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WILLIAM ANDREW ROTTSCHAEFER
September, 2008
Education:
Ph. D. Boston University, 1/22/73. Dissertion: "Ordinary Knowledge in the Scientific Realism of Wilfrid Sellars."
M.S. (Physics) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2/15/69.
S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) St. Louis University, 2/6/66.
M.A. St. Louis University, 7/29/60. Thesis: "The Object of the Intellect in St. Thomas' Commentary on Peter Lombard's Book of the Sentences."
B.A. Philosophy and Letters, St. Louis University, 6/4/57 (Cum laude).
Career Summary:
Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, Fall, 2003 -
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1996-99.
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1993-94.
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1986-88.
Professor of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, Fall, 1985 -2003
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, Academic Year 1984-85.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1979-1985.
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1978-1981.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, 1975-1979.
Tutor in Philosophy, State University of New York, Empire State College, North Country Division, Spring, 1975.
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, 1973-1975.
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Oswego, 1972-1973.
Teaching Fellow, Boston University, 1971-1972.
Teaching Assistant, Boston University, 1969-1970.
Lecturer, St. Louis University, Spring, 1969.
Instructor, Chaplain Kapaun Memorial High School, Wichita, Kansas, 1958-1961.
Areas of Specialization:
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Religion
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Current Research Areas:
Science and Values
Biological and Psychological Bases of Morality
Philosophical Issues in Evolutionary Psychology
Philosophical Issues in Cognitive Behavioral Psychology
Comparisons of the Epistemic Structures of Scientific and Religious Cognition
Current Memberships:
1. Philosophy of Science Association, 1969 -
2. American Philosophical Association, 1971 -
3. Institute for Religion in an Age of Science, 1977 -
4. The Center for Theology & the Natural Sciences, 1983 -
5. American Academy of Religion, 1986 -
6. International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Study of Biology (Charter Member), 1989 –
7. Oregon Academy of Science (History and Philosophy of Science Section), 1991 –
8. Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1979-82; 1994 –
9. British Society for the Philosophy of Science, 2002-
Publications:
1. "Believing is Seeing--Sometimes," New Scholasticism, ILIX (1975), 503-509.
2. "Wilfrid Sellars and the Demise of the Manifest Image," Modern Schoolman, LIII (1976), 398-404.
3. "Observation: Theory-Laden, Theory-Neutral or Theory-Free?," Southern Journal of Philosophy, XIV (1976), 499-509.
4. "The Cognitive Characteristics of Belief Systems," American Psychologist, 33 (1978), 89-92.
5. "Ordinary Knowledge and Scientific Realism," The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars: Queries and Extensions, Ed. by J. C. Pitt. (Dordrect, Holland: Reidel Publishing Co., 1978), pp.135-161.
6. "A Social Learning Theory Perspective on Human Freedom," Behaviorism, 7 (1979), 17-22. (coauthor, William Knowlton)
7. "Fulmer's Skinner and Skinner's Values," The Journal of Value Inquiry, 14 (1980), 55-63.
8. "Skinner's Science of Values," Behaviorism, 8 (1980), 99-112.
9. "The Psychological Foundations of Value Theory: B.F. Skinner's Science of Values," Zygon, 17 (1982), #3, 293-301.
10. "Is There a Values Expert in the House?," Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophical Research and Analysis, 12 (1982), 11-15.
11. "Operant Learning and the Scientific and Philosophical Foundations of Behavior Therapy," Behaviorism, 11 (1983), 155-162.
12. "Ultimate Reality," Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophical Research and Analysis, 12 (1982), 18.
13. "A Review of Paul Sagal's Skinner's Philosophy," Teaching Philosophy, 5 (1982), 338-342.
14. "The Limitations of Ethical Theory," Zygon, 18 (1983), 185-187.
15. "Automatically Good or Autonomously Good," Contemporary Philosophy, IX, No. 10, June '83, 19-20.
16. "Sociobiology: Another Blow to Freedom?," in Sweet Reason, II, Oregon Essays, "How Human a Yardstick?," Oregon Committee for the Humanities, (1983), 63-69.
