Publications
Metaphysics
1. “Deflating
Existence Away: A Critique of Azzouni’s Nominalism.” Philosophia
Mathematica, Vol. 17, No. 1. 2009.
2. “Science
and Ontology.” Proceedings of the
3. “Jobless Objects:
On the Unemployment Crisis of Mathematical Posits”. Protosociology,
Vol. 25, 2008.
4. “The
Facticity of Explanation and its Consequences.” International Studies in the Philosophy of
Science, Vol. 21, no. 2, 2007.
5. “Theory-Ladenness”. American
Philosophy: An Eccyclopedia. Edited by John Lachs and Robert Talisse. Routledge, 2007.
6. “Ontological
Commitment”. American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia. Edited by John Lachs and
Robert Talisse, Routledge 2007.
7. “Best
Explanation and Scientific Realism.” Vol. 38, no. 2, Philosophical Forum, 2007.
8. “Ontology,
Commitment, and Quine’s Criterion.” Philosophia
Mathematica, Vol. 15, No.3. 2007.
9. “Ontological Naturalism.” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 86, no. 2, 2005.
Ethics
1. Philosophy
of Education in the Era of Globalization.
Edited together with Gerhard
Preyer. Routledge, 2009.
2. Applied Ethical Reasoning: A Case-Study
Approach to Ethics (Working Title). Textbook with Richard Burnor. Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2010.
3. “Food
Advertising, Education, and the Erosion of Autonomy”. International
Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 20, no. 1, 2006.
Popular
1. “Character
Attacks” Scientific American Mind,
June/July 2008.
2. “Getting Duped: How
the Media Messes With Your Mind” Scientific American Mind,
January/February 2008.
3. “Why We Quit” Scientific American Mind,
August/September 2007.
4. “Getting Good Advice” Scientific
American Mind, June/July 2007.
5. “Wie Tot ist Tot?”
(popular article on the ethics of brain death). Gehirn und Geist, December 2006.
6. “Electric
Thoughts?” Scientific American
Mind, April/May 2006.