University Education
¨ PhD in Philosophy. Field: Philosophy of
Argument. Faculty: Economics. The London
School of Economics and Political Science.
¨ Master of Arts in
Philosophy.
The University of Warwick.
¨ B.Sc. (Hons)
Psychology. University of Bolton.
Dissertation: "Perceptual Defence: A Test of the Freudian Theory
of
Repression"
Membership of Professional Associations
2009---Present ¨ Editorial Board of The Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Research.
1992---Present ¨ The Alumni Organisation of The Institute of Humane Studies,
George Mason University.
2007---Present ¨ Interdisciplinary
Research Project in Cognitive Science. Title: Situation Models, Imagination
& Spirituality in Humans and Machines.
1996---1998 ¨ Founder and
Editor-in-Chief. The Critical Rationalist, (peer-reviewed electronic journal).
1995---Present ¨ Founder and moderator, Critical Café,
(E-mail based forum).
1995---Present ¨ Founder of The Sir Karl
Popper Web. (Cooperating University: Dublin City University.)
1995---Present ¨ President of Sir KARL POPPER FORUMS, a network
of face-to-face conferences and internet forums. Sponsor: Open Society
Institute, New York..
1994---2003 ¨ Editorial Board of The Journal of
Social and
Evolutionary Systems. (New York.) (Formerly,
the Journal of Social
and
Biological Structures).
1988---1998 ¨ Chairman and Organiser
of the Annual Conference on the
Philosophy
of Sir Karl Popper. Based at London School of Economics. Sponsors: George
Soros, Securicor, Routledge.
1993---1995 ¨ Associate Editor of The Popper
Forum (Journal). Guelph, Ontario.
Editor-in-Chief:
Professor Fred Eidlin.
Honours and awards
2009---
Award for Educational video Podcasting. U.A.E.U.
Tablet
Computer.
1999---Winner of the Encyclopaedia Britannica “Internet Guide Award” for
Sir
The Karl Popper Web. “Awarded for quality of presentation, accuracy
and
content.”
Current Positions
Aug,
04 to Present Assistant Professor of Philosophy.
United Arab Emirates University.
U.A.E.
Logic
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Mind
Academic Responsibilities:
(i) Wrote course minor: Philosophy of Mind. (2008)
(ii) Wrote Thematic Application: Mind
(iii) Political and Social Philosophy
(iv) Fundamentals of Environmental
Philosophy
(v) Major curriculum development. (2008)
(vi) 2
Peer-review of teaching committees. (2008)
(vii) Search
Committee.(2008)
(viii) Co-chair of the Website Development Committee (2006).
(viiii) Member of the Research Grant Committee
(2005).
(x)
Course development:
a. Philosophy of Language (2004)
b. Advanced Ethics. (2005)
Previous Academic Positions
1995 to
1996 Lecturer
in Department of Philosophy, Lancaster University.
Teaching Master of Arts students Science and its
Critics and Science and the Domination of Nature.
1992 to 1995 Faculty
Member. Connected Education Inc. (New York) Online Education.
Other Positions
Jan, 03 to Present Designer of Verbal Reasoning Tests. Medical College
Science Reasoning.
A.C.T.
Inc., U.S.A.
1990 to
Present Writer: on
Science and Philosophy. New Scientist, Nature, Times H.Ed.
1995
to Present Developer of the Prize-winning Website, The
Karl Popper Web (Britannica
Internet Guide Award) And
the organization of the Karl Popper Forums.
Sponsors:
Sun Microsystems, George Soros
& Dublin City University.
Sept,01 to Jan,03 Web/Computer Specialist. Barker Apartments.
References
¨ David Miller, Reader in
the Philosophy Department,
The University of Warwick CV4 7AL
telephone: +44 (0)24 7652 4543
fax: +44
(0)24 7652 3019
E-mail: d.w.miller@warwick.ac.uk
¨ Professor Paul Levinson,
Chair of the Communication & Media Studies Department, Fordham University,
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Department of Communication and Media Studies
New York, NY 10458
U.S.A.