17. "A Review of Roger Sperry's Science and Moral Priority," Zygon, Vol. 17, #2 June '84, 242-247.
18. "Verbal Behaviorism and Theoretical Mentalism: An Assessment of the Marras-Sellars Dialogue," Philosophy Research Archives, IX (1982), 511-534.
19. "Singer, Sociobiology, and Values: Pure Reason versus Empirical Reason," Zygon, 17 (1984), 159-170. (coauthor, David Martinsen) (Reprinted in summary form in Dialogo Filosof 2 (1986), 145-147).
20. "Evading Conceptual Self-Annihilation: Some Implications of Albert Bandura's Theory of the Self-System for Folk Psychology," New Ideas in Psychology, 2 (1985), 265-282.
21. "Religious Cognition as Interpreted Experience: An Examination of Ian Barbour's Comparison of the Epistemic Structures of Science and Religion," Zygon, 20 (1985), 265-282.
22. "A Review of David Harbert's Existence, Knowing, Philosophical Systems, Idealistic Studies," IV (1985), 166-167.
23. "Sociobiology, Religion & Values: The Case of E.O. Wilson," Explorations, 4 (1985), 39-57.
24. "Hans Kung and the Criteria for Evaluating Religious Traditions," Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Newsletter XVI (1985), 5.
25. "Biology and Psychology in Fruitful Interchange: A Review of Evolution at a Crossroads: The New Biology and the New Philosophy of Science," Behaviorism, 13 (1985), 187-190.
26. "Science, the Transformer of Theology: A Response to Murphy," The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 6 (1986), 18-19.
27. "Wilfrid Sellars on the Nature of Thought," in Naturalistic Epistemology: A Symposium of Two Decades, Eds. A. Shimony and D. Nails (Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel) 1987, pp. 145-161 (Invited).
28. "Learning to be a Moral Agent," Personalist Forum, 2 (1986), pp. 122-142.
29. "Review of Willard Young's Fallacies of Creationism,"Canadian Philosophical Reviews/ Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie ,VI (1986), pp. 411-412 (Invited).
30. "Roger Sperry's Sciences of Values," The Journal of Mind & Behavior, (1987), pp. 23-35.
31. "The New Interactionism Between Science & Religion," Religious Studies Review, 4 (1988), pp. 218-225 (Invited).
32. "Review of Robert Richards', Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior," Canadian Philosophical Reviews/ Revue Cannadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, VIII (1988), pp. 285-287 (Invited).
33. "Membership Profile," The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 8 (1988), p. 14 (Invited).
34. "The Ghost of the Given: A Case for Epistemological Ghostbusters or Ghostlovers?," Bridges, l (1989), pp. 59-82.
35. "Creation and Evolution: Some Epistemological Criteria for an Integration," Explorations , 8 (1990), pp. 29-42.
36. "Really Taking Darwin Seriously: An Alternative to Michael Ruse's Darwinian Metaethics," Biology and Philosophy, 5 (1990), pp. 149-174. (coauthor, David Martinsen)
37. "Review of Fredrick Ferre's Philosophy of Technology," Bridges, 2 (1990), p. 203 (Invited).
38. "Review of David Hull's The Metaphysics of Evolution," Canadian Philosophical Reviews/Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, 10 (1990), 319-321 (Invited).
39. "Beyond the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis: A review of Entropy, Information and Evolution: New Perspectives on Physical and Biological Evolution, edited by Bruce H. Weber, David J. Depew, and James D. Smith. The MIT Press: Cambridge Massachusetts, 1988 and of the Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Study in Biosocial Complexity by C. Dyke. Oxford University Press, New York, 1988," Behavior and Philosophy, 18 (1990), 79-83 (Invited).
40. "Evolutionary Naturalistic Justifications of Morality: A Matter of Faith and Works," Biology and Philosophy, 6 (1991), 341-49.
41. "Some Philosophical Implications of Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory of Human Agency," American Psychologist, 46 (1991), 153-55.
42. "Philosophical and Religious Implications of Cognitive Social Learning Theories of Personality," Zygon, 26 (1991), 137-48.
