Daniel KOLAK

Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science

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Department of Philosophy

William Paterson University

Wayne, NJ 07470 USA

Email: kolakd@wpunj.edu; kolakdan@msn.com

SPECIALIZATIONS: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science

COMPETENCIES: Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Existentialism & Phenomenology, Philosophy of Language, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Art (Literature, Music, Film), Philosophy of Computers and Technology

EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENTS

1999 - present Full Professor

Department of Philosophy, William Paterson University of New Jersey

2004 - present Affiliate

Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science

2015 - present Legatee, Estate of Jaakko Hintikka

2013 - 2016 Director

Liberal Studies, William Paterson University of New Jersey

1995 - 2001 Chairperson

Department of Philosophy, William Paterson University of New Jersey

1995 - 2001 Founding Director

Cognitive Science Laboratory, William Paterson University of New Jersey

2002 - 2010 Associate Director of Research

Brain Behavior Center, New York

2003 - present Permanent Elected Member (Representing Croatia)

International Institute of Philosophy, Paris

1995 - 1999 Associate Professor

Department of Philosophy, William Paterson University of New Jersey

1989 – 1995 Assistant Professor [tenure track]

Department of Philosophy, William Paterson University of New Jersey

1987 – 1989 Assistant Professor [tenure track]

Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

1986 – 1987 Adjunct Professor

Department of Philosophy, Towson State University

1983 – 1986 Adjunct Instructor

University College, University of Maryland, College Park

EDUCATION

1981 - 1986 Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park. Dissertation: I Am You—A Philosophical Explanation of the Possibility That We Are All the Same Person (Raymond Martin, Director).

1978 - 1981 M.A., Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park. Thesis: A Possible Worlds Analysis of Foreknowledge, Free Will and Responsibility—Epistemic vs. Metaphysical Modality (Dennis Ahern and Allen Stairs, Directors).

1973 - 1978 B.A. with Honors in Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park. Thesis: A Resolution of the Discrepancy Between the Geometry of Visibles and the Geometry of the Physical World Through a Theory of the Dimensionality of Visibles (Dudley Shapere, Director).

POLITICS

PRESIDENT, G-IV COALITION. (1978-1984). International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC.
LOBBYIST. (1980-1984). Lobbied successfully in Congress and Senate with World Bank President Robert McNamara and Senator Edward Kennedy on amendment to Immigration Bill on behalf of IMF and World Bank staff and children. Received Personal Commendation from the Secretary General of the United Nations.

PHILOSOPHY and BUSINESS

Consultant to prominent business leaders in the U.S. and Europe, including David McCourt (RCN Corporation), Paul Allen (Vulcan Ventures, co-founder, Microsoft), and others.

AWARDS AND HONORS

The Donald E. Osterbrook Book Prize for Historical Astronomy. (2017).
Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Expression. (2010) William Paterson University.
Keynote Speaker. (2001). 59^th Annual New York State Communication Association.
Personal Commendation, Secretary General of the United Nations. (1984).
Helen Hayes Award. (1983-1984). Source Theater, Washington, DC.
Cunard World University Distinguished Lecturer. (1991, 1995, 1996, 1997).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Philosophy Department: Philosophy of Science (PHIL 4200); Existentialism and Phenomenology (PHIL 3050); Philosophy of Mathematics (PHIL 4150); Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 4100); Seminar Classics – Schopenhauer (PHIL 4040); Seminar Classics – Hegel (PHIL 4040); Seminar Classics – Kierkegaard (PHIL 4040); Philosophy Capstone (PHIL 4800); Theory of Knowledge (PHIL 3170); Philosophy of Mathematics (PHIL 4150); Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 2200); Philosophy of History (PHIL 2250, HIST 2990); Philosophy of Art (PHIL 2210); Philosophy of Technology (Phil 2320); Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 4100); Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (PHIL 4250); Logic (PHIL 2100); Ethics (PHIL 2000); Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 1100 ); Independent Study (PHIL 4990); Philosophy of Language (PHIL 4080); Special Topics in Philosophy: Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics (PHIL 3990); Special Topics in Philosophy: Identity (PHIL 3990); Special Topics in Philosophy (w/ D. Goloff) Non-Euclidean Geometry (PHIL 3990); 17th & 18th Century Philosophy (PHIL 2170); From Religion to Philosophy (PHIL 3360); Philosophy of Language (PHIL 4080); Eastern Philosophy and Religion (PHIL 2270)

Liberal Studies: Liberal Studies and Community Engagement (LBST 2500); Senior Capstone Seminar (LBST 4800); Internship: The Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement (LBST 4980); Liberal Studies Colloquium (LBST 2010) Topics: Personal Identity; Liberal Studies Colloquium (LBST 2010) Topics: Skeptical Inquiry; Liberal Studies Colloquium (LBST 2010) Topics: The Socratic Method; Liberal Studies Colloquium (LBST 2010) Topics: Philosophy of Childhood.

