Frank X. Ryan

Associate Professor

Education:

• Emory University, Ph.D. 1996 Philosophy
• Emory University, M.A. 1989 Philosophy
• University of Southern Colorado, B.A. 1983 Philosophy
• University of Colorado, B.S. 1974 Journalism

Areas of Scholarly/Teaching Interest:

American Philosophy, Epistemology, Theories of Valuation

Selected Publications:

Books

1. Darwinism and Theology in America: 1850-1930, vol. 1-4. History of American Thought: American Evolutionism Program, Thoemmes Press, 2002.
2. Darwin?s Impact: Social Evolution in America, 1880-1920, vol. 1-3. History of American Thought: American Evolutionism Program, Thoemmes Press, 2001.
3. The Evolutionary Philosophy of Chauncey Wright, vol 1-3. History of American Thought: American Evolutionism Program, Thoemmes Press, 2000.

Articles

1. "Fathoming the Bottomless Lake of Consciousness: The Phenomenological Pragmatism of Robert E. Innis,? Contemporary Pragmatism, 2 (2005): 145-61.
2. "Five Milestones of Pragmatism," 15-26 in John Dewey: Postmodernism, Inquiry, and Economic Methodology, ed. Elias Khalil, Vanderbilt University Press, 2004.
3. "Scholastic Realism and Pragmatic Contextualism," 321-50 in The Future of Realism in the American Tradition of Pragmatic Realism, ed. John R. Shook, Prometheus Press, 2002.
4. "Dewey?s Reconstruction of Modern Philosophy," Transactional Viewpoints 1 (2002): 1-4.
5. Introductions, The Chicago Pragmatists, vols. 3 and 4, ed. John R. Shook. History of American Thought: Pragmatism in American Thought Program, Thoemmes Press, 2000.

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