to Warren." Journal of Social Philosophy XXXIX: 639-55. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
"Surprise." Educational Theory 58: 149-74. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Adler, J. and Iakovos Vasillou. "Inferring Character from Reasoning: The Example of Euthyphro." American Philosophical Quarterly 45: 43-57. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Adler, J. and Lance Rips, eds. "Presupposition, Attention, and Why Questions." Reasoning: Studies of Human Inference and Its Foundations. 748-64. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008
Adler, J. and Lance Rips. Reasoning: Human Inference and Its Foundations. Cambridge University Press. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2008
"Asymmetrical Analogical Arguments." Argumentation 21: 83-92. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
"Conversation and Dissemblance." Reason Reclaimed. Eds. H. Hanson and R. Pinto. Newport News, Va.: Vale Press. 201-12. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
"Distortion and Argumentation." Episteme 4: 382-401. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
"Faith and Fanaticism." Philosophers without Gods. Ed. L. Anthony. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 266-85. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
Adler, J. and Bradley Armour-Garb. "Moore's Paradox and the Transparency of Belief." Essays on Moore's Paradox. Eds. M. Green and J. Williams. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 146-62. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
Adler, J. and Catherine Z. Elgin. Philosophical Inquiry: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Hackett. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2007
"Confidence in Argument." Canadian Journal of Philosophy 36: 225-58. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"Epistemological Problems of Testimony." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/testimony-episprob. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"Withdrawal and Contextualism." Analysis: 280-85. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"Critical Notice: Richard Swinburne Epistemic Justification." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 70: 739-42. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"Critical Notice: Richard Swinburne Epistemic Justification." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 70: 739-42. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005
"Cross-Cultural Education, Open-Mindedness, and Time" working paper. David C. Lam Insitute for East-West Studies. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005
"Diversity, Social Inquiries, and Epistemic Virtues." Veritas: 37-52. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005
"Reliabilist Justification (or Knowledge) as a Good Truth-Ratio." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 85: 445-58. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"William James and What Cannot Be Believed." Harvard Review of Philosophy XIII: 65-79. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"Reading and Interpretation: A Heuristic for Improving Students? Comprehension of Philosophy Texts." Teaching Philosophy: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Suggestions. Ed. T. Kasachkoff. Lanham, Maryland. Reprinted from American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy 94: 149-52. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
"Reconciling Open-Mindedness and Belief." Theory and Research in Education 2: 127-42. Reported on in Chronicle of Higher Education Summer. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
"Shedding Dialectical Tiers: A Social-Epistemic View." Argumentation 18: 279-93. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Review of Thinking about Knowing, by J. Rosenberg. Times Literary Supplement. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2004
"The Revisability Paradox." Philosophical Forum XXXIV: 383-89. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
"Truth, Knowledge, and Learning." A Companion to the Philosophy of Education. Ed. R. Curren. Oxford: Blackwell. 285-304. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2003
"Akratic Believing?" Philosophical Studies 110: 1-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
"Conundrums of Doxastic Self-Control." The Monist 85: 456-67. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Belief's Own Ethics. Cambridge: The MIT Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2002
Adler, J. and Michael Levin. "Is the Generality Problem Too General?" Philosophy and Phenomenological Research LXV: 87-97. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Review of Common Sense, Reasoning, and Rationality, ed. R. Elio. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2002
"Patronizing." Journal of Social Philosophy 32.4: 621-35. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2001
"Reason, Relativism, and Liberal Religion." The Universalist Unitarian Christian 56: 141-44. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2001
"Reason, Relativism, and Liberal Religion." The Universalist Unitarian Christian 56: 141-44. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2001
"Belief and Negation." Informal Logic 20: 207-22. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000
"Three Fallacies." Behavioral and Brain Sciences. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000
Review of In Defense of Radical Empiricism: Essays and Lectures by Roderick Firth, ed. John Troyer. Philosophical Review 109: 453-56. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2000
"Affirming a Strawman: A Reply to Bowles." Argumentation 13: 17-26. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1999
"Epistemic Dependence, Diversity of Ideas, and a Value of Intellectual Vices." Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Vol. III: Philosophy of Education. Ed. D.M. Steiner. Bowling Green University: Philosophical Documentation Center. 117-29. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1999
"The Ethics of Belief: Off the Wrong Track." Midwest Studies in Philosophy: New Directions in Philosophy Vol. XXIII. Oxford: Blackwell's. 267-85. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1999
"Open Minds and the Argument from Ignorance." Skeptical Inquirer 22: 41-44. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998
"Rationality of Beliefs: Empirical Issues." The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 1998
"Compromising Standards." American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy 97, Fall: 110-12. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997