History Department: Philosophy of History (HIST 2990, cross-listed with PHIL 2250)

University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

Philosophy Department: Philosophy of Science; Logic; Ethics; Introduction to Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 4100); Seminar Classics – Schopenhauer (PHIL 4040); Seminar Classics – Hegel (PHIL 4040); Seminar Classics – Kierkegaard (PHIL 4040); Philosophy Capstone (PHIL 4800); Theory of Knowledge (PHIL 3170); Philosophy of Mathematics (PHIL 4150); Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 2200); Philosophy of History (PHIL 2250, HIST 2990); Philosophy of Art (PHIL 2210); Philosophy of Technology (Phil 2320); Philosophy of Mind (PHIL 4100); Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (PHIL 4250); Logic (PHIL 2100); Ethics (PHIL 2000); Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 1100 ); Independent Study (PHIL 4990); Philosophy of Language (PHIL 4080); Special Topics in Philosophy: Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics (PHIL 3990); Special Topics in Philosophy: Identity (PHIL 3990); Special Topics in Philosophy (w/ D. Goloff) Non-Euclidean Geometry (PHIL 3990); 17th & 18th Century Philosophy (PHIL 2170); From Religion to Philosophy (PHIL 3360); Philosophy of Language (PHIL 4080); Eastern Philosophy and Religion (PHIL 2270)

SERVICE

Departmental Service (WPUNJ Philosophy Department)

Departmental Assessment Coordinator, 2019-2021.

Search Committee Member for Assistant/Associate Professor of Social Philosophy search resulting in the hire of Joshua Hall (2017-2018)

Search Committee Member for Assistant Professor search resulting in the hire of Laura Di Summa-Knoop (2016-2017)

Search Committee Member for Social & Political Philosophy search resulting in the hire of Stephanie Rivera Berruz (2014)

Search Committee Member for Ethics search resulting in the hire of Elizabeth Victor (2014)

Departmental Assessment Coordinator, 2006-2010.

Technology Advisory Committee, 2004-present.

Search Committee Chairperson for Assistant Professor of Philosophy search resulting in the hire of Ben Vilhauer (2004-2005)

Search Committee Chairperson for Assistant Professor of Philosophy search resulting in the hire of Pete Mandik (1999-2000)

Search Committee Chairperson for Assistant Professor of Philosophy search resulting in the hire of Jonathan Waskan (1999-2000)

Search Committee Chairperson for Assistant Professor of Philosophy search resulting in the hire of Stephen Thompson (1999-2000)

Search Committee Chairperson for Assistant Professor of Philosophy search resulting in the hire of William Hirstein (1996-1997)

Search Committee Chairperson for Assistant Professor of Philosophy search resulting in the hire of Eric Steinhart (1996-1997)

Search Committee Chairperson for Assistant Professor of Philosophy resulting in the hire of William Boos (1993)

Search Committee Member for Assistant Professor of Philosophy resulting in the hire of Victor Velarde (1995)

Faculty Advisor, Philosophy Club (1991-2001).

College/University Service (HSS/WPUNJ)

Director, Liberal Studies (2013-2016).

Instructional Research Technologies Advisory Committee (1996-2004).

Deans and Chairs Council (1995-2001).

Chairs Council (1995-2001).

College of Humanities and Social Science School Council (1995-2001).

Institutional Review Board (1993-1999. Drafted IRB protocols.

Library Construction Committee (1993-1999).

Library Capsule Planning Committee (1994-1996).

Service to the Profession

International Institute of Philosophy, Paris. Elected since 2003 as a Croatian-American member (representing Croatia) into this prestigious body of philosophers from various countries all over the world. Our annual meetings in different countries every year further the advancement of philosophy across national borders. I organized two of our meetings (2018, Dubrovnik and 2007, Zadar).
Chair, Committee on Philosophical Dialogue in a Knowledge Based Society. European Research Council (ERC) FP 7 Program, European Union, 2006-2009.
Chair, Committee on Philosophy and Computers. American Philosophical Association. 2010-2013. Organized meetings at our national conferences.
Editor, Philosophy and Computers. 2010-2013. American Philosophical Association.
American Philosophical Association Committee on International Cooperation. 2001-2004. Organized meetings on international cooperation among academic institutions at our national conferences.
Reviewer. Oxford University Press, Pearson, Cambridge University Press, Prentice Hall, Wadsworth, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Holt, George Braziller, Random House, McGraw Hill, Springer, Cengage Learning. Teaching Philosophy, Philosophical Investigations, Synthese: an International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Review of Metaphysics, Philosophical Psychology.

Community Service

Chair, Pomona Village Planning Board. Mayoral appointee. (2002-present).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The American Philosophical Association, Association for Symbolic Logic.

