Address: 100 Sharon Court, Athens, Georgia 30606
Telephone: 543-9619
Present Position: Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
Biography: Born on November 30, 1938, in Tifton, Georgia. Graduated from Tifton High School in 1956. Married to Mary Ashford Oates Burton. Two Children: Amy and Laura
Degrees:
A.B. in philosophy cum laude, University of
Georgia, 1959
M.A. in philosophy, Emory University, 1961
Master's thesis:
An Examination of the Psychology of Charles Sanders Peirce
Advisor:
Charles Hartshorne
Ph.D. in philosophy, Northwestern University,
1969
Doctoral dissertation:
Time, Determinism, and Creativity. Advisor: William Earle
Professional Experience:
Instructor of Philosophy (Graduate Assistantship)
at Northwestern University, 1963-64
Instructor of Philosophy at Hope College,
1964-67
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University
of Georgia 1967-90, tenure granted Fall, 1979
Exchange Lecturer in Philosophy at University
of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, 1983-84
Adjunct Faculty Member in Philosophy at College
of St. Francis, 1985
Member of Faculty for M.S. Degree in Artificial
Intelligence 1986-94
Associate Professor of Philosophy at University
of Georgia 1990-
Faculty Fellow of the Artificial Intelligence
Center of the University of Georgia, 1994-
Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy
at University of New Orleans-Innsbruck, 1998&99
Head of Department of Philosophy at University
of Georgia, 1999-
Areas of Special Interest:
Philosophy of Mind/Psychology, Philosophy of Social Science, Metaphysics, and Ethics
Professional Memberships:
American Philosophical Association
Philosophy of Science Association
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Georgia Philosophical Society
Society for Values in Higher Education
Offices Held in Professional Organizations:
President-Elect/Program Chairman, Georgia Philosophical
Society, 1972-73, 1987-1988
President, Georgia Philosophical Society,
1973-74, 1988-1989
Program Chair for Southern Society for Philosophy
and Psychology, 1993-94
Member of the Council of the Southern Society
for Philosophy and Psychology, 1994-97
President-Elect of the Southern Society for
Philosophy and Psychology, 1999-2000
President, Southern Society for Philosophy
and Psychology, 2000-2001
Honors:
Competitive Tuition Scholarship, UGA, 1956-57
Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Beta Kappa (Honors Day Speaker, 1959)
Vice-President of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of
Georgia, 1992-94
President of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Georgia,
1994-96
National Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1959-60
Danforth Fellowship, 1959-64
Phi Beta Delta
Publications:
Books Edited:
Natural and Artificial Minds, ed. Robert G. Burton, Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1993.
Publications in Books:
"Critical Comments on Charles S. Chihara's ‘On Criteria of Ontological Commitment,’" Ontological Commitment, ed. Richard H. Severens, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1974, pp. 87-90.
"A Philosopher Looks at the Population Bomb," Philosophy and Environmental Crisis, ed. William T. Blackstone, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1974, pp. 103-116.
"Control," Philosophy of Mind/Philosophy of Psychology: Proceedings of the 9th International Wittgenstein Symposium, 19th to 26th August 1984, Kirchberg am Wechsel, (Austria), Vienna, Austria: Holder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1985, pp. 362-364.
"Approaches to Mind," Natural and Artificial Minds, ed. Robert G. Burton, Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1993, pp. 1-20.
"Reduction, Elimination, and Strategic Interdependence," Natural and Artificial Minds, ed. Robert G. Burton, Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1993, pp. 231-243.
"Interdependent Methodologies of Cognitive Science," Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences, eds. Roberto Casati and Graham White, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria: The Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, 1993, pp. 77-80.
Articles in Refereed Journals:
"The Human Awareness of Time: An Analysis," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3, March 1976, pp. 303-318.
"Choice," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. XLII, No. 4, June 1982, pp. 581-586.
"B. F. Skinner's Accounts of Private Events: A Critique," Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, Vol. 14, No. 1, March 1984, pp. 125-140.
"Neointuitionism: The Neglected Moral Realism," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. XXV, No. 2, Summer 1987, pp.147-152.
