Articles

Political and Philosophical Articles

  1. E.L.. Eliel and M.T. Fisk, 5-Methylfurfuryldimethylamine,Organic Syntheses, 35, 1955, pp. 78-79.
  2. E.L. Eliel and M.T. Fisk, and T. Prosser, Alpha-Chlorophenylacetic Acid,Organic Syntheses, 36, 1956, pp. 3-6.
  3. Contraries, Methodos, 11, 1959, pp. 319-351.
  4. Falsifiability and Corroboration,Philosophical Studies (Maynooth), 9 , 1959, pp. 49-65.
  5. Language and the Having of Concepts,Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 2, 1961, pp. 41-57; 177-192.
  6. Primary Matter and Unqualified Change,in The Concept of Matter, ed., E. McMullin, Notre Dame University Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1963, pp. 214-237.
  7. A Paradox in Frege’s Semantics, Philosophical Studies (Minnesota), 14, 1963, pp. 56-63; reprinted in Essays on Frege, ed., E.D. Klemke, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1968, pp. 382-290; reprinted in Philosophy of Frege, Volume 3, edited by H. Sluga, 1994, Garland Press.
  8. Cause and time in Physical Theory, Review of Metaphysics, 16, 1963, pp. 522-549.
  9. The Epistemological Status of Time’s Arrow, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, 1964, pp. 166-177.
  10. The Logic of Either-or, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 6, 1965, pp. 39-50.
  11. Causation and Action, Review of Metaphysics, 18 , 1965, pp. 235-247.
  12. Analyticity and Conceptual Revision, Journal of Philosophy, 63, 1966, pp. 627-637.
  13. A Defense of the Principle of Event Causality, British Journal for Philosophy of Science, 18, 1967, pp. 89-108.
  14. A Modal Analogue of Free Logic, in The Logical Way to Do Things, ed., K. Lambert, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1969, pp. 147-184.
  15. Geometry and Convention: A Critical Discussion, Thomist, 33, 1969, pp. 343-351.
  16. Kausalität in Sowjetsystem und Demokratische Gessellschaft, vol. III, ed., C.D. Kernig, Herder, Freiburg in Breisgau, 1970, pp. 573-588, 593-595.
  17. Are There Necessary Connections in Nature? Philosophy of Science, 37, 1970, pp. 385-404.
  18. Naturphilosophie, in Sowjetsystem und Demokratische Gessellschaft, vol. IV, ed., C.D. Kernig, Herder, Freiburg in Breisgau, 1971, pp. 740-746.
  19. A Pragmatic Account of Tenses, American Philosophical Quarterly 8, 1971, pp. 93-98.
  20. Capacities and Natures, Boston Studies in Philosophy of Science, vol. VIII, ed. R.S. Cohen and R.C. Buck, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1972, pp. 49-62; reprinted with changes in Dispositions, ed. R. Tuomela, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1978.
  21. Relatedness Without Relations, Noûs, 6, 1972, pp. 139-151.
  22. The World Regained, Journal of Philosophy, 69, 1972, pp. 667-669; reprinted in Richard Rorty, ed. Alan Malachowski, Sage Publications, 2002.
  23. Individual, Class, and Society, Radical Philosophers; Newsjournal, #2, March, 1974, pp. 7-22.
  24. Necessity as a Presupposition of Inductive Support, Idealistic Studies, 4, 1974 (Blanshard Festschrift), pp. 64-78.
  25. Academic Freedom and Class Society, in The Concept of Academic Freedom, ed., Edmund Pincoffs, University of Texas Press Austin, 1975, pp. 5-26, 52-55.
  26. History and Reason in Rawl’s Moral Theory, in Reading Rawls, ed., Norman Daniels, Blackwell Oxford, 1875, pp. 53-80; reprinted in Biblioteca della Liberta, 65-66, Turin, pp. 183-212.
  27. Rate of Profit and Class Struggle Radical Philosophers Newsjournal, No. 5, August, 1975, pp. 1-37.
  28. Idealism, Truth, and Practice, The Monist, 59, 1976, pp. 373-391.
  29. What We’re Taught, Philosophical Studies in Education: Proceedings of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, 1976, pp. 35-45.
  30. Heart of the Beast: United States Capitalism Today, International Socialism, 98, April, 1977, pp. 18-22
  31. Materialism and Dialectic, Critique, 12, 1979, pp. 97-116.
  32. The Human Nature Argument, Radical Philosophers Newsjournal, XI, Fall, 1978, pp. 1-17, reprinted in Social Praxis, 5, 1979, pp. 345-361.
