Papers

79 articles and chapters, 1979–2025, in English, Spanish, German and Polish. ★ marks a free full text. Each has its own page where you can ask him about it.

2025Humankind in Outer Space★with Phillip McMurray · Space Education & Strategic Applications 5(2)

2024Feyerabend, Plato and Aristotlein Feyerabend in Dialogue · Boston Studies, Springer, 21–31

2023Feyerabend: The Most Valuable Philosopher of the Twentieth Century★with Phillip McMurray · Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy 20(2)

2022The Origin of Modern Physical Science★passages from A Theory of Wonder · Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy 19(2)

2021Future space missions and human enhancement: Medical and ethical challenges★with Szocik, Shelhamer, Braddock, Cucinotta, Impey, Worden et al. · Futures 133, 102819

2020A cellular and attentional network explanation of consciousnessConsciousness and Cognition 83, 102982

2020Ethical Obligations Towards Extraterrestrial Life★Philosophy Study 10(3)

2020Science and Ethics in the Human-Enhanced Exploration of Marsin Human Enhancements for Space Missions · Springer, 113–124

2019Biology and Gettier’s Paradox★Studia Humana 8(1), 93–98

2019An obligation to colonize outer spaceFutures 110, 38–40

2019The Great Colonization Debate15 authors, lead Kelly C. Smith · Futures 110, 4–14

2019Science and Ethics in the Exploration of Marsin The Human Factor in a Mission to Mars · Springer, 185–200

2018Science as Radical Knowledge★Límite (Arica) 13(41), 17–28

2018Bipolar Disorder as Failure of Interhemispheric Inhibition★with Alyssa Shaver and Matthew L. Cole · Límite 13(43), 80–88

2018Epistemología Evolucionista★in Teorías Epistemológicas y Educativas Latinoamericanas, 43–49

2016Historical Antecedents to the Philosophy of Paul FeyerabendStudies in History and Philosophy of Science A 57, 9–16

2016Space Colonies and Their Criticsin The Ethics of Space Exploration · Springer, 31–46

2016Fiction in the Brainin Questions of Character · Oxford University Press, 415–432

2014fMRI Study of Self vs. Others’ Attributions of Traits Consistent with Evolutionary Understanding of the Self★with Cole, Ye, Yang, Zheng, Krishnamurthy & Haacke · Neuroscience Discovery 2(1):3 · principal investigator

2014Damasio, Self and Consciousness★Philosophia Scientiae 18(3), 191–201

2014Space Exploration and Human SurvivalSpace Policy 30(4), 197–201

2013Neuroscientific Evidence against Depression as an Evolutionary Adaptation★with Donna Irvan · Psychology Research 3(6), 358–363

2013Neuroscientific Critique of Depression as Adaptationwith Donna Irvan · Int. Conf. on Brain-Mind Proceedings · BMI Press

2013Understanding the Self Biologicallywith Yi Zheng · Brain-Mind Magazine, Spring 2013

2012Self-Reproducing Automata and the Impossibility of SETIin Imagining Outer Space · Palgrave Macmillan, 267–284; 2nd ed. 2018, 293–312

2012Homosexuality and Darwinism★in Sex, Reproduction and Darwinism, 95–107

2012The Myth of Dual Consciousness in the Split Brain★Int. Conference on Brain-Mind Proceedings · BMI Press

2012Two Conscious Minds in the Same Brain? Split Brains and the Alien-Hand SyndromeBrain-Mind Magazine, Fall 2012

2011A Darwinian Account of Self and Free Willin Evolution 2.0 · Springer Frontiers Collection, 43–63

2011Reznick’s Interpretation of Darwin’s OriginThe European Legacy 16(3), 399–401

2011Einstein y el límite de la velocidad de la luzin Einstein: Científico y Filósofo · Univ. del Valle, 291–308

2010Perception and Natural Selectionin The European Mind · Malta University Press, 222–229

2008Humankind in Outer SpaceInt. J. of Technology, Knowledge and Society 4(5), 17–25

2008El Cerebro, el Yo, y el Libre Albedríoin Entre Ciencia y Filosofía · Univ. del Valle, 291–308

2008A Distributive Explanation of ‘Grandmother’ CellsProc. XXII World Congress of Philosophy 34, 25–31 (pub. 2012)

2007Nuevas Ventanas hacia el Cerebro Humano y su Impacto en la Neurociencia Cognoscitiva★with Oscar Sierra-Fitzgerald · Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología 39(1), 143–167

2007Enfoque Biológico en la Filosofía de la Ciencia★Eidos 7, 110–127

2006Venus y el Fin del Mundo★Eidos 4, 10–25

2006El Filósofo más valioso del sigloin Variaciones sobre Temas de Feyerabend · Univ. del Valle, 27–42

