John F. Post

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

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. Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction. New York: Paragon House, 1991.

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