  33. Dialectic and Ontology, in Issues in Marxist Philosophy, vol. I, eds., J. Mepham, D. -H. Ruben, Harvester, Sussex, 1979, pp. 117-143.
  34. Determination and Dialectic, Critique, 13, 1981, pp. 79-102.
  35. Feminism and Historical Materialism, Praxis International, 2, 19822, pp. 117-140.
  36. The Concept of Primacy in Historical Explanation, Analyse und Kritik, 2, 1982, pp. 182-196.
  37. The State and the Economy, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 7 1982, pp. 287-300.
  38. Logic, Dictionary of Marxist Thought, ed., T. Bottomore, Harvard Univ. Press, 1983, pp. 287-290.
  39. Logic of the Arms Race, in Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity, ed. S. Lee and A. Cohen, Rowman and Allenhead, 1985, Chapter 25, pp. 551-579.
  40. The State and the Market in Rawls, Studies in Soviet Thought, 30, 1985, pp. 1-23.
  41. The Impossibility of Pragmatism, New Literary History, 17, 1985, pp. 23-30.
  42. Freedom and Historical Materialism, Noûs, 20, 1986, pp. 157-178.
  43. Property Rights, in The Main Debate: Capitalism Versus Communism, ed. T. Machan, Random House, New York, 1987, pp. 250-271.
  44. Why the Anti-Marxists Are Wrong, Monthly Review, 38, #10, 1987, pp. 7-17.
  45. A Basis for Solidarity, Monthly Review, 39, #7, 1987, pp. 50-55.
  46. Abortion and Socialism, Against the Current, 2, #4, 1987, pp. 30-35.
  47. The Fallacies of Liberal Rights, Against the Current, 2, #4, 1987, pp. 42-43.
  48. Ethics, Feminism, and Abortion, in Applied Ethics and Ethical Theory, ed. D.M. Rosenthal and F. Shehadi, Univ. Utah Press, 1988, pp. 256-274; reprinted in Moral Controversies , ed. S. Gold Wadsworth, Belmont, CA, 1993, pp. 10-20.
  49. Property, Economy, and the State, in Constitutionalism, ed. Alan S. Rosenbaum, Greenwood Press, 1988, pp. 167-183.
  50. Market Socialism: A Matter of Priorities, Against the Current, 4, #6, 1988, pp. 34-39.
  51. U.S. Labor and Foreign Competition, Against the Current, 5, #1, 1989, pp. 19-25.
  52. Intellectuals, Values, and Society, Philosophy and Social Criticism, 15:2, 1989, pp. 151-166.
  53. Is Democracy Enough? Against the Current, 5, #2, 1990, pp. 33-37; reprinted as A Democracia e Suficiente Educacao e Filosofia (Uberlandia, Brazil) vol. 5-6, ##10-11, Jan-Dec 1991, pp. 198-198.
  54. Marxism in the USSR, Studies in Soviet Thought, 41, 1991, pp. 33-49.
  55. Elster, Marx, and Method, Noûs, 25, #2, 1991, pp. 215-220.
  56. Why Social Context is Crucial, Against the Current, 6, #3, 1991, pp. 36-37.
  57. El papel de los intelectuales en el cambio social, Praxis Filosofica, 2, 1992, pp. 87-99.
  58. Punishment and Legitimacy, in Pragmatism in Law and Society, eds. M. Brint and W. Weaver, Westview Press, Bolder, CO, 1992, pp. 197-215.
  59. Privatization and Russian Workers, Against the Current, 7, #2, 1992, pp. 28-30, reprinted as La privatizacion y los trabajadores rusos, Fin de Siglo, 4, Univ. del Valle Cali, Columbia, pp. 44-47, 1992.
  60. Decentralized Planning and Socialism, in Economy and Democracy, ed. Alexander Buzgalin, Third Course Scientific Socio-Political Series, Moscow, 1992, pp. 28-43.
  61. Rights in Social Context, Journal of Social Philosophy vol. 13, #2, Fall 1992, pp. 65-74.
  62. Postructuralism, Difference, and Marxism, Praxis International (New York and Belgrade), Vol. 12, #4, Jan. 1993, pp. 232-340.
  63. Historical Materialism and Analytical Marxism, Political Science Annaul: 1992 (New Delhi), pp. 1-14.
  64. Justifying Democracy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, vo. 22, #4, Dec. 1992, pp. 463-484.
  65. Post-Marxism: Laclau and Mouffe on Essentialism, in Radical Philosophy, ed. R.S. Gottlieb, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1993, pp. 144-165.
  66. Economic Justice in Philosophy: An Introduction Through Literature, eds. S. Lewis, L. Kleiman, Paragon House, 1992, pp. 416-421; reprinted from Ethics and Society; also in Business Ethics, ed. T.I. White, Macmillan, 1993, pp. 115-124.