Telephone:
+1 718-817-4863
E-mail:
PaulLevinson1@cs.com
Supplemental
References (see end of C.V.):
¨ The late Professor Emeritus Donald T. Campbell. Past
President of the American Psychological Association
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015. U.S.A.. (General
Recommendation.)
Grants and Fellowships
Nov 2009 To
present a paper on Exosomatic Knowledge and Civilisation, University of
Edinburgh.
9th to 15th Sept, 07 To
present a paper at the Institute of Philosophy,
Academy
of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Grant: 5,000 AEU from the
U.A.E. University.
Jan 97 to Jan 98 The
Open Society Institute. (New York.) –Sponsorship of The Karl Popper Web
internet site and Annual Conference at L.S.E. (Granted to “uniquely gifted
individual.”)
(In-kind matching funding from Dublin City
University.)
Total
value = £40,000.00
Oct.95 to
Oct. 96 The
Open Society Institute. (New York.) –Sponsorship of The Karl Popper Web
internet site and Annual Conference at L.S.E. (Granted to “uniquely gifted
individual.”)
(In-kind
matching funding from Dublin City University.)
Total
value = £40,000.00
1995 Central
European University. Expenses for philosophy workshop in Budapest.
28th March, 95 Institute
for Humane Studies. Hayek Fund for Scholars. Travel expenses for Lecture at The
New School for Social Research.
1988 to 1991 Economic
and Social Science Research Council.. Referees: David Miller (Warwick) and
Professor Elie Kedourie (L.S.E.)
May 91 to Oct. 91 The
London School of Economics..
1989
Institute
for Humane Studies. Grant toward organising the Annual Conference on the
Philosophy of Sir Karl Popper,
1988
to 1989 Institute
for Humane Studies. Charles R. Lambe Fellowship. $2000. Referees: Professor
Julian Simon (University of Maryland) and Professor James Sadowski (Fordham University)
1988
Institute
for Humane Studies. Hayek Fund for Young Scholars. Travel and Expenses for
attending the World Congress on Philosophy in Brighton, England, August 21-27,
Publications
Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals (See
below for peer-reviewed chapters.)
1. Campbell’s Blind
Variation in the Evolution of an Ideology and Popper’s World 3
Philosophica.
(1997), (2), Vol. 60. pp. 113
– 154.
2.
Dawkins and Mind
Viruses: Memes, Rationality and Evolution
Journal
of Social and Evolutionary Systems. (1994) Vol. 17. No. 3. pp. 243 – 286.
3. Is Jung's Theory
of Archetypes Compatible with Neo-Darwinism and Sociobiology.
Journal
of Social and Evolutionary Systems. (1993) Vol. 16. No. 4. pp. 459 – 487.
4. The Metaphysics of
Scarcity: Popper's World 3 and the Theory of Finite Resources
The Critical Rationalist. (1996) Number 2. Vol.
1. (32 pages, pdf format)
5. “Science
Evolving.” Review of Evolutionary
Naturalism, by Michael Ruse.
Nature. [1995] 13th July, Issue:
371. pp. 666 – 667.
6.
“Natural Selections.”20th Oct. Review of Realism Rescued. by Jerrold L. Aronson, Rom
Harre and Eileen
Nature. [1994] Issue: 371. C. Way. pp. 131 – 132.
Books
1.
Forthcoming The Myth of the Closed Mind.
Chapters in Books
1. Does the New
Classicism Need Evolutionary Theory? Beyond the Avant Garde, Open
Court. 21 pages. (pub: Jan, 2009.)
2. A Survey of
British Epistemology, Thoemmes Encyclopaedia of British Philosophy. 2006.
Key
entry: 5000 words.
3. Scientific
Induction, Thoemmes Encyclopaedia of British Philosophy. 2006.
2000 words.
4. Philosophy of
Education, Thoemmes Encyclopaedia of British Philosophy. 2006
5. Entry on Sir Karl Popper in Thoemmes Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British
Philosophers. Publisher: Thoemmes
Publishers. (May, 2005.)
