VITAE
Robert Schwartz
Education
University of Pennsylvania, BA, 1961. University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1961-62 Harvard University Special Student, 1962-63 University of Pennsylvania, Ph. D., 1966
Employment
Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1987- present
Other Positions: The Rockefeller University, 1966-73 City University of New York & Graduate Center, 1973-82 Visiting Professor in Philosophy and Psychology, Harvard University, 1969-70 Visiting Professor, New York University, Spring 1972 Visiting Professor in Philosophy and member of the Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Maryland, 1978-79 Visiting Professor in Philosophy, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, and Graduate Program in Nursing, University of Rochester, 1979-81 Visiting Professor in Philosophy, Northwestern University, Spring 1982 Visiting Professor in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 1986 Visiting Professor in Philosophy, University of Chicago, Fall 2012
Fellowships and Appointments
Center for Twentieth Century Studies., University of Wisconsin 1999-00. Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, 1995-96. Graduate Research Grant, University of Wisconsin, Summer 1991. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, 1992. National Science Foundation Grant, 1985-86. Center for Twentieth Century Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1984-85. Graduate Research Grant, University of Wisconsin, 1984. National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Grant, 1975. Faculty Research Grant, City University of New York, 1974-75, 1975-76. Project Zero Grant, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1965-66. Harvard Center for Cognitive Studies, 1965-66. National Science Foundation Grant, 1964. Harvard Center for Cognitive Studies, 1962-63.
Books
Rethinking Pragmatism. Wiley/Blackwell, 2012.
Visions and Version. MIT Press, 2006.
Looking into Pictures: Reconceiving Pictorial Space, (eds.) with H. Hecht, M. Atherton. MIT Press, 2003.
Readings in the Philosophy of Perception (ed). Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
Vision: Variations on Some Berkeleian Themes, Blackwell Publishing, 1994.
How Many Questions? (eds.) with L. Cauman, I. Levi, C. Parsons, Hackett Publishing Co., 1983.
Articles and Reviews
“Perceptual Veridicality,” special issue of Philosophical Topics (to appear).
“Constructivism: Values, Norms and Obligations” in Facts and Values: The Ethics and Metaphysics of Normativity, eds. G. Marchetti & S. Marchetti. Routledge Publishers. (to appear)
“Berkeley and Austin on the Argument from Illusion” in Interpreting J.L. Austin: Critical Essays, ed. S. Tsohatzidis. Cambridge University Press. (to appear).
“Berkeleian Instrumentalism: Substance, Force, Corpuscles, and the Aether” in Empiricist Theories of Space, ed. L. Berchielli, Springer (?????)
“Pragmatism, Inquiry and Knowledge” in Perspektiven der Zeiched und Interpretationsphilosophie, eds. U. Dirks & A. Wagner, De Gruyter Pub. (?????)
“The Illusion of Visual Illusions”, in The Philosophy and Psychology of Illusions, ed. Calabi & Spinacci, Palgrave Press, 2012.
“Projectible Predicates”, in Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“Goodman and the Demise of Semantic and Syntactic Models” in Handbook of the History of Logic, vol. 8, ed. Hartmann, Elsevier. 2011.
Review of Z. Pizlo, 3D Shape: Its Unique Place in Visual Perception, American Journal of Psychology,Winter 2009.
Review of In the Minds Eye, eds. Peterson, Gillam & Sedgwick, American Journal of Psychology, Spring 2009.
“Events are What We Make of Them” in Understanding Events: from Perception to Action, eds. T. Shipley and J. Zacks, Oxford University Press, 2007.
“The Facts about Facts,” Iride, 2007.
“Creating Art, Creating Reality: A Wild(e) View of Art” in Kreativität, eds. G. Abel & Felix Meiner Verlag, 2006.
“A Note on Goodman’s Problem,” Journal of Philosophy, 2005.
“To Austin or not to Austin: That is the Disjunction,” Philosophical Studies, 2004.
"Avoiding Error About Error," in Colour Perception: From Light to Object, eds. R. Mausfeld & D. Heyer, Oxford University Press, 2004.
“The Concept of an “Object” in Perception and Cognition,” in From Fragments to Objects: Segmentation and Grouping in Vision, eds. P. Kellman & T. Shipley, Elsevier Publishing 2002.
"Two Paradigms of Picture Perception," in Perception Theory: Conceptual Issues, eds. R. Mansfield & D. Heyer, John Wiley Publisher, 2002.
“Evolutionary Internalized Regularities”, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 2002.
“Regularities in Motion: Apparent, Real, and Internalized,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 2002.
“Vision and Cognition in Picture Perception,” Philosophy and Phenomenalogical Research, LXII, 3, 2001.
“Questioning Some Questions about Imagery,” Prometeo, 19, 73, 2001.
“Starting from Scratch: Making Worlds,” Erkenntnis, 52, 2000. Reprinted in Wirklichkeit und Welterzeugung, eds. H.R. Fisher & S. Schmidt, Carl-Auer-Systeme Verlag, 2000.
"Rationalism and Empiricism," in MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, ed. R. Wilson & F. Keil, MIT Press, 1999.
"Reflections on Projection," in After the Received View, eds. G. Preyer, G. Peter & A. Ulfig, Protosociology, 1999.
"Pictures, Puzzles, and Paradigms," Philosophia Scientia, 2(1), 1997.
