Elmer D. Sprague, Jr.

Emeritus

Publications, Books:

Persons and Their Minds, Westview Press, 1999.
Metaphysical Thinking, Oxford University Press, 1978.
What is Philosophy? A Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 1961.
Knowledge and Value, Introductory Readings in Philosophy, edited with Paul W. Taylor; Harcourt Brace, 1st ed., 1959, 2nd ed. 1967.

Publications, Articles:

"Ontic Antics Diagnosed: Two Case Studies," in Entities and Individuation, ed. by Donald Stewart, The Edwin Mellen Press, 1989. (Presented at the Conference On Ontology and Language, University of Guelph, May 1985).

"Arjuna's Nephew," The Hamline Review, Vol. 13, Spring 1989.

"Hume, Henry More, and the Design Argument," Hume Studies, November 1988. (Presented at Fourteenth Annual Hume Conference, University of Reykjavik, August 1984).

"Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind, and the Concept of Person," The Hamline Review, Spring 1987.

"G.E. Moore: Making the Reader See," Idealistic Studies, September, 1986.

"Ryle's Myth," The Personalist, Winter 1973. (Presented at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 1970).

"The Mind-Brain Problem," in Dimensions of Mind, ed. By Sidney Hook, NYU Press, 1960.

"Professor Tillich's Ontological Question," International Philosophical Quarterly, February 1962. (Presented at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern
Division, December 1959).

"Frances Hutcheson and the Moral Sense," The Journal of Philosophy, November 25, 1954. (Presented at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 1954.

"A Note on Proving Moral Judgments," Philosophical Studies, January 1954.

"Evaluating Philosophy Teaching." American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, June 1988.

"Using the 'Group Method' in Teaching Introductory Philosophy Courses," American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, Late
Autumn 1984.

Publications, Encyclopedia Articles:

The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards, General Editor, MacMillan and the Free Press, 1967:

" John Balguy,
James Beattie,
Joseph Butler,
Samuel Clarke,
John Gay,
David Hartley,
Henry Home, Lord Kames,
Bernard Mandeville,
The Moral Sense,
William Paley,
Richard Price,
Shaftesbury, Earl of, Anthony A. Cooper,
Adam Smith"

Encyclopedia of Morals, V. Ferm, ed., Philosophical Library, 1956: "Francis Hutcheson."

Publications, Reviews:

John Searle (Nick Fotion), Philosophical Books, April 2002.

What Does It All Mean? (Thomas Nagel), "What Shall We Tell the
Children?" The Misobosher, December 1987.

Without Proof Or Evidence: Essays of O.K. Bouwsma (J.L. Craft, Ronald
E. Hustwit, eds.), Philosophical Books, July 1985.

Gilbert Ryle: An Introduction to His Philosophy (William Lyons),
Philosophical Books, January 1982.

Toward A New Sensibility: Essays of O.K. Bouwsma (J.L. Craft, Ronald
E. Hustwit, eds.), Philosophical Books, July 1983.

Hume's Philosophy of Religion (J.C.A. Gaskin), Philosophical Books,
May 1979.

The Honest Mind: The Thought and Work of Richard Price (D.O.
Thomas), The Philosophical Review.

David Hume: Many-Sided Genius (Kenneth R. Merrill and Robert W.
Shahan, eds.), and Hume: A Re-evaluation (Donald W. Livingston and
James T. King, eds), Philosophical Books, May 1978.

Knowledge and Experience (C.D. Rollins, ed.), Philosophical Review, July 1966.

Some Dilemmas of Naturalism (William Ray Dennes), Philosophical
Review, July 1961.

Papers Presented:

"Persons and Their Bodies," Philosophy Conference, Suffolk County
Community College, May 2000.

"The Mind Turned Inside Out," Philosophy Colloquium, United States
Military Academy, Spring 1996; Brooklyn College Philosophy Society,
Spring 1995; Brooklyn College Psychology Society, Fall 1994.

"Understanding Understanding." Brooklyn College Philosophy Society,
September 1990.

"Un-Locke-ing the Mind," Philosophy Colloquium, The College at New
Paltz, September 1990.

"Giving Persons a Hard Time: 'The Questions of King Milinda,' Hume,
and Parfit," Brooklyn College Philosophy Society, October 1989.

"Toys, An Essay in Enchresic Ontogeny," The College at New Paltz, April
1988; Hamline University, May 1987.

"Plato and Our Illusions," Symposium on "Why Read Plato?", Humanities
Institute, Brooklyn College, November 1984.

"Fodorian Functionalism," Professor Arthur Reber's Seminar on
Philosophical Psychology, Brooklyn College, Spring 1982.

"You and Me and Martin Buber," Buber Symposium, Brooklyn College,
December 1980.

"Professor Ryle and the Concept of Person," Brooklyn College Philosophy
Society, Fall 1976.

"Hume's Mundane Metaphysics," The McGill University Bicentennial
Hume Conference, Fall 1976.

"Persons, Something for Everyone," The College of Fredonia, Spring
1973; Hamline University, Spring, 1972.

"Anyone for Persons," CUNY Graduate Center, Spring 1971.

"Materialism," Philosophy Club, Brooklyn College, Spring 1964.

"Illness, Freedom, and Luck," The Combined In-Service Training
Institute, Fairfield Hills Hospital (Department of Psychology),
Newton, Conn. Spring 1964.

"Blaming," Philosophy Club, Brooklyn College, Spring 1960.

"Human Misconduct," Philosophy Club, Brooklyn College, Spring
1960; New York University, Spring 1960.

"Keep the Monkeys Out: Descartes on the Metaphysical Status of Men
and Brutes," Philosophy Club, Brooklyn College, Spring 1959.

"Divine Predicates," Philosophy Club, Brooklyn College, Spring 1957;
New York University, Spring 1957.

Post-Retirement Projects in Art History:

Volunteer Archivist, Division of Art and Antiquities, NYC Department
Of Parks and Recreation, working on the Monuments Database,
1998-2001.

Research Associate, Center for the Study of Brooklyn (When it gets
Organized). Project: Historical guide to the public monuments of
Brooklyn, 1869-1938.