Bibliographie

BOOKS

Kolak, Daniel. (forthcoming; expected 2023) ALTERNATIVE ONE—Erwin Schrödinger, David Bohm, and the Quantum Enigma.
Kolak, Daniel. (forthcoming, expected 2023) Praxis, Pathos, and the Post-Post-Marxist Identity Politics of Yugoslavia: From Civil Engagement to Civil War.
3. Kolak, Daniel. (forthcoming; expected 2024) A Quiet Revolutionary: Hintikka’s Radical Logic, Epistemology, and Scientific Philosophy.
Kolak, Daniel and Hintikka, Jaakko. (forthcoming; expected 2023). Socrates and the Oracle: Imaginary Dialogs With Real Implication.
Kolak, Daniel and Hintikka, Jaakko. (forthcoming; expected 2023). Tractatus Redivivus.
Kolak, Daniel. (2014) De Los Presocráticos Al Presente. Madrid: Tecnos.
Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2008). (Eds.) 20^th Century Philosophy. New York: Pearson/Longman.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (2007). Mudrost Bez Odgovora. Zagreb: Naklada Jurcic, d.o.o.
Kolak, Daniel, Hirstein, William, Mandik, Pete, and Waskan, Jonathan (2006). Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Mind and Brain. New York: Routledge.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (2006). (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Sixth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (2004). Sabodoria sem Respostas: Una Breve Introducao a Filosofia. Lisbon: Temasd e Debates, Lda.
Kolak, Daniel. (2004) I Am You: The Metaphysical Foundations for Global Ethics. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.
Kolak, Daniel and Symons, John. (Eds.) (2004). Quantifiers, Questions and Quantum Physics. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.
Kolak, Daniel. (2001). On Hintikka. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel. (2000). Lovers of Wisdom, Second Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth. [Chinese edition, 2002, Beijing University Press]
Kolak, Daniel. (1999). In Search of Myself: Life, Death and Personal Identity. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel. (1998). Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. New York: Mayfield/McGraw Hill.
Kolak, Daniel. (1998). From the Presocratics to the Present: a Personal Odyssey. New York: Mayfield/McGraw Hill
Kolak, Daniel. (1994). In Search of God: the Language and Logic of Belief. New York: Mayfield/McGraw Hill.
Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). (Eds.) The History of Philosophy. New York: Pearson/Longman.
Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). (Eds.) Ancient Philosophy. New York: Pearson/Longman.
Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). (Eds.) Medieval Philosophy. New York: Pearson/Longman.
Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). (Eds.) Modern Philosophy. New York: Pearson/Longman.
Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). (Eds.) 19^th Century Philosophy. New York: Pearson/Longman.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (2002). (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Fifth Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (2001). Wisdom Without Answers, Fifth Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel. (2000). (Ed.) Questioning Matters. New York: Mayfield/McGraw Hill.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1999). (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Fourth Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel. (1998). (Ed.) Anthology of Western Philosophy, with forward by W.V.O. Quine. New York: Mayfield/McGraw Hill.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1998). Wisdom Without Answers, Fourth Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel. (1997). Lovers of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1996). (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Third Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1996). Wisdom Without Answers, Third Edition.
Kolak, Daniel. (1994). (Ed.) From Plato to Wittgenstein. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel. (1994). 1001 Questions. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1993). (Eds.) Self, Cosmos God. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1993. (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Second Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1991). (Eds.) Self and Identity: Contemporary Philosophical Issues. New York: Macmillan.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1991). Wisdom Without Answers, Second Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1990). (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1991). Wisdom Without Answers, Belmont: Wadsworth.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

1. Kolak, Daniel. (forthcoming, expected 2023). Hintikka’s Wittgenstein. In: A. Khani and G. Kemp, eds, Philosophers on Wittgenstein. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

2. Kolak, Daniel. (2017). A Philosophy for the Philosophy of History: The Croce-Collingwood Connection. In: Hohenegger, Hansmichael and Pozzo, Riccardo, eds., Relations de la Philosophie Avec son Histoire, Florence, Leo Olschiki.

3. Kolak, Daniel. (2017). Looking Backward at I Am You. In: Klauer, Roger MDiv, MD, What if I Am You: The Mysticism of the Physician-Patient Relationship, North Charleston, South Carolina: Create Space.

4. Kolak, Daniel. (2015). Što Je Filozofija—Otvoren Pristup. In: Jalenjak, B. and Krkac, K., eds. Uvod U Filozofiju I Kritičko Mišljene. Zagrekb, Croatia: MATE D.O.O. Zagreb.

5. Kolak, Daniel. (2013). Foreword to Critical Madness. In: Kaye, Bradley, Critical Madness, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

6. Kolak, Daniel. (2009). Developing Our Philosophies Into the Next Generation. In: Gristwood, Adam, Ed.: Science and Technology 5. Staffordshire, UK.

7. Kolak, Daniel. (2008). Stepping Into the Same Rivers: Consciousness, Personal Identity, and the Metaphysical Foundations for Global Ethics. In: Dillon, John and Zovko, Marie-Elise, (Eds.) Platonism and Forms of Intelligence, Berlin: Akademie Verlag.

