John Post

John Post
Born	August 26, 1936 Madison, Wisconsin
Died	January 6, 2020(2020-01-06) (aged 83) Nashville, Tennessee
Academic background
Education	University of California, Berkeley (PhD), University of Wisconsin (MA), Harvard University (BA)
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy
Main interests	logic, metaphysics

John Frederic Post (August 26, 1936 - January 6, 2020) was an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy, emeritus at Vanderbilt University.[1][2][3] He was the Whichard Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at East Carolina University (1996-97).[4]

Publications

Books

• From Nature to Norm: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Morals, BookSurge (2008)
• The Faces of Existence: An Essay in Nonreductive Metaphysics. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1987.[5][6][7]
• Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction. New York: Paragon House, 1991.[8]

Journal articles

• "Naturalism, Reduction and Normativity: Pressing from Below," forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
• "Method, Madness, and Normativity"Philo, forthcoming (2004)
• "Reply to Gale and Pruss" Philo, forthcoming (2004)
• "Omniscience, Weak PSR, and Method" Philo, 6 (2003), 33–48
• "Sense and Supervenience." Philo. Fall Wint 01; 4(2): 123–137.
• (with Derek Turner) "Sic Transitivity: Reply to McGrew and McGrew." Journal of Philosophical Research. Ja 2000; 25: 67–82.
• "Is Supervenience Asymmetric?" Manuscrito. O 99; 22(2): 305–344.
• "Post-Quinean Philosophical Investigations," Quine and Wittgenstein. Edited by Robert Arrington and Hans-Johann Glock. New York: Routledge, 1996. pp. 252–279.
• "The Foundationalism in Irrealism, and the Immorality." Journal of Philosophical Research. Ja 96; 21: 1–14.
• "Epistemology." Discourse on the Method and Meditations on First Philosophy. Edited by David Weissman. New Haven: Yale UP, 1996.
• "Perspectives on Buchler." Metaphilosophy. Jl 95; 26(3): 279–299.
• ""Global" Supervenient Determination: Too Permissive?" Supervenience: New Essays. Edited by Elias E. Savellos. Cambridge: Needham Heights, 1995.
• "Objective Value, Realism, and the End of Metaphysics." Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 1990; 4(2): 147–160.
• "Paradox in Critical Rationalism and Related Theories." Evolutionary Epistemology. Edited by Gerard Radnitzky. La Salle: Open Court, 1987.
• "A Godelian Theorem for Theories of Rationality." Evolutionary Epistemology. Edited by Gerard Radnitzky. La Salle: Open Court, 1987.
• "On the Determinacy of Valuation." Philosophical Studies. MY 84; 45: 315–334.
• "On the Determinacy of Truth and Translation." Southern Journal of Philosophy. SUPP 83; 22: 117–136.
• "Response: "Comment on Paul Teller's 'A Poor Man's Guide To Supervience and Determination." Southern Journal of Philosophy. SUPP 83; 22: 163–167.
• "Infinite Regress of Justification and of Explanation." Philosophical Studies. JL 80; 38: 31–52.
• "Presupposition, Bi-valence and the Possible Liar." Philosophia. O 79; 8: 645–650.
• "Shades of Possibility." Journal of Philosophical Logic. AP 74; 3: 155–158.
• "Propositions, Possible Languages and The Liar's Revenge." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. S 74; 25: 223–234.
• "New Foundations for Philosophical Theology: Quine with God." Journal of Philosophy. 7 NOV 74; 71: 736–748.
• "Shades of the Liar." Journal of Philosophical Logic. JL 73; 2: 370–385.
• "Referential Presupposition." Australasian Journal of Philosophy. AG 72; 50: 160–167.
• "The Possible Liar." Nous. N 70; 4: 405–409.
• "An Analysis of Presupposing." Southern Journal of Philosophy. FALL 68; 6: 167–171.
• "Special Reasons and Specific Answers." Analysis. JA 65; 25: 86–93.
• "Does Knowing Make a Difference to What Is Known?" Philosophical Quarterly. JL 65; 15: 220-228

References

1. "Biography". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
2. "John Post (August 26, 1936 — January 6, 2020)". West Harpeth Funeral Home & Crematory. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
3. "John Frederic Post". The Tennessean. January 10, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
4. "Philosophy scholar serves as Whichard chair". East Carolina University. August 26, 1996. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
5. Weissman, David (1988). "Review of The Faces of Existence". The Review of Metaphysics. 42 (1): 163–165. ISSN 0034-6632.
6. Gordon, Haim (1990). "Review of The Faces of Existence: An Essay in Nonreductive Metaphysics". International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 28 (2): 119–120. ISSN 0020-7047.
7. Steinman, Robert (1991). "Review of The Faces of Existence: An Essay in Nonreductive Metaphysics". The Philosophical Review. 100 (2): 306–309. doi:10.2307/2185311. ISSN 0031-8108.
8. Szubka, Tadeusz (1995). "Review of Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction". Roczniki Filozoficzne / Annales de Philosophie / Annals of Philosophy. 43 (1): 250–256. ISSN 0035-7685.