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- Faculty, University of Aberdeen
- Faculty, City University of New York
- PhD, Princeton University, 1977.
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About me
"Evolutionary ethics"--is my main agenda at the moment. I'm interested in the semantics and pragmatics of moral discourse and in the analogies and disanalogies between scientific progress and scientific knowledge and social progress and normative knowledge. Meanwhile, I'm continuing to work in 17th and 18th century history and philosophy of science, following up on Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity (2008).
My works
- Catherine Wilson, Reply to Margaret Osler: Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity.
- Catherine Wilson (2009). Epicureanism in the Early Modern Period. In James Warren (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism. Cambridge University Press.
- Catherine Wilson, Kant and Leibniz. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Catherine Wilson (2008). What Do Simple Folks Know? Commentary on the Papers of Adler, Arikha, Martensen, Origgi, and Stoler. Philosophical Forum 39 (3):363-372.
- Catherine Wilson (2008). Review of Alan Thomas (Ed.), Bernard Williams. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (5).
- Catherine Wilson (2008). Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity. Oxford University Press.
- Catherine Wilson (2008). Disgrace : Bernard Williams and J.M. Coetzee. In Garry Hagberg (ed.), Art and Ethical Criticism. Blackwell Pub. Ltd..
- Monte Johnson & Catherine Wilson (2007). Pt. 2. Themes. Lucretius and the History of Science. In Stuart Gillespie & Philip R. Hardie (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius. Cambridge University Press.
- Catherine Wilson (2007). The Moral Epistemology of Locke's Essay. In Lex Newman (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding". Cambridge University Press.
- Monte Johnson & Catherine Wilson, Lucretius and the History of Science.
- Catherine Wilson (2006). Commentary on Galen Strawson. Journal of Consciousness Studies 13 (s 10-11):177-183.
- Catherine Wilson (2006). Review of Victoria Kahn, Neil Saccamano, Daniela Coli (Eds.), Politics and the Passions, 1500-1850. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2006 (11).
- Catherine Wilson (2006). Kant and the Speculative Sciences or Origins. In Justin E. H. Smith (ed.), The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy. Cambridge University Press.
- Catherine Wilson (2005). Is the History of Philosophy Good for Philosophy? In Tom Sorell & G. A. J. Rogers (eds.), Analytic Philosophy and History of Philosophy. Oxford University Press.
- Catherine Wilson (2004). Moral Animals: Ideals and Constraints in Moral Theory. Oxford University Press.
- Catherine Wilson (2003). Capability and Language in the Novels of Tarjei Vesaas. Philosophy and Literature 27 (1).
- Catherine Wilson (2003). The Role of a Merit Principle in Distributive Justice. Journal of Ethics 7 (3).
- Catherine Wilson (2003). Philosopher: A Kind of Life. Philosophy 78 (4):541-552.
- Catherine Wilson (2003). Descartes's Meditations: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.
- Catherine Wilson (2002). Review of Michael Losonsky, Enlightenment and Action From Descartes to Kant: Passionate Thought. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2002 (1).
- Catherine Wilson (2001). Prospects for Non-Cognitivism. Inquiry 44 (3):291 – 314.
- Catherine Wilson (1998). Natural Domination: A Reply to Michael Levin. Philosophy 73 (4):573-592.
- Catherine Wilson (1997). Motion, Sensation, and the Infinite: The Lasting Impression of Hobbes on Leibniz. British Journal for the History of Philosophy 5 (2):339 – 351.
- Catherine Wilson (1993). Constancy, Emergence, and Illusions: Obstacles to a Naturalistic Theory of Vision. In Causation in Early Modern Philosophy. University Park: Penn St University Press.
- Catherine Wilson (1993). On Some Alleged Limitations to Moral Endeavor. Journal of Philosophy 60 (6):275-289.
- Catherine Wilson (1983). Leibnizian Optimism. Journal of Philosophy 80 (11):765-783.
- Catherine Wilson (1982). Illusion and Representation. British Journal of Aesthetics 22 (3).
- Catherine Wilson (1980). Self-Deception and Psychological Realism. Philosophical Investigations 3:47-60.
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