8. Kolak, Daniel. (2008). Room for a View: On the Metaphysical Subject of Personal Identity. In: Synthese: An International Journal For Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 162 No. 3.

9. Kolak, Daniel. (2008). Morality and the Problem of the Other: From Sidgwick to Rawls and Parfit. In: Kolak, D. and Martin, R., (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

10. Kolak, Daniel and Goloff, David. (2006). The Incredible Shrinking Zeno. In: Kolak, D. and Martin, R., (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

11. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Nicholas Krebs: Coincidentia Oppositorum and the Identity of the Infinite. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

12. Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). Frege and Husserl: Some Conclusions. In: Kolak, D. and Thomson, G. (Eds.) The History of 20^th Century Philosophy, New York: Pearson Longman.

13. Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). Phenomenology and Existentialism: From Heidegger to Husserl. In: Kolak, D. and Thomson, G. (Eds.) The History of 20^th Century Philosophy, New York: Pearson Longman.

14. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Erwin Schrödinger: Wave Mechanics and the Advent of Quantum Theory. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

15. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Augustus De Morgan: Application of Algebraic and Numerical Analysis to Science. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

16. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Carl Neumann: Galilean-Newtonian Theory of Mechanics. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

17. Kolak, Daniel. (2006) Alfred North Whitehead: Actuality, Possibility, and Ingression Through Subject to Object. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

18. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Hendrik Lorentz: Local Time, the Fitzgerald Contraction and the Lorentz Transformation as the Basis for Einstein’s Restricted Theory of Relativity. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

19. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Johann Bernoulli III: Mathematical Calculus, Differential Equations and the Tautochrone Curve. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

20. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). William Wollaston: Three Dimensional Geometrical Conception of Atoms and the Camera Lucida. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

21. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Johann Balmer: the Role of the Spectral Series Formula in the Advent of Quantum Mechanics. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

22. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Victor Hess: the Discovery of Cosmic Rays. In: Hockey, Thomas, Ed., The Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

23. Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). Hermeneutics and Post-Modernism: Critical Theory, Habermas, Gadamer, Foucault, Derrida, Structuralism and Beyond. In: Kolak, D. and Thomson, G. (Eds.) The History of 20^th Century Philosophy, New York: Pearson Longman.

24. Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). The Origins of Nineteenth Century Thought: The Kantian Legacy to American Pragmatism and Idealism. In: Kolak, D. and Thomson, G. (Eds.) The History of 19^th Century Philosophy, New York: Pearson Longman.

25. Kolak, Daniel and Thomson, Garrett. (2006). The Question of Authority. In: Kolak, D. and Thomson, G. (Eds.) The History of Medieval Philosophy, New York: Pearson Longman.

26. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). The Wine is In the Glass. In: Kraseman, Keith, (Ed.) Questions for the Soul, Copley Publishing and Kolak, D. and Martin, R. (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

27. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Quantum Cosmology, the Anthropic Principle, and Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing. In: Kolak, D. and Martin, R., (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

28. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Quantum Cosmology, the Anthropic Principle, and Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing. In: Kolak, D. and Martin, R., (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

29. Kolak, Daniel. (2006). Grand Unification Theories (GUTs). In: Kolak, D. and Martin, R., (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

30. Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (2006). Meaning. In: Kessler, Gary (Ed.), Voices of Wisdom. Belmont: Wadsworth.

31. Kolak, Daniel. (2005). The Man Who Mistook Himself For the World. In: Kolak, D., and Martin, R. (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

32. Kolak, Daniel and Symons, John. (2004). The Results Are In: The Scope and Import of Hintikka’s Philosophy. In: Kolak, D. and Symons, J., (Eds.) Quantifiers, Questions and Quantum Physics, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

33. Kolak, Daniel and Eklund, Matti. (2002). Is Hintikka’s Logic First Order? In: Synthese: An International Journal of Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science 131(3).

34. Kolak, Daniel and Dennett, Daniel C. (2000). Consciousness, Self and Reality. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters, New York: McGraw Hill.

35. Kolak, Daniel and Plantinga, Alvin. (2000). Philosophy, the Bible and God: a Debate. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters, New York: McGraw Hill.

36. Kolak, Daniel and Levinson, Jerrold. (2000). Aesthetics: the State of the Art. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters, New York: McGraw Hill.

37. Kolak, Daniel. (2000). Art, Beauty and the Meaning of Life. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters. New York: McGraw Hill.

38. Kolak, Daniel. (2000). Knowledge and Reality—Skepticism and Science. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters. New York: McGraw Hill.

39. Kolak, Daniel. (2000). The Self and Personal Identity: Minds and Machines. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters. New York: McGraw Hill.

40. Kolak, Daniel. (2000). Determinism, Free Will, and Responsibility. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters. New York: McGraw Hill.

41. Kolak, Daniel. (2000). Reason, Religion and Faith. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters. New York: McGraw Hill.