"Nelson Goodman," in Encylopedia of Empiricism, eds. E. Barebelly & D. Garrett, Greenwood Pub., 1997. Reprinted in Wirklichkeit und Welterzeugung, eds. H. R. Fisher & S. Schmidt, Carl-AuerSysteme Verlag, 2000.
"Pluralist Perspectives on Perceptual Error," Pluralism: Theory of Knowledge, Ethics, and Politics, ed. G. Abel and H.J. Sandkühler, Meiner Pub., 1996.
"Symbols and Thought," Synthese, 106, 1996.
Review of A. Ben-Ze'ev, The Perceptual System: A Philosophical and Psychological Perspective, Philosophical Psychology, 9, June 1996.
"Directed Perception," Philosophical Psychology, 9, Mar. 1996.
"Is Mathematical Competence Innate," Philosophy of Science, 62, June 1995.
"Seeing Distance from A Berkeleian Perspective," in Berkeley's Metaphysics: Analytical and Historical Essays, ed. R. Muehlmann, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995.
"Representation," in The Companion to the Philosophy of Mind, ed., S. Guttenplan, Blackwell Pub., 1994.
"The Role of Inference in Vision," in Representation: Relationship Between Language and Image, eds. S. Levialdi and C. Bernardelli, World Scientific Pub., 1994.
"Works, Works Better", Erkenntnis, 38, 1993. Reprinted in The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman, ed. C. Elgin, Garland Publishing, 1997.
"On 'What Is Said to Be'," Synthese, 94, 1993.
Review L. Laudan, Science and Relativism, Teaching Philosophy, 15:3, September, 1992.
"Whatever Happened to Pragmatism?", Value and Value Theory in Twentieth Century America, eds. M. Murphey and I. Berg, Temple University Press, 1988.
"I'm Going to Make You a Star," Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Vol. 11, 1986. Reprinted in The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman, ed. C. Elgin, Garland Publishing, 1997.
"The Power of Pictures," Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXXXII, December 1985. Reprinted in The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman, ed. C. Elgin, Garland Publishing, 1997.
Review of D. Marr, Vision, Philosophical Review, Vol. XCIV, No. 3, July l985.
"The" Problems of Representation," Social Research, Vol. 5l, No. 4, Winter l984.
"The Concept of Intelligence," How Many Questions?, eds. Cauman, Levi, Parsons, Schwartz, Hackett Pub. Co., 1983.
"Talk to the Animals," (with Margaret Atherton), Language in Primates, eds. H. Wilder & J. deLuce, Springer-Verlag, 1983.
Review of R. Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXXX, Jan. 1983. Reprinted in Richard Rorty, ed. A. Malachowski, Sage Pub. Ltd, 2002.
"Protocol Methods in Research on Mathematical Thinking," (with H. Ginsburg, N. Kossan & D. Swanson), in The Development of Mathematical Thinking, ed. H. Ginsburg, Academic Press, 1983.
"Imagery: There's More to it than Meets the Eye," P.S.A. 1980,Vol. II, eds. P.D. Asquith & R.N. Giere. Reprinted in Imagery, ed. Ned Block, MIT Press, 1982.
"The Clinical Interview: Its Effectiveness and Use in Diagnosis," (with D. Swanson & H. Ginsburg), For the Learning of Mathematics, 198l, Vol. 2.
"How Rich a Theory of Mind?" The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 4, l980.
"Infinite Sets, Unbounded Competences and Models of Mind," Perception and Cognition, ed. C.W. Savage, Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. IX, l978.
"On Tenure," (with Sidney Morgenbesser & Margaret Atherton), Work, eds. G. Dworkin, V. Held, & S. Ruddick as special volume of Philosophical Forum, Vol. X, Nos. 2-4, Winter, 1978-1979.
"Some Limits and Problems of Cognitivism," The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. l, No. 2, 1978.
Review of Educational Judgments, ed. J.F. Doyle, Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXII, February 1975.
"Representation and Resemblance,” Philosophical Forum, Vol. 4, Summer, 1974. Reprinted in The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman, ed. C. Elgin, Garland Publishing, 1997
"Linguistics as Psychology," Logic and Philosophy for Linguists, ed. J.M. Moravscik, Mouton, 1975.
"Linguistic Innateness and Its Evidence," (with Margaret Atherton), Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXXI, March 1974. Reprinted in Innate Ideas, ed. S. Stich, University of California Press, 1975. Reprinted in Language in Primates, eds. H. Wilder & J. deLuce, Springer-Verlag, 1983.
"Paradox and Projection," Philosophy of Science, Vol. 39, June 1972.
"Confirmation and Conflict," Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXVIII, August 1971.
"An Improvement in the Theory of Projectibility," (with Nelson Goodman and Israel Scheffler), Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXIII, September 1970. Reprinted in Problems and Projects, ed. Nelson Goodman, Bobbs Merrill, Inc., 1972. Reprinted in Inquiries, ed. Israel Scheffler, Hackett, 1986.
"Practice, Purpose and Pedagogy," (with Margaret Atherton), Studies in Philosophy and Education, Vol. 7, Fall, 1970.
"On Knowing a Grammar," Language and Philosophy, ed. Sidney Hook, New York University Press, 1969.
Review Article on Jerome Bruner et al., Studies in Cognitive Growth, Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXV, March 1968.
"Grue: Some Remarks," (with James Hullett), Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXIV, May 1967. Reprinted in The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman, ed. C. Elgin, Garland Publishing 1997.