43. "Social Learning Theories of Moral Agency," Behavior and Philosophy, 19 (1991), 61-76.
44. Review of John Leslie's Universes: Canadian Philosophical Reviews/Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, XI (1991), 204-207 (Invited).
45. "The Insufficiency of Supervenient Explanations of Moral Actions: Really Taking Darwin and the Naturalistic Fallacy Seriously," Biology and Philosophy, 6 (1991), 439-445. (coauthor, David Martinsen)
46. "A Course in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics from a Naturalistic Perspective," Teaching Philosophy, 14 (1991), 375-88. (coauthor, Robert Owens)
47. "Biology, Psychology and Values," Science and Religion News, 2/3 (1991), 11 (Invited).
48. "Review of Portraits of Creation: Biblical and Scientific Perspectives on the World's Formation," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 11 (1991), 12-14 (Invited).
49. "Review of John Polkinghorne's Reason and Reality: The Relationship between Science and Theology," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 12 (1992), 16-19. (Invited)
50. "Emergence and Top-Down Causality in Biological Evolution," Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXVIII (Pacific University, Forest Grove ,1992), p. 43. (coauthor David Martinsen)
51. "What if the Universe is Fine-Tuned for Life," Explorations, 11 (1993), 45-62.
52. "Emergence, Microdeterminism and Biological Evolution," Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXIX (McMinnville, Oregon: Linfield College, 1993, p. 47. (coauthor David Martinsen).
53. "Moral Internalization and Moral Realism," Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXX (Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University, 1994), p. 47.
54. "Introductory Remarks on Philip Kitcher's The Advancement of Science," Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXX (Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University, 1994), p. 50.
55. "Really Taking Darwin Seriously: An Alternative to Michael Ruse's Darwinian Metaethics," (with David Martinsen) in (Ed.) Paul Thompson, Issues in Evolutionary Ethics, (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1995), pp. 375-408. (Previously published in Biology and Philosophy, see #36.)
56. "The Interaction Between Science and Theology: An Assessment of Polkinghorne's Amiable Interactionism," Explorations, 13 (1995), pp. 5-18.
57. "Scientific Naturalistic Philosophy and Gustafson's Theocentrism: A Marriage Made in Heaven?," Zygon, 30 (1995), pp. 211-220. (Invited)
58. "B. F. Skinner and the Grand Inquisitor," Zygon, 30 (1995), pp.407-434.
59. "Is Science Epistemically Dependent on Religious Knowledge?: A Book Review Essay of Langdon Gilkey's Nature, Reality and the Sacred: The Nexus of Science and Religion," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, 15 (1995), pp. 7-14.
60 "Adaptational Functional Ascriptions in Evolutionary Biology: A Critique of Schaffner's Views," (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, 1996, p.34.
61 "Perspectives on How to Measure the Field," Science and Spirit, 7 (1996), p. 11.
62 "Science and Religion: A Comparison of Ways of Knowing," Science and Religion Course Program. Philadelphia: The John Templeton Foundation, 1996.
63 "Philosophy at Lewis and Clark: A Personal Reflection" Volume in honor of James F. Miller, February, 1997.
64. "The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency" (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, 1997. Lewis and Clark College.
65. "Bridging the Gap Between Scientific and Normative Knowledge: An Assessment of Roger Masters' Beyond Relativism: Science and Human Values" (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, 1997. Lewis and Clark College.
66. "Road Runner and the Bunch of Carrots: Some Teleological Implications of the Theory of Natural Selection," Bridges Vol. IV (1/2), Spring/Summer, (1997), 63-102.
67. "Evolutionary Ethics: An Irresistible Temptation: Some Reflections on Paul Farber's The Temptation of Evolutionary Ethics.," Biology and Philosophy 12 (1997), 369-84.
68. "Naturalizing Moral Agency: A Critical Review of Some Recent Works on the Biological and Psychological Bases of Human Morality" Bridges Vol. 4 (3/4) Fall/Winter, (1997), 229-250.
69. "Adaptational Functional Ascriptions in Evolutionary Biology: A Critique of Schaffner's Views", Philosophy of Science 64 (December, 1997), 698-713.