42. Kolak, Daniel. (2000). Morality, Justice and Law: Standards of Right and Wrong—Theory and Practice. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Questioning Matters. New York: McGraw Hill.

43. Kolak, Daniel. (1998). Quine. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Anthology of Western Philosophy, with forward by W.V.O. Quine. New York: Mayfield/McGraw Hill.

44. Kolak, Daniel. (1998). On Sense and Reference. (translation of Frege’s “Uber Sinn und Bedeutung). In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Anthology of Western Philosophy. New York: McGraw Hill.

45. Kolak, Daniel. (1996). Galileo vs. the Church. In: Kolak, D. and Martin, R. (Eds.), The Experience of Philosophy, Belmont: Wadsworth.

46. Kolak, Daniel. (1993). The Experiment. In: Kolak, D. and Martin, R. (Eds.) The Experience of Philosophy, Belmont: Wadsworth.

47. Kolak, Daniel. (1993). Finding Our Selves: Identification, Identity, and Multiple Personality. Philosophical Psychology 6.

48. Kolak, Daniel. (1993). The Metaphysics and Metapsychology of Personal Identity: Why Thought Experiments Matter in Deciding Who We are. In: American Philosophical Quarterly, 30.

49. Kolak, Daniel. (1993). Causality, Responsibility and the Free Will Defense. In: Kolak, D. (Ed.) Self, Cosmos God, New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.

50. Kolak, Daniel. (1990). Art and Intentionality. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 48.

51. Kolak, Daniel and Martin, Raymond. (1987). Personal Identity and Causality: Becoming Unglued. American Philosophical Quarterly, 2

PRESENTATIONS

1. Alternative One: The Only Observer in the Universe is You. Presented at the Mind and Matter 2022 Conference: Foundations of Information, Intelligence and Consciousness, University of Helsinki, Finland (June 2022)

2. Function Logic and Computability Theory. Presented at the annual Deconstructing Hintikka Summer School Workshop, Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia (July, 2021).

3. Open Individualism: the Five Ways. Presented at the CUNY Graduate Center Symposium (March 2018).

4. From Neurogeometry to Phenomenology: The Mathematical Generation of Consciousness in the Brain. Presented at the Columbia University Neuroscience Society (Feb. 2018).

5. Praxis: A Brief History of Philosophy in the Former Yugoslavia. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Institute of Philosophy in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and Bosnia-Hercegovina. (September 2017).

6. Dimensions of the Human. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Institute of Philosophy in Beijing, China. (August 2016).

7. A Philosophy for the Philosophy of History: the Croce-Collingwood Connection. Presented at the Vatican at the annual meeting of the International Institute of Philosophy in Rome, Italy (September 2014).

8. Into the Global Learning Community: A Tripartite Learning Model Integrating Humanism, Religion and Science. Presented at the International Symposium of the Plato Society of Zagreb and the Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia (Sept. 2013).

9. The Emergence of Consciousness, Identity and Self in the Developing Brain: Apoptosis and Autism. Presented at the Institute for the Study of Child Development, University of Medicine & Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, New Brunswick, NJ (Oct. 2007).

10. The Philosophical Subject of Personal Identity. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Institute of Philosophy in Zadar, Croatia (August 2007).

11. Intelligence and the Metaphysical Foundations for Ethics. Presented at the International Symposium: Platonism and Forms of Intelligence, the Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia, and Hvar, Croatia (October 2006).

12. Virtue, Individuality, and the Function of Higher Education. Invited lecture presented to the Humanities Faculty at Millersville University, PA. (March 2006).

13. The Arts of Liberation. Invited lecture presented to the Liberal Arts faculty at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. (April 2006).

14. The Meaning of College Life. Invited lecture presented to students, faculty and deans at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. (April 2006).

15. Explaining Consciousness: Nonlocality, Subjectivity, and Stone-Čech Compactification. Invited lecture presented to philosophy and mathematics students and faculty at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Indiana. (February 2006).

16. The Philosophy of Education. Invited lecture presented to students and faculty at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (February 2006).

17. Philosophy of Jazz: Shedding Logic. Presented to the Provost’s Faculty Research/Creative Expression Series, William Paterson University (April 2005).

18. Quantifiers and Quantum Mechanics. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, Boston (December 2004).

19. IF Logic, Nonlocality, and Quantum Mechanics. Presented at the annual meeting of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago (March 2004).

20. Jazz and Philosophy. Guest lecture presented to the Music Honors Seminar, William Paterson University (October 2002).

21. Generating Ideas for Research. Presented at the 6^th Annual Conference of the New Jersey Communication Society, Fairley Dickinson University (April 2002).

22. Turning Communication Theory Inside Out. Presented as the Keynote Address to the 59^th Annual Conference, New York State Communication Association, Monticello, NY (Oct. 2001).