"Constrained Belief and the Reactive Attitudes." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research LVII: 891-905. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997
"Fallacies Not Fallacious: Not!" Philosophy and Rhetoric 30: 333-50. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997
"If the Base Rates Fallacy Is a Fallacy, Does It Matter How Often It Is Committed?" The Behavioral and Brain Sciences. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997
"Lying, Deceiving, or Falsely Implicating." The Journal of Philosophy XCIV: 1-18. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997
"Reply by Repetition and Reminder." Philosophy and Rhetoric 30: 367-75. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997
"An Overlooked Argument for Epistemic Conservatism." Analysis 56: 80-84. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996
"Charity, Interpretation, Fallacy." Philosophy and Rhetoric 29: 329-43. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996
"Transmitting Knowledge." Nous 30: 99-111. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996
"Fairness to Distinctions, Policies, and Intuitions." The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 17: 10-11. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994
"Fallacies and Alternative Interpretations." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 74: 271-82. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994
"More on Race and Crime: Levin's Reply." Journal of Social Philosophy 25: 105-14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994
"Self-Criticism: Praise, Problems, and Problems of Praise." New Essays in Informal Logic. Eds. R. Johnson and T. Blair. Informal Logic, University of Windsor. 104-15. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994
"Testimony, Trust, Knowing." The Journal of Philosophy XCI: 264-75. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994
"Crime Rates by Race and Causal Relevance: A Reply to Levin." Journal of Social Philosophy XXIV. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1993
"Critique of an Epistemic Account of Fallacies." Argumentation 7: 263-72. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1993
"Indirect Learning and the Aims-Curriculum Fallacy." Journal of Philosophy of Education 27: 223-32. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1993
"Reasonableness, Bias and the Untapped Power of Procedure." Synthese 94: 105-25. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1993
"Even-Arguments, Explanatory Gaps, and Pragmatic Scales." Philosophy and Rhetoric 25: 22-44. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1992
"An Optimist's Pessimism: Conversation and Conjunction." Probability and Rationality. Eds. Ellery Eells and Tomasz Maruszewski. Amsterdam: Poznan. 251-82. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1991
"Critical Thinking, A Deflated Defence: A Critical Study of John McPeck's Teaching." Critical Thinking: Dialogue and Dialectic Informal Logic 13: 61-78. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1991
"Double Standards, Equality, and the Right Reference Class." Journal of Applied Philosophy 8: 69-81. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1991
"Conservatism and Tacit Confirmation." Mind 99: 559-70. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1990
"Epistemic Universalizability: From Skepticism to Infallibilism." Doubting: Contemporary Perspectives on Skepticism. Gen ed. K. Lehrer; eds. G. Ross and M.D. Roth. Kluwer Publishing Co. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1989
"Epistemics and the Total Evidence Requirement." Philosophia 19. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1989
"Particularity, Gilligan, and the Two Levels View: A Reply." Ethics 100. Reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism.The Gale Group/Thomson. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1989
"Alternatives, Writing and The Formulation of a Thesis." Informal Logic IX. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1987
"Comparisons with Grice." The Behavioral and Brain Sciences. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1987
"Form, Content, and Superstition." Teaching Thinking and Problem-Solving 9. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1987
"Luckless Desert Is Different Desert." Mind. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1987
"Moral Development and the Personal Point of View." Women and Moral Theory. Eds. E. Kittay and D. Meyers. Rowman & Littlefield. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1987
"On Resistance to Critical Thinking." Thinking: The Second International Conference. Eds. D.N. Perkins, J. Lochhead and J. Bishop. L. Erlbaum Associates. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1987
"Knowing, Betting and Cohering." Philosophical Topics 14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1986
Review of Motivated Irrationality, by David F. Pears. The Journal of Philosophy. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 1986
"A Defense of Ignorance." The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 7. Reprinted in The Selection of Behavior. Eds. A.C. Catonia and S. Harnad. Cambridge University Press, 1988. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1984
"Abstraction Is Uncooperative." The Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior 14: 165-81. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1984
"A Note on Defeasibility and Scepticism." Philosophia 12. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1983
"Human Rationality: Essential Conflicts, Multiple Ideals." The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1983
Adler, J. and O. Flanagan. "Particularity and Impartiality." Social Research 50. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1983
"Skepticism and Universalizability." The Journal of Philosophy LXXVII. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1981
"The Rationality of the (Lay) Scientist: Toward Reconciliation." The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1981
"Criteria for a Good Inductive Logic." Applications of Inductive Logic. Eds. L.J. Cohen and M. Hesse. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1980
"Evaluating Global and Local Theories of Induction." Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings. Eds. P. Machamer and F. Suppe. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1976
"Stove on Hume's Inductive Scepticism." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 53.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1975