"Searle on Rediscovering the Mind," Man and World:An International Philosophical Review, Vol. 28, No.2, April 1995, pp. 163-174.
“Toward a Credible Account of Abduction,” Revue Roumaine De Philosophie, Vol. 40, Nos. 1-2, January - June, 1996, pp. 33-37.
“A Neurocomputational Approach to Abduction,” Minds and Machines, Vol 9: No. 2, May 1999, pp. 257-265.
“The Problem of Control in Abduction,” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1, Winter 2000, pp. 149-156.
Papers Presented:
"Toward a Phenomenology of Chance," The Society for Religion in Higher Education, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, September 1964.
"Critical Comments on Robert Arrington's ‘On Speaking with the Wise and Thinking with the Vulgar: The Relevance and Irrelevance of Ordinary Language Philosophy,’" Georgia Philosophical Society, Athens, Georgia, November 22, 1969.
"Piaget's Posits: Ghosties or Long Legged Beasties?" Colloquium of Department of Developmental Psychology, UGA, Athens, Georgia, February 12, 1970.
"Critical Comments on Gene G. James' ‘Is Ethical Egoism A Contradictory or Inconsistent Position?’" Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Durham, North Carolina, March 27, 1970.
"Critical Comments on Charles S. Chihara's ‘On Criteria of Ontological Commitment,’" UGA Conference on Ontological Commitment, Athens, Georgia, April 3, 1970.
"Philosophy and Ecology," Institute of Ecology, UGA, Athens, Georgia, November 18, 1970.
"A Philosopher Looks at the Population Bomb," UGA Conference on "Philosophy and Environmental Crisis," Athens, Georgia, February 20, 1971.
"Ambiguity, Inadequacy, and Inconsistency in the Philosophy of B. F. Skinner," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, St. Louis, Missouri, March 30, 1972.
"Explanation and Human Action," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, St. Louis, Missouri, March 31, 1972.
"Philosophy and Ecology," Georgia Philosophical Society, Athens, Georgia, April 29, 1972.
"The Human Awareness of Time," Presidential Address to Georgia Philosophical Society, Macon, Georgia, Winter 1974.
"Some Aversive Responses to Skinner's Radical Behaviorism," Colloquium of Department of Philosophy and Religion, UGA, Athens, Georgia, March 31, 1976.
"The World Food Crisis: A Moral Dilemma," with Glenn W. Burton, UGA Alumni Seminar on "Ethical Dilemmas of Modern Man," UGA Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, February 18-20, 1977.
"A Philosopher Looks at Science and Religion," Department of Psychology, UGA, Athens, Georgia, March 3, 1977 and November 8, 1979.
"A Philosopher Looks at Capital Punishment," Ideas and Issues Forum on Capital Punishment, UGA, Athens, Georgia, January 25, 1978.
"Legal Positivism and Individual Rights," Valdosta State College Conference on "Taking Human Rights Seriously: An Inquiry into the Origin, Nature, Extent, Limits, and End of Human Rights," Valdosta, Georgia, February 14, 1979.
"Ethics and Scientific Research," Seminar on "Ethics and Values and Their Interactions with Research," Institute for Behavioral Research, UGA, Athens, Georgia, March 31, 1980.
"Choice," Georgia Philosophical Society, Athens, Georgia, November 4, 1980.
"The Natural Foundations of Morality and Law," Demosthenian Literary Society, UGA, Athens, Georgia, February 20, 1981.
"Ethics and Environmental Crisis," Symposium on "Environmental Responsibility: Theory and Practice," Environmental Law Association, UGA Law School, Athens, Georgia, May 1, 1981.
"Ethics in a Hungry World," Symposium on Food and Development, UGA Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, October 16, 1981.
"Beyond Neonaturalism: Critical Comments on Rolston's ‘Are values in Nature Subjective or Objective?,’" Conference on Environmental Ethics and Contemporary Ethical Theory, UGA Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, October 20, 1981.
"Critical Comments on Mitchell Stuade's ‘Want-Explanations and the Widest Sense of Wanting,’" Georgia Philosophical Society, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, Georgia, November 14, 1981.