23. Sperry, Dennett, and the Bifurcation of Consciousness. Presented at the 59^th Annual New York State Communication Association, Monticello, NY (October 2001).

24. Pleased to Make Your Acquaintance: Wittgenstein’s Ontology of Language. Presented at the 59^th Annual New York State Communication Association, Monticello, NY (October 2001).

25. I Am You. Invited lecture presented to the philosophy faculty and students at Bergen Community College. (October 2000)

26. This Talk Has No Title. Invited lecture presented to the New Jersey Humanists, Upper Saddle River, NJ (November 2000).

27. Much Ado About Nothing. Invited lecture presented to the New Jersey Humanists, Upper Saddle River, NJ (November 1999).

28. A Dialog With Alvin Plantinga. Presented at the Philosophy Colloquium, William Paterson University (December 1998).

29. Logic, Space, and Architecture. Invited lecture presented to philosophy and architecture faculty and students at MIT, Cambridge, MA (October 1997).

30. The Inward Journey. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Malacca, Malaysia. (March 1997).

31. Aloneness. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Phuket, Thailand (March 1997).

32. Relationship. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Bombay, India (March 1997).

33. Freedom. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (March 1997).

34. The Wholeness of Life. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Muscat, Oman (March 1997).

35. Living With Insight. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Mombasa, Kenya (March 1997).

36. Is the Universe a Computer Program? Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio (October 1997).

37. Nonstandard Set Theory, Zeno’s Paradox, and Rationality: What Does Mathematics Encode? Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at the University of Maryland, College Park (October 1995).

38. Quantum Cosmology and the Origin of the Cosmos. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Barcelona, Spain (September 1995).

39. Mind and Nature. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Sorrento, Italy (September 1995).

40. The Greek Origins of Philosophy, Science, and Mathematics. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Athens, Greece (September 1995).

41. Global Ethics. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Istanbul, Turkey (September, 1995).

42. Cloning, Ethics and the Law. Presented at the New Jersey Regional Philosophy Association (April 1995).

43. The Church vs. Galileo. Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at Felician College (April 1994).

44. What is a Philosophy Program? Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at Pace University (February 1994).

45. Quantum Genesis and the Anthropic Principle. Invited lecture presented to the faculty and students at William Paterson University (October 1994).

46. What is Philosophy? Union City High School, Union City, NJ. (July 1992).

47. The Mind in the Brain in the Vat. Invited lecture presented to philosophy faculty and students at Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ. (May 1991).

48. Existence and Meaning. Presented in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Cunard World University, Southampton, England. (June 1991).

49. Logic, Reality and Wittgenstein. Invited lecture presented to philosophy faculty and students at Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ. (May 1991).

50. Descartes and Cognitive Science. Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at Warren Wilson College, North Carolina. (May 1991).

51. Personal Identity Matters. Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at East Tennessee State University. (January 1991).

52. Against Values. Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (October 1990).

53. Cognitive Dissociation and the Self. Invited lecture presented to philosophy faculty and students at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. (January 1990).

54. Borders of Identity. Invited lecture presented to philosophy faculty and students at the California State University, Long Beach. (February 1990).

55. Towards a New Theory of Personal Identity. Invited lecture resented to faculty and students at the City College of CUNY (March 1990).

56. Borderline Selves. Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio (March, 1990).

57. Art and Intentionality. Invited lecture presented to faculty and students at Rutgers University (November 1989).

BOOK SERIES EDITED

Pearson Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy

Aquila, Richard and Carus, David, trans., Arthur Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Presentation. 2008.
Missner, Marshall. Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan. Missner, Marshall. 2008.
Mathias, Michael B. John Stuart Mill: On Liberty. 2007.
Mathias, Michael B. George Berkeley: Three Dialogs Between Hylas and Philonous. 2007.
Kamber, Richard. William James: Essays and Lectures. 2007.
Hochsmann, Hyun and Guorong, Yang, trans. Zhuangzi. 2007.
Jacquette, Dale, trans., Gottlob Frege: The Foundations of Arithmetic. 2007.

Wadsworth Philosophical Topics Series

Hochsman, Hyun. On Philosophy in China. (2004).
Odell, Jack S. On Consequentialist Ethics. (2004).
Missner, Marshall. On Ethics. (2004).
Mayhall, Wayne C. On Logical Positivism. (2003).
Thomson, Garrett. On Philosophy. (2003).
Thomson, Garrett. On the Meaning of Life. (2002).