2005Realismo, Verdad y Relativismo Evolutivo★Praxis Filosófica n.s. 20, 5–30

2005Consenso y evolución en ciencia★Praxis Filosófica 20, 167–183

2004La Epistemología Evolutiva de Karl Popperin Hipótesis y Verdad en Ciencia · Editorial Complutense, 49–66

2003Sandra Harding’s Feminist Epistemology and Political Correctnessin Scrutinizing Feminist Epistemology · Rutgers UP, 142–156

2003A Plea to Fuller for a Rosetta StoneSocial Epistemology 17(2–3), 241–246

2002Conquering Feyerabend’s Conquest of Abundancecritical notice · Philosophy of Science 69(3), 519–536

2002Reflections on Hull’s Remarksin Prematurity in Scientific Discovery · University of California Press, 342–346

1999Feyerabend, Preston, and Analytic PhilosophyMetascience 8(2), 216–226

1998A Rehabilitation of Paul Feyerabendappendix to Evolution and the Naked Truth, 219–244; reprinted in The Worst Enemy of Science?, OUP 2000, 58–79

1998Relativismo y Universalismo Culturalesin Filosofía de la Cultura · Enciclopedia Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Trotta, 213–223

1998A Naturalistic Account of Free WillDiálogos (Río Piedras) 33(72), 43–62

1997Philosophy and Exploration of the Solar SystemPhilosophic Exchange 28, 56–61

1996Why Should Philosophy Influence Science Policy: The Case of Space ExplorationExplorations in Knowledge 13(1), 9–17

1995Bohr and Evolutionary RelativismExplorations in Knowledge XII(2), 1–10

1992New Directions, Really?PSA 1992, vol. 2, 341–350

1991Science in Feyerabend’s Free Societyin Munévar, ed., Beyond Reason · Kluwer, 179–198

1991Evolution and the Naked Truthin Cultural Relativism and Philosophy · E. J. Brill, 177–194

1989Science as Part of Naturein Issues in Evolutionary Epistemology · SUNY Press, 475–487

1989Human and Extraterrestrial ScienceExplorations in Knowledge 6(2), 1–9

1989Naturalismo Prescriptivo★Revista de Filosofía (Madrid) 2, 31–42

1988Evolution and JustificationThe Monist 71(3), 339–357

1988Hull, Straight Biology and Straight EpistemologyBiology and Philosophy 3(2), 209–214

1988Filosofía y la Evaluación de la Tecnología Espacial★Arbor (CSIC) 509, Tomo CXXX, 59–72

1988Comment on Margolis’ Pragmatic RealismSocial Epistemology 2(3), 240–243 · part of the “In Defense of Relativism” symposium

1987Peter Singer’s The Expanding CircleExplorations in Knowledge, Spring 1987, 43–50

1986Space Colonies and the Philosophy of Space Explorationin Space Colonization: Technology and the Liberal Arts · AIP Conf. Proc. 148, 2–12

1986Consensus and Evolution in Sciencein PSA 1986, vol. II, 120–129

1986Philosophy, Space Science and the Justification of Space Explorationin Essays on Creativity and Science · HCTE Hawaii, 89–96

1986Pecking Orders and the Rhetoric of ScienceExplorations in Knowledge III(2), 43–48

1985Rhetorical Grounds for Determining what is Fundamental Science: The Case of Space Explorationin Argument and Social Practice · Speech Communication Assoc., 420–434

1984Report of an Interdisciplinary Course on Space Explorationwith John C. Kasher · Social Sciences and Space Exploration · NASA EP-192

1984Towards a Future Epistemology of ScienceExplorations in Knowledge I(1–2), 1–17

1983The Connection between Evolution and the Nature of Scientific Knowledgein Radiation and Cellular Response · Iowa State UP, 213–222

1983In the Lion’s Den: Taming Methodology into Oblivion7th Int. Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Salzburg

1982Allowing Contradictions in ScienceMetaphilosophy 13(1), 75–78

1982Toward a Social Conception of Scientific Rationality★Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences X, 91–95

1982The Death Penalty: The Relevance of Deterrencewith Jerry Cederblom · Criminal Justice Review 7(1), 63–66

1980Die Wissenschaft in Feyerabends freier Gesellschaftin Versuchungen: Aufsätze zur Philosophie Paul Feyerabends · Suhrkamp, Frankfurt

1980Rejoinder to J. R. RavetzJ. of Social and Biological Structures 3(3), 301–302

1979The Moral Autonomy of Science and the Recombinant DNA ControversyJ. of Social and Biological Structures 2(3), 235–243