6. Malthus and his
Ghost
(philosophy and economics of
Malthusianism),
In collection of essays:
Taking Sides:
Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues. Editors: Kurt Finsterbusch
and George Mkenna. Dushkin Publishing Inc. 1990. Contributors include Noam
Chomsky and John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Used for in-class debates.)
7. Persons and
Popper’s World 3: Do Humans Dream of Abstract Sheep?
In Szasz Under Fire:The Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces his Critics. pp.
119 – 130. Editor:
Jeffrey Schaler, professor at American University, Washington, Department of
Justice and Law. (2004.) (favourably reviewed by The Journal of the American Medical
Association and the British Medical Journal.)
Editorial Publications
Editorial Board Member of The
Journal for Evolutionary Biology Research.
(From August 2009 to the
present.)
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
of the electronic journal The Critical Rationalist (Peer-reviewed. ISSN: 1393-3809.)
Hosted by Dublin City
University.
Founder, Publisher and
Moderator of the Critical Café (an online philosophy discussion forum.)
[From 1996 to the present.]
Other Publications in
Nature, New Scientist, Times Higher Educational Supplement and Science Spectra.
[2003] “Tug
of Love.”
6th Sept. Review
of Kuhn versus
Popper: The Struggle for the Soul
Issue: 2411. Science, by Steven Fuller.
New Scientist.
[2003] Review of Emerson’s Life in Science, by Laura Dassow Walls.
5th July New Scientist.
Issue: 2402
[2001] “Blindness
in Pursuit of Science.”
6th April, Review
of A Companion to
The Philosophy of Science,
edited
by
W. H. Newton Smith, Blackwell
Times Higher
Education Supplement
[2001] “A
Brief, but Passionate Encounter.”
31st March. Review
of Wittgenstein’s
Poker, by David Edmunds and John
Issue: 2284 Eidinow.
Page 48. New Scientist
[2000] “Challenger
to Eistein’s Theory of Time.”
6th Oct. Review
of The New Bergson,
editor: John Mullarkey and
Duration and
Simultaneity, by Henri Bergson.
Times Higher
Education Supplement
[2000] Review
of Doubt and
Certainty, by Tony Rothman and George
Issue
20 Sudarshan.
Science Spectra
[1999] Review
of Unweaving The
Rainbow, by Richard Dawkins.
? Science Spectra
[1999] Review
of A House Built on
Sand, edited by Noretta
? Koertge,
Oxford.
Science Spectra
[1999] “Archives
of the Abstract.”
8th October. Review
of: British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Editor: G. A. J. Rogers.
The Times
Higher Education Supplement.
[1999] “Appeal
to the Court of Experience.”
28th May. Popper:
Politics, Philosophy and Scientific Method, by Geoffrey Stokes.
The Times
Higher Education Supplement.
[1998] “Thoughts
about Russell’s Thoughts.”
9th October. Review
of Bertrand
Russel and the Origins of Analytical Philosophy, by Ray Monk
and Anthony Palmer.
The Times
Higher Education Supplement.
[1998] “Breaking
the Grip of Materialism.”
6th June. Review
of Unsnarling the World-Knot, by David Ray Griffin
Issue:
2137 New Scientist.
[1998] “Nitpicking
Newton.”
28th Feb Review
of Pierre Simon
Laplace: A Life in Exact Science, by
Issue: 2123 Charles
Coulston Gillispie.
New Scientist
[1998] “Mozart
and the Nightingale.”
21 Feb. Review
of An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy,
by Roger Scruton.
Issue: 2122 New Scientist.
[1998] I. Review
of Questioning the
Millennium, by Stephen J Gould,
24th Jan. Harmony
Books
II. Review
of Theory of
Language, by Hattiangadi,
New Scientist.
[1997] “A
Sense of Wonder.”
18th
Dec Review
of Confessions of a
Philosopher, by Bryan
Issue:
2089 Magee.Weidenfeld
& Nicolson.
. New Scientist.
[1997] “A
Man of Ideas.”