"Science and Non-science," UGA Alumni Seminar on "Science and Our Society," UGA Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, February 14, 1982.
"An Assessment of the Adversary System," Conference on "Business and the Environment," University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, August 5, 1982.
"The World Within Skinner's Skin," Colloquium of Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, May 11, 1983.
"B. F. Skinner's Accounts of Private Events: A Critique," Faculty Research Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, November 21, 1983.
"Reverse Discrimination," Foundation year Lecture, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, December 6, 1983.
"Critical Comments on Richard G. Swinburne's ‘Desire,’" Faculty Research Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, January 16, 1984.
"Neointuitionism: A Rose by Another Name?," Philosophy Society, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, May 10, 1984.
"God and Philosophy," Stourport-on-Severn Sixth Form College, Stourport, Worcestershire, United Kingdom, May 16, 1984.
"Control," Faculty Research Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, June 18, 1984.
"Control," Ninth International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Lower Austria, August 22, 1984.
"The New Oxford Ethical Intuitionism," Colloquium of Department of Philosophy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 6, 1985.
"Control in Human Action," Georgia Philosophical Society, Athens, Georgia, May 11, 1985.
"Critical Comments on Wallace Cayard's Berdyaev on Creative Freedom," The Society for the Philosophy of Creativity, American Academy of Religion Division, Atlanta, Georgia, November 22, 1986.
"Neointuitionism: The Neglected Moral Realism," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, April 16, 1987.
"Ethics of New Conceptions," for "Choices '87: A Symposium About Infertility," RESOLVE OF ATLANTA, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1987.
"Some Ethical Issues Within Scientific Research," for "A Symposium on Human Factors and Ethical Issues in Scientific Inquiry," Georgia Academy of Sciences, Paine College, Augusta, Georgia, April 22, 1988.
"Psychology as a Human Science? Relativism, Hermeneutics, and Scientific Realism," American Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, August 14, 1988.
"Critical Comments on Lee M. Brown's Causal Asymmetry and Explanation," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 24, 1989.
"Critical Comments on David Hull's ‘Why Do Scientists Behave Scientifically?,’" Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 25, 1989.
"Reduction, Elimination, and Strategic Interdependence," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 29, 1991.
"Critical Comments on Irwin Goldstein's A Critique of Analytic Functionalism," American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, New York, New York, December 28, 1991.
"John Searle on Consciousness and Computation," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 10, 1993.
"Interdependent Methodologies of Cognitive Science," Sixteenth International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Lower Austria, August 20, 1993.
"Andrew Pessin on Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 31, 1994.
"Cracks in Searle's Critique of Cognitive Reason," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Virginia Beach, Virginia, April 13, 1995.
"Toward a Credible Account of Abduction," Tenth International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Florence, Italy, August 20, 1995.
"A Neurocomputational Approach to Abduction," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Nashville,Tennessee, April 4, 1996.
"Toward a Credible Account of Abduction," Georgia Philosophical Society, Athens, Georgia, March 1, 1997.
“The Significance of Bowman L. Clarke’s Philosophical Work,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 27, 1997.
“The Problem of Control in Abduction,” Georgia Philosophical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1998.
“The Role of Emergent Processes in Psychology,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, Kentucky, April 2, 1999.
“How to Break Through a Major Impasse in the Study of Consciousness,” Presidential Address to Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 13, 2001.
“Three Philosophies of Education,” Guest Lecture, College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, October 2, 2001.
“The Logic of Abduction: Neurocomputational Modeling and the Problem of control,” Artificial Intelligence Seminar, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, November 28, 2001.
“Bill Faw on Phenomenal and Access Consciousness,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Nashville, Tennessee, March 29, 2002.
“How to Break Through a Major Impasse in the Study of Consciousness ,” Georgia Philosophical Society, Athens, Georgia, April 5, 2003.
Service on M.A. and Ph.D. Committees:
In Philosophy:
J. Norris Frederick
(M.A.), Chairman; (Ph.D.)