  67. Clinton’s Failing Health Plan, Against the Current, 8, #4, 1993, pp. 7-9.
  68. Community and Morality, The Review of Politics, 55, #4, 1993, pp. 593-616; reprinted as Comunidad y Moralidad, in Liberalismo y Comunitarismo, eds. F. Cortes Rodas and A. Monslave Soloreano, Edicions Alfons El Magnanim, Valencia, 1996, pp. 55-80.
  69. The Problem of Justice in Justice, ed M. Fisk, Humanities Press, 1993, pp. 1-8.
  70. U.S. Health Care Reform and Corporate Structures, Capital and Class, 52, 1994, pp. 17-22.
  71. Outrage and Authority, Philosophy and History of Science: A Taiwanese Journal, 2, 2, 1994, pp. 1-25.
  72. End of History? Crossroads, 42, 1994, pp. 23-27.
  73. Justice and Universality, in Morality and Social Justice, ed. J.P. Sterba, Rowman & Littlefield, 1995, pp. 221-244.
  74. Comments on Galston and on Carol Gould, in Morality and Social Justice, ed. J.P. Sterba, 1995, pp. 188-192, 212-215.
  75. Cuba’s Democratic Prospects, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Newsletter, 15, #2, Fall 1995, pp. 1-3.
  76. Changing Consciousness: Toward a Pedagogy for Social Improvement, Access (New Zealand) 14 , #2, 1995, pp. 1-16.
  77. A New Politics of Class, in Marxism Today: Essays on Capitalism, Socialism and Strategies for Social Change, ed. Chronis Polychroniou and Harry R. Targ, Praeger, 1996, pp. 157-174.
  78. Health Care as a Public Good, Journal of Social Philosophy, 27, #3, 1996, pp. 14-40.
  79. Cuba: The Market and the Party, Against the Current, 61, 1996, pp. 14-15.
  80. Promoting Solidarity and Unity, Against the Current, 64, 1996, pp. 17-19.
  81. Lichtman on the Market and Community, Radical Philosophy Review of Books, #13, 1996, pp. 33-41.
  82. Zionism, Liberalism, and the State, in Philosophical Perspectives on the Palestine-Israeli Conflict, ed. Tomis Kapitain, M.E. Sharpe, 1997, pp. 309-330.
  83. Neoliberalism’s Crisis: Remedies and Prospects, Revision, 22, #2, 1999, pp. 35-43.
  84. Canadian Health Care Under Neoliberal Assault, Against the Current, 15, #1, 2000, pp. 19-23.
  85. Neoliberalism and the Slow Death of Public Healthcare in Mexico, Socialism and Democracy, 14, #1, 2000, pp. 63-84.
  86. Surviving with Dignity in a Global Economy, in Not for Sale, eds. A. Anton, M. Fisk, N. Holmstrom, Westview, Boulder, 2000, pp. 41-63; reprinted in English and Arabic in Studies in Democracy (Ramallah, Palestine) ed. George Giacaman, 2001.
  87. The Case for Taking Health Care Out of the Market, in Not For Sale, eds. A. Anton, M. Fisk, N. Holstrom, Westview, Boulder, 2000, 393-407.
  88. Cooperation and the Limits of Liberalism, in The Oxford Companion to Politics of theWorld , ed. Joel Krieger, Oxford University Press, New York, 2000, pp. 204-207.
  89. Making Drugs a Public Good, Pharmaceutical News, 8, #4, 2001, pp. 21-28; reprinted in Physicians for a National Health Program Newsletter, Fall 2002, pp. 45-52.
  90. Comment on Hilda Nelson’s Reply, Pharmaceutical News, 8, #4, 2001, pp. 31-32.
  91. Liberalism and Republicanism in the Habermas-Rawls Interchange, Zhejiang Academic Journal (Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China), 129, #4, 2001, pp. 5-9.
  92. Discussion article on Richard Rorty’s Politics by M. Melkonian in Historical Materialism, 10, #2, 2002, pp. 229-246.
  93. You Can Beat the Privatizers, Z Magazine, January 2002, pp. 26-29.
  94. On Wars for High Principles, Against the Current, Nov-Dec 2003, 20-25.
  95. Unaffordable Insurance and Presedential Politics, Against the Current, July-August, 2004.
  96. Social Feelings and the Ethics of Socialism, in Socialism for a New Generation, eds. A. Anton and R.Schmitt, Lexington Books. (forthcoming)
  97. Social Feelings, Public Goods, and Health Care Reform, in Medical Ethics and Public Policy, ed. J. Taylor, Ashgate. (forthcoming)