70. The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
71. "The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency: A Synopsis" Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXIV, (1998), 38.
72. "Emotions and A Lot More Wonderful Things: A Review of Paul E. Griffiths' What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological Categories." Bridges, (1998), 5, 274-283.
73. "The Imago Dei of Neurotheology: Reflections of Culturally-Based Religous Commitments or of Evolutionarily-Based Neuroscientic Theories?" (Invited) Zygon, (1999), 34, 57-64.
74. "The Transfiguration of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Catechism." Electronic Publication, Meta. (Meta is an edited and moderated listserver and news service promoting the constructive engagement of science and religion. <http://www.meta-list.org>) April 18, 1999.
75. "Moral Learning and Moral Realism: How Empirical Psychology Illuminates Issues in Moral Ontology," Behavior and Philosophy, 27, 19-49 (1999).
76. "The Transformation of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Cathechism" Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXVI (2000), p.44.
77. “Contexts of Discovery and Justification: An Examination of Richmond Campbell’s Feminist
Epistemology Naturalized.” Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXVI (2000), p.43.
78. "The Transformation of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Cathechism." Explorations, (Fall, 1999) Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 5-13.
79. "It Was a Pleasure, but That's not Why I Did it: Are Sober and Wilson Too Generous Toward Their Selfish Brethren?" Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 7, No. 1/2, pp. 239-43. Also published in Leonard D. Katz, Editor, Evolutionary Origins of Morality: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives Imprint Academic, 2000, pp. 239-43.
80. "Naturalizing Ethics: The Death of Ethics and the Resurrection of Moral Science," Zygon, (June, 2000) 35, pp.253-286.
81. "How Selfish are We Really?: A Review of Elliott Sober's and David Sloan Wilson's Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Altruistic Behavior," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin, Volume 19, #2, 2000, 21-5.
82. Biologie Psicologia dell’ Azione Morale Milano: McGraw-Hill Libri Italia srl, 2000 (Italian language translation of The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998)
83. "Moral Learning and Moral Realism: How Empirical Psychology Illuminates Issues in Moral Ontology," Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy. Electronic Publication, 2000, www.bu.edu/WCP
84. “The Scientific Naturalization of Ethics” Philosophy of Science Association, Vancouver, BC, November 2-5, 2000. Abstract, History of Science Society and Philosophy of Science Association 2000 Meeting, p. 239. Electronic Publication, www. http://scistudies. umkc.edu/psa2k.
85. “The Transfiguration of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson’s Consilient Enlightenment Catechism in Ed. William P. Frost, Exploring E. O. Wilson’s Consilience. Dayton Ohio: College Press, 2000, 97-104. ( Originally published as “The Transformation of Human Identity and Values: Some Reflections on E. O. Wilson's Consilient Enlightenment Cathechism." Explorations, (Fall, 1999) Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 5-13.)
86. "What can History Tell Us about Founding Ethics on Biology?" Biology and Philosophy, 16 (2001), 133-44.
87. “How to Make Naturalism Safe for Supernaturalism: An Evaluation of Willem Drees’ Supernaturalistic Naturalism” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science ( 2001), 407-454.
88. “The Acquisition of Conscience and Developmental Systems Theory, “ Abstract, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, (2001), p.54
89. “Discerning the Limits of Religious Naturalism,” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (2001), 467-476.
90. “No Messages without A Sender: A Critique of Holmes’ Rolston’s Information-Based Argument for the Existence of God, ” Philo, 4 (1), 2001, 37-52.
91. “Searching for a Scientific Understanding of the Origins and Development of Morality: A Critical Review of Some Recent Works on the Biological and Psychological Bases of Moral Agency” ” Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History and Science. 8 (3/4) Fall/Winter 2001, 279-93.
92. “The Descent of Cognition: Motivation as Parent of Cognition” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXVIII, 2002 p. 37.
93. “Developmental Systems Theory and the Acquisition of Conscience,” Theorie in Biowissenschaften/Bioscience Theory 121, (2002), pp. 175-203.