David Trower
(M.A.), Chairman
David Hiley
(M.A.)
Gale A. Townsley
(Ph.D.)
Ross Bryant
(M.A.)
Bob Kolb (M.A.)
Roger Winston
(M.A.)
Ken Edwards
(Ph.D.)
Clyde Anglin
(Ph.D.)
Elliott W. McElroy
(Ph.D.)
Charles Lewis
(Ph.D.)
James Meyer
(Ph.D.)
John McClatchey
(Ph.D.)
David Wellwood
(Ph.D.)
Deen Pape (M.A.)
John H. Pfitsch
(M.A. and Ph.D.)
Amit Gupta (Ph.D.)
James T. Allen
(Ph.D.)
Shannon Jordan
(M.A.)
William Timothy
Ricks (M.A. and Ph.D.)
Mary Daniel
(M.A.)
Janet F. Cobb
(Ph.D.)
Kevin Staley
(M.A.)
John Tilley
(M.A.)
Kinney Baughman
(M.A.)
Michael Lewis
(Ph.D.)
Waymon G. Gross
(Ph.D.)
Bruce Roig (M.A.
and Ph.D)
Steven A. Yates
(Ph.D.)
Peter B. Mastin
(M.A.)
Mark Cobb (M.A.)
Timothy F. Lytle
(Ph.D.)
Rita Hinton
(Ph.D.)
Edward A. McCallister
(Ph.D.)
Terry Rankin
(Ph.D.)
Thomas Daniel
Arnold (Ph.D.)
Geoffrey B.
Frasz (Ph.D.)
Chalayne Ainley
(M.A) Chairman
Ann S. Causey
(Ph.D.)
Ping Zhang (Ph.D.)
Sang Mo Jung
(Ph.D.)
Mary B. Whall
(Ph.D.)
Jack W. Corvin,
Jr. (Ph.D.)
Xiaochang Yu
(Ph.D.)
John Stephen
Martin (Ph.D.)
Hong-Gee Kim
(Ph.D.)
James Kyle Tullos
(Ph.D.)
James A. Edwards
(Ph.D.)
Carter J. Gillies
(M.A.) Chairman
Michael Dean
Woodard (M.A.)
Guojun Zhu (Ph.D.)
Joseph Gaines
Weaver (Ph.D.)
Matthew Hutcherson
(Ph.D.)
L. Manning Garrett
III (Ph.D.)
Konrad D. Strafer
(Ph.D.) Chairman
Pamela Rene
Sailors (Ph.D.)
Elizabeth Segars
McRae (Ph.D.)
George Harvey
(M.A.)
Frank H. Price
(Ph.D.)
Thomas York
(Ph.D.)
John A. Fennel
(Ph.D.)
David Lee Stegall
(Ph.D.)
Miriam Newton
(Ph.D.)
Timothy Gebert
(Ph.D.)
Chris Mason
(Ph.D.)
Wesley Masashi
Yonamine (Ph.D.)
Cecilia Maria
Herles (Ph.D.)
William R. McWhirter
(Ph.D.)
Steven J. Novak
(M.A.)
Jesse Daniel
Griffin Jr. (M.A.)
Ashley Dunn
Sherman (Ph.D.) Chairman
Bryan Neal Baird
(Ph.D.)
Mark A. Taormina
(Ph.D.)
William D. Holleman
(M.A.)
Richard S. Shedenhelm
(M.A.)
Nathan D. Segars
(Ph.D.)
David A. Hanselman
(Ph.D.) Chairman
Chelsea H. Snelgrove
(Ph.D.)
Clayton T. Hawkins
(M.A.)
Cy Kenneth Routh
(Ph.D.) Chairman
In AI:
Jhy-Wen Chao
(M.S.)
Hong-Gee Kim
(M.S.)
Joseph Khapka
(M.S.)
Besim V. Atalay
(M.S.)
In Psychology:
Ralph L. Elkins
(Ph.D.)
Jane E. Elkins
(Ph.D.)
Lesley Ann Kessel
(Ph.D.)
William Douglas
Gammon (Ph.D.)