Wadsworth Philosophers Series

Hintikka, Jaakko. On Wittgenstein. (2000).
Hintikka, Jaakko. On Gödel. (2000).
Talisse, Robert B. On Rawls. (2001).
Simpson, Peter. On Karol Wojtyla. (2001).
Weinstein, Jack Russell. On Hannah Arendt. (2001).
Weinstein, Jack Russell. On Adam Smith. (2001).
Hochsmann, Hyun. On Peter Singer. (2002).
Friquegnon, Marie-Louise. On Shantarakshita. (2001).
Hahn, Stephen. On Thoreau. (2000).
Martin, Raymond. On Krishnamurti. (2003).
May, Hope. On Socrates. (2000).
Rumana, Richard. On Rorty. (2000).
Rose, Philip. On Whitehead. (2002).
Prager, John. On Turing. (2001).
Fischer, Marilyn. On Jane Addams. (2004).
Scholz, Sally. On Simone de Beauvoir. (2001).
Hochsmann, Hyun. On Chuang-Tzu. (2001).
Brown, Alison Leigh. On Hegel. (2001).
Howe, Leslie A. On Habermas. (2000).
Anderson, Susan Leigh. On Mill. (2000).
Inglis, John. On Aquinas. (2001).
Gruzalski, Bart. On the Buddha. (2000).
Groothuis, Douglas. On Jesus. (2003).
Radcliffe, Elizabeth S. On Hume. (2000).
Jacquette, Dale. On Boole. (2002).
Johnson, Patricia Altenbernd. On Heidegger. (2000).
Winston, Morton. On Chomsky. (2002)
Johnson, Patricia Altenbernd. On Gadamer. (2000).
Thomson, Garrett, Peterman, John. On Aristotle. (2000).
Kaye, Sharon M. and Thomson, Paul. On Augustine. (2001).
Van Atten, Mark. On Brouwer. (2002).
Martin, Robert M. On Ayer. (2001).
Gotthelf, Allan. On Ayn Rand. (2000).
Gruzalski, Bart. On Gandhi. (2001).
Umbaugh, Bruce. On Berkeley. (2000).
Bilsker, Richard. On Bergson. (2000).
Velarde-Mayol, Victor. On Brentano. (2000).
Trupp, Michael S. On Freud. (2000).
Odell, Jack S. On Russell. (2000).
Ni, Peimin. On Confucius. (2002).
Hirstein, William. On the Churchlands. (2004).
Tallisse, Robert B., Hester, Micah. On James. (2004).
Missner, Marshall. On Hobbes. (2002).
Thomson, Garrett. On Gurdjieff. (2003).
Howe, Leslie A. On Goldman. (2000).
Preti, Consuelo, Velarde-Mayol, Victor. On Fodor. (2003).
Brown, Alison Leigh. On Foucault. (2000).
Salerno, Joe. On Frege. (2001).
Lillegard, Norman. On Epicurus. (2003).
Radford, Gary. On Umberto Eco. (2003).
Talissse, Robert. On Dewey. (2000).
Thomson, Garrett. On Descartes. (2000).
Symons, John. On Dennett. (2002).
Wheeler, Darrell. On Davidson. (2003).
Johnson, Patricia Altenbernd. On Wollstonecraft. (2000).
Scholz, Sally. On Rousseau. (2001).
Lee, Wendy Lynne. On Marx. (2002).
Anderson, Susan Leigh. On Kierkegaard. (2000).
Preti, Consuelo. On Kripke. (2003).
Andersen, Hanne. On Kuhn. (2001).
Steinberg, Diane. On Spinoza. (2000).
Kolak, Daniel. On Hintikka. (2001).
Thomson, Garrett. On Kant. (2003).
Chang, David Hong. On Lao-Tzu. (2000).
Velarde-Mayol, Victor. On Husserl. (2000).
Notturno, Mark Amadeus. On Popper. (2003).
Peterman, John. On Plato. (2000).
Groothuis, Douglas.On Pascal. (2003).
Thomson, Garrett. On Leibniz. (2001).
Feser, Edward. On Nozick. (2004).
Steinhart, Eric. On Nietzsche. (2000).
Odell, Jack S. On Moore. (2001).
Primozic, Daniel Thomas. On Merleau-Ponty. (2001).
De Waal, Cornelis. On Mead. (2002).
Scott, David. On Melebranche. (2002).
Manekin, Charles H. On Maimonides. (2005).
Weinstein, Jack Russell. On Macintyre. (2003).
Muldoon, Mark. On Ricoeur. (2002).
Thomson, Garrett. On Locke. (2001).
Cronk, George. On Shankara. (2003).
Hirstein, William. On Searle. (2001).
Odell, Jack S. On Schopenhauer. (2001).
Kamber, Richard. On Sartre. (2000).
Mayhall, Wayne C. On Carnap. (2002).
Trotter, Griffin. On Royce. (2001).
Ni, Peimin. On Reid. (2002).
Mayhall, Wayne C. On Plotinus. (2004).
Nelson, Lynne Hankinson, and Nelson, Jack. On Quine. (2000).

