Published Works
Threats Make Us Stronger
My grandmother, of blessed memory, was born in Manhattan in 1909. She was a prodigy, attending Hunter College at the age of 16. She was 68 when I was born and she lived for another 40 years, long enough for both of my children to get to know her.
The Mechanics of Quilting
My beloved grandmother was a prolific quilter. In her one-hundred-eight-and-a-half years, she quilted thirty masterpieces. Her quilts mirror the full color spectrum, fashioning measurements of energy into intricate geometrical patterns.
CRACK … FIZZ
It's a hot and dry Colorado summer in 1984. Dad and Valerie have planned a family vacation to the Grand Canyon. By vacation I mean road trip, where we will camp out along the way, go fishing, and do some hiking and exploring.
Is Kant's General Logic Extensional or Intensional?
In attempting to classify Kant's general logic as either extensional or intensional, one quickly finds oneself lead to a plethora of considerations, ranging from the form and matter of concepts, to sphaera and merkmal, to under concepts versus in them, and so on.
Real Velocity and Strange Motion on Possible Worlds
This paper defends the views of causation presented by Michael Tooley in his 1988 article, In Defense of the Existence of States of motion. More specifically, this paper focuses on the argument that classical Humeans cannot prima facie dismiss the possible world analysis Tooley uses to demonstrate that causation is needed in order to adequately explain velocity.