6th Dec. Review
of The Sense of
Reality: Studies in Ideas and Their
Issue:
2111. History,
by Isaiah Berlin
New Scientist.
[1997] “Where
does Awareness Dawn?”
25th
Oct. Review
of The Mystery of Consciousness, by John Searle.
Issue: 2105 New Scientist.
p.48.
[1997] “Dial
P for Philosophy.”
25th Jan. Review
of Utopia, Dolphins
and Computers, by Mary Midgley,
Issue: 2066 New
Scientist.
[1995] “Carry
on Learning: Learning Cyberspace”
18th Nov. Essay
Review of Learning
Cyberspace. by Paul Levinson.
Issue: 2004. New Scientist.
[1995] “Worlds
3 Popper 0.”
19th May. Review
of Mind-Body
Problem. Collection of essays.
Eds.
Richard Warner and Tadeusz Szubka.
Times Higher
Education Supplement.
[1994] Review
of The Myth of the
Framework and Knowledge
and
10th Dec the
Body-Mind Problem. Karl Popper. Routledge.
New Scientist.
[1994] “Cold Turkey - kicking the habit of justification.”
20th Aug. Review of Critical
Rationalism: A Restatement and Defence,
Issue:
1939 by
David Miller. Open Court.
New Scientist.
[1994] “Is
Technology a Blessing or a Curse?”
5th March. Review
of Heidegger and The
Ground of Being, by Michel Haar.
Issue:
1915. New Scientist.
Educational Video
Videos
to supplement lectures in Philosophy:
YouTube
Channel: NaiveRealist
Conference Contributions and Invited Talks.
16th –
18th Oct, 2009. Edinburgh
University. Seventh International
Conference on the Book.
20th Feb, 08. Emirates
University.
Most Knowledg is not and
could not be Mental. Cognitive Science Society of the Middle
East.
6th Dec, 2007 Emirates
University.
Critical
Thinking and Problem Solving. Openning paper at the
FacultyWorkshop
on Enhancing Critical Thinking in the Classroom.
9th Sept,
2007 Institute
of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Mental Modules
are Conjectures about Conjectures: a Conjecture and Refutation Model of Lanscape Aesthetic
Preference.
28 March 2003
Hegeler Carus Foundation. Hegeler Mansion, La Salle, Illinois.
Colloquium: After Modernisn
and Postmodernism: New Directions in the Arts.
6th - 14th June, 96 Central European
University, Budapest,
Participant
in Popper Workshop, Translation project.
1996 Bielefeld
University, Germany.
Campbell’s
Blind Variation in the Evolution of an Ideology and Popper’s World 3.
1995 London
School of Economics.
Special
Invitaion by Donald T. Campbell to Discussion group on
The Usefulness
and Problems of Using Analogies From Biological Evolution In Understanding the Evolution of
Scientific Theories.
28 March 95 The
New School for Social Research, New York.
"Richard
Dawkins' Theory of Memes and Mind Viruses:
A
Comparison of Meme and Gene
Replication"
Feb, 1995 Liverpool
John Moores University. A Popperian View of Religion.
Dec, 1994 University
of Manchester. Popper's
Theory of World 3.
July, 1994 University
of Manchester. Wishful
and Fearful Thinking.
7th March, 92 The
University of York. The Logic, Psychology and Sociology of Openness
to
Argument.
5th Feb, 91 Psychology
Department, University of Bolton.
A
Darwinian Criticism of Jung's Theory of Archetypes.
30th April, 88 Annual
Conference on the Philosophy of Sir Karl Popper.
Ideology and
Criticism.
14th April, 88 Political
Studies Association, London. Ideology and Openness to
Argument
10th April, 88 Institute
of Economic Affairs, London. Popper's Notion of The Immunising Stratagem in Science and Ideology
20th Sept, 87 London
School of Economics. The Over-Population Problem
12th March, 86 Institute
of Economic Affairs, London. Science and Ideology
Supplemental
References (in adobe
acrobat format):
The
late Professor Donald T. Campbell (Formerly President of the American
Psychological Association):