William F. McDaniel
(Ph.D.)
Florrie M. Pennington
(Ph.D.)
Albert D'Errico
(Ph.D.)
C. Wayne Buie
(Ph.D.)
A. Jerry Bruce,
Jr. (Ph.D.)
David James
Mealor (Ph.D.)
In Recreation and Leisure Studies--College of Education:
Tove Anders Elfstrom (M.Ed.)
In Philosophy of Education--College of Education
Peggy Geren Broadnax (Ph.D.)
In Religion:
Arthur Gene Linton, Jr. (M.A.)
In Music:
Jason Wyatt Solomon (Ph.D.)
Other Service to the Department, College, and University:
Member of the Institute of Ecology
Academic Advisor to Undergraduate Philosophy
Majors
Faculty Advisor to Philosophy Club
Academic Advisor to Undergraduates in Franklin
College of Arts and Sciences (1973-80)
Faculty Advisor to Classic City Cyclists (1974-75)
Member of Subcommittee on Bicycles of the
University Traffic Committee
Member of Dean's Committee on General Education
Chairman of Departmental Committee on Undergraduate
Students
Chairman of Departmental Colloquia Committee
Chairman of Departmental Philosophy Curriculum
Committee
Member of Committee on Philosophy Admissions
and Financial Assistance
Member of Special Search Committees
Member of Summer Research Awards Committee
Member of Travel and Budget Advisory Committee
Member of teaching team developing M.A. Program
in Philosophy and Ecology (1980- )
Referee for Environmental Ethics (1981-
)
Coordinator for Departmental Colloquia (1980-81,
1986-87)
Referee for Journal for the Theory of Social
Behavior (1983- )
Administrative Assistant to the Head (1984-87)
Member of Committee developing M.S. Degree
Proposal in Artificial Intelligence (1985-86)
Senator (1986-89)
Member of Senate Committee on Committees (1986-87)
Member of University Council Subcommittee
on Library and Instructional Aids (1986-87)
Chairman of Senate Committee on Committees
(1987-88)
Chairman of Senate Admissions Committee (1987-88)
Member of Departmental Search Committee (1987-88)
Member of Phi Beta Kappa Selection Committee
(1987-88)
Member of Faculty Admissions Committee of
the University Council (1988-89)
Member of Admissions Review Subcommittee of
FAC (1988-89)
Member of Senate Committee on Professional
Concerns for Evaluation of Courses and
Teaching (1988-89)
Member of Departmental Committee on Recruitment,
Admissions, Financial Assistance, and
Placement (1988-89)
Member of Departmental Committee for a Five
Year Plan (1988-89)
Member of Departmental Advisory Committee
(1982-83, 1984-87, 1988-89)
Member of Admissions Committee for M.S. Degree
in Artificial Intelligence (1988-91)
Referee for Philosophical Psychology (1988-
)
Member of 1998 World Congress Liason Committee
(1988-89)
Member of Departmental Search Committee (1989-90)
Member of Executive Committee (1989-90)
Chairman of Graduate Program Committee (1989-90)
Member of Tate Scholar Selection Committee
(1990-91)
Member of Departmental Search Committee (1991-92)
Chairman of Departmental Student Affairs Committee
(1990-92)
Chairman of Tate Scholar Selection Committee
(1991-92)
Member of Departmental Committee on Awards
(1993- )
Member of Departmental Three Year Review Committee
(1992-93)
Member of University Council (1990-93)
Member of the Executive Committee of Phi Beta
Kappa (1992-98)
Member of Departmental Faculty Affairs Committee
(1993- 97)
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Faculty/Staff/Alumni
Membership Committee (1993- )
Curriculum Committee Chair (1994-95)
Undergraduate Coordinator and Advisor (1994-1999
)
Member of Departmental Placement Committee
(1996-97)
Member of Sarah Moss Fellowship committee
(1994-96)
Member of Review Team Reviewing the Psychology
Department (1997-98)
Member of the University Round Table (1997-98)
Head of Department, (1999- )
Member of the Deans' Forum, (2002- )
(Revised 1/19/05)