94. “Selection Explanations and the Scientific Naturalization of Ethics,” Scandanavian Journal of Cross Cultural Ethics and Value Study (On line Journal: www.nla.no/jvh/sjoccevs.html) Volume 1, 2002.
95. “Naturalizing Intentionality: A Critique of Jesse Prinz’s Purely Causal Account of Intentionality,” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XXXIX, 2003 pp. 29-30.
96. “Philosophy: The Chaperone for Theology?” ” Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History and Science 10 (2003), pp.85-110.
97. “Assessing the Role of Non-Epistemic Feminist Values in Scientific Inquiry,” Behavior and Philosophy 31, (2003), pp. 225-249.
98. "Naturalizing Moral Agency: A Crtical Review of Some Recent Works on the Biological and Psychological Bases of Human Morality" in Robert Frey, (ed.) The Genocidal Temptation: Auschwitz, Hiroshama, Rwanda and Beyond. Dallas: University Press of America, 2004, 155-71. (Originally published in Bridges Volume. 4 (3/4) Fall/Winter, (1997), 229-250.
99. “Is Philosophy of Science Any Good for Science? Reflections on Peter Achinstein’s The Book of Evidence” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science, Volume XL, (2004), pp. 33-4.
100. “The Roots of Moral Agency: Review of Martin Hoffman’s Empathy and Moral Development: Implications for Caring and Justice,” Journal of Moral Education 33, (2004), 385-87.
101. “Naturalizing or Demythologizing Scientific Inquiry: Kitcher’s Science, Truth and Democracy,” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 34, (2004), pp. 408-22.
102. “Religion’s Evolutionary Landscape Needs Pruning with Ockham’s Razor” Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 27, #6, December 2004, pp.447-48.
103. “The Many Places of Knowledge in Nature: Reflections on Hilary Kornblith’s “The Place of Knowledge in Nature,” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science (Volume, XLI), 2005, p. 56.
104. “Are there any Biological Explanations in Experimental Biology: Reflections on Marcel Weber’s Account of Heteronomous Explanation in Experimental Biology (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science (Volume, XLII), 2006, p. 48.
105. “The New Scientific Naturalistic Metaethics: A Critical Review,” Bridges, 13, Spring/Summer, 2006, pp. 125-140.
106. “Not by Genetically Based Tribal Social Instincts: A Critique of Richerson’s and Boyd’s Co-evolutionary Account of the Origins of Human Ultra-sociality” (Abstract) Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science (Volume, XLIII), 2007, pp. 39-40.
107. “Is Analytic Philosophy of Science Any Help to Science? The Case of Peter Achinstein’s Book of Evidence.” In Payne, W. Russ (ed.) Northwest Topics: Proceedings of the 56th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy (Seattle Washington: Bellevue Community College, 2007, pp. 49-68.
108. “The Benumbing Moral Indifference of the Wealthy: What Does it Take to Motivate the Fulfillment of a Minimal Norm of Economic Justice?” in eds. Oscar Vilarroya and Francesc Fron I Argimon Social Brain Matters: Stances on the Neurobiology of Social Cognition (Amsterdam: Rodopi. 2007), pp. 131-139.
109. “Mythic Religious Naturalism: A Naturalistic Critique of Loyal Rue’s Religion is not about God,” Zygon, Volume,42, #2, June, 2007 pp. 369-408.
110. “Scientific Naturalistic Ethics: Weird Science and Pseudo-Ethics?” In. Paul Kurtz (ed.) Science and Ethics: Can Science Help Us Make Wise Moral Judgments? Amherst, NY: Prometheus Press, 2007, pp. 285-305.
111. “Review of Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology,” Edited by Giovanni Boniolo and Gabriele De Anna, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 29 (2007), pp. 249-250.
112. “Is There a Difference Between my Recognizing that I’m Happy and my Recognizing that you’re Happy?: An Assessment of the Asymmetry Thesis in Alvin Goldman’s Simulation Account of First Person Mind Reading” Abstract, Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science, (Volume XLVI) 2008. P 34.
113. “Neither to the Left nor to the Right: Steering Sellars through the Norm-Nature Narrows: A Review of James O’Shea’s Wilfird Sellars” Teaching Philosophy (Forthcoming)
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