The Philosophy Source – Wadsworth Cengage Learning

Presocratics: Anaxagoras, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Archelaus, Diogenes, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Mellisos, Parmenides, Xenophanes, Zeno of Elea. (2004).
Plato’s Euthyphro. (1998).
Plato’s Apology. (1998).
Plato’s Crito. (1998).
Plato’s Charmides. (1998).
Plato’s Euthydemus. (2004).
Plato’s Phaedo. (1998).
Plato’s Symposium. (1999).
Plato’s Phaedrus. (2000).
Plato’s Republic. (2001).
Plato’s Philebus. (2004).
Plato’s Parmenides. (2004).
Plato’s Theatetus. (2003).
Plato’s Protagoras. (2003).
Plato’s Sophist. (2004).
Plato’s Statesman. (2004).
Plato’s Timaeus. (2000).
Plato’s Meno. (2001).
Plato’s Laws. (2002).
Plato’s Gorgias. (1999).
Plato’s Ion. (1999).
Plato’s Laches. (1999).
Aristotle’s Categories. (1998).
Aristotle’s On Interpretation. (1999).
Aristotle’s Prior Analytics. (1999).
Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics. (2000).
Aristotle’s Physics. (2000).
Aristotle’s De Anima. (2000).
Aristotle’s Metaphysics. (2000).
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. (2001).
Aristotle’s On Dreams. (2004). Belm
Aristotle’s Poetics. (2004).
Aristotle’s Rhetoric. (2003).
Augustine’s City of God. (2002).
Augustine’s Confessions. (2002).
Aquinas’ Summa Contra Gentiles. (2002).
Anselm’s Monologium. (2001).
Anselm’s Proslogium. (2002).
Plotinus’ Enneads. (2003).
Boethius’ Confessions of Philosophy. (1998).
Epictetus’ Discourses. (1998).
Epictetus’ Enchiridion, or Manual. (1998).
Hobbes’ Leviathan. (1999).
Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy. (1998).
Descartes’ Discourse on Method. (1998).
Hegel’s Philosophy of History. (2004).
Hegel’s Philosophy of Mind. (2004).
Hegel’s Logic. (2004). Bel
Spinoza’s Ethics. (2003).
Spinoza’s On the Improvement of the Understanding. (2002).
Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Women. (1999).
Rousseau’s Confessions. (1999).
Kant’s Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. (1998).
Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. (1999).
Kant’s Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. (2000).
Kant’s Critique of Judgment. (2001).
Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason. (2002).
Leibniz’s Monadology. (2003).
Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding. (1998).
Locke’s Second Treatise of Government. (1999).
Berkeley’s Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous. (1998).
Berkeley’s Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. (2003).
Hume’s Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. (1999).
Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. (2000).
Marx’s Communist Manifesto. (2002).
Marx’s Theses on Feurbach. (2003).
Marx’s Critique of Hegel’s Dialectic and Philosophy. (2004).
Bentham’s Principles of Morals and Legislation. (2001).
Mill’s Utilitarianism. (1998).
Mill’s On Liberty. (1999).
Mill’s On the Subjection of Woman. (2004).
Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra. (1998).
Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil. (1999).
Nietzsche’s Twilight of the Idols. (2000).
Nietzsche’s The Antichrist. (2001).
Dewey’s Democracy and Education. (2001).
Peirce’s Laws of Logic. (2002).
James’ Varieties of Religious Experience. (2000).
James’ Pragmatism. (1998).
Russell’s Problems of Philosophy. (1999).

FILM, THEATER AND TELEVISION

THE DEPARTED. (2006). Advisor to Martin Scorsese. Warner Brothers.
SCI-FI INVESTIGATES. (2006). Featured in a segment on research in cognitive science on mind/brain, lucid dreams, and death. Kevin Huffmann, Producer. NBC Television.
NO DOGS OR PHILOSOPHERS. (1999). Featured Interview, “The Conscious Mind,” Public Television. Ken Knisely, Producer.
NO EXIT. Director. Play by Jean-Paul Sartre. Source Theater, Washington, D.C. (1982).
ID-ENTITY. (1983). Writer and Director. Film on personal identity and multiple personality as seen through the eyes of a patient suffering from dissociative identity disorder. Source Theater and Ouroboros Films Production, with a supporting grant from the University of Maryland Dean of General Studies.

MUSIC

FORSAKEN CRIES: THE STORY OF RWANDA. Documentary. Narrated by Danny Glover. (1997). Composer. Original film score. Amnesty International and PBS, producers.
SOURCERER. (1984). Composer. Album of original music. Bart Whiteman and the Source Theater, producers, for the FEVERDREAMS label.
LADY FROM THE SEA. (1982). Composer. Incidental music for the play by Ibsen, Source Theater, Washington, D.C.
MACBETH. (1982). Composer. Incidental music for the play by Shakespeare, Source Theater, Washington, D.C.
GHATANON. (1978-1983). Bandleader, composer, and performer (violin, piano, guitar). Supporting grant, Tony Taylor and the Washington, D.C. Performing Arts Commission.
SOLOIST, JAZZ VIOLIN. (1978-1984). Performed with Charlie Byrd and others.
CLASSICAL VIOLIN. (1974-1984). Performed in two orchestras and the D.C. Chamber Ensemble.

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