John Capps

John Capps

Professor
College of Liberal Arts
Department of Philosophy

2023 Submissions

Journal Paper

Capps, John. "James and Waismann on temperament in philosophy." The Pluralist 18. (2023): 46-65. Print. *

Published Review

Capps, John. "Writing public-facing philosophy about science." Rev. of Nancy Cartwright: A philosopher looks at science, by n/a. Metascience 2022: 95-98. Print. ∆

Capps, John. "Review of Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World by Charles Sabel and David Victor." Rev. of Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World, by n/a. Dewey Studies 2022: 93-97. Print. ∆

Capps, John and Camille Lea,. "Thinking philosophically." Rev. of How to Think Like a Philosopher, by n/a. Metascience 2023: 387-389. Print. ∆

2022 Submissions

Journal Paper

Capps, John. "The Less Said the Better: Dewey, Neurath, and Mid-century Theories of Truth." Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie. 104. (2022): 164-191. Print. «

Capps, John. "Pragmatism about truth-makers." Contemporary Pragmatism 19. (2022): 350-370. Print. «

2021 Submissions

Journal Paper

Capps, John. "What we talk about when we talk about truth: Dewey, Wittgenstein, and the pragmatic test." Inernational Journal of Philosophical Studies 29. 2 (2021): 159-180. Print. «

2020 Submissions

Journal Paper

Capps, John. "Pragmatic Accounts of Belief and Truth: A Response to Aaron Zimmerman’s Belief: a Pragmatic Picture." William James Studies 16. (2020): 39-56. Web. ∆

Capps, John. "William James and the Will to Alieve." Contemporary Pragmatism 17. (2020): 1-20. Print. «

Capps, John. "Truth and the Goldilocks Principle." Think 19. (2020): 65-74. Print. *

Capps, John. "A Common-Sense Pragmatic Theory of Truth." Philosophia 48. (2020): 463-481. Print. «

Capps, John. "A Common-Sense Pragmatic Theory of Truth." Philosophia 48. (2020): 463-481. Print. «

Book Chapter

Capps, John. "Democracy, Truth, and Understanding: An Epistemic Argument for Democracy." Democracy, Populism, and Truth. Ed. Mark Navin and Richard Nunan. New York, New York: Springer, 2020. 63-76. Print. *

Published Review

Capps, John. "Review of Neurath Reconsidered: New Sources and Perspectives." Rev. of Neurath Reconsidered: New Sources and Perspectives, by Jordi Cat and Adam Tamas Tuboly, eds. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 2020: 10: 353-357. Print.

Capps, John. "Review of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag." Rev. of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life, by N/A. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 2020: 110-113. Print.

2019 Submissions

Journal Paper

Capps, John. "The Pragmatic Theory of Truth." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2019): N/A. Web. ∆

Capps, John. "Playing Fair by William James." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 55. 1 (2019): 65-70. Print. ∆

Capps, John. "Playing Fair by William James." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 55. 1 (2019): 65-70. Print. ∆

Capps, John. "The Pragmatic Theory of Truth." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2019): N/A. Web.

2018 Submissions

Journal Paper

Capps, John. "Even Worse Than It Seems: Transformative Experience and the Selection Problem." Journal of Philosophical Research 43. (2018): 113-124. Print. *

Capps, John. "Did Dewey Have a Theory of Truth?" Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 54. (2018): 39-63. Print. *

Capps, John. "The Case for Discussion-Intensive Pedagogy." APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy 17. 2 (2018): 5-11. Print. *

Capps, John. "From Global Expressivism to Global Pragmatism." Metaphilosophy 49. (2018): 71-89. Print. «

Book Chapter

Capps, John. "The Pragmatic Origins of Ethical Expressivism: Stevenson, Dewey, and the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science." Pragmatism and the European Traditions: Encounters with Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology Before the Great Divide. Ed. S. Marchetti M. Baghramian and M. Baghramian. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. 187-202. Print. ∆

2017 Submissions

Journal Paper

Capps, John. "A Pragmatic Argument for a Pragmatic Theory of Truth." Contemporary Pragmatism 14. (2017): 135-156. Print. *

Published Review

Capps, John. "Review of Cambridge Pragmatism by Cheryl Misak." Rev. of Cambridge Pragmatism, eds. Kevin Klement and Cheryl Misak. Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy Apr. 2017: n/a. Web.

2011 Submissions

Book Chapter

Capps, John. "Epistemology, Logic, and Inquiry." The Continuum Companion to Pragmatism. Ed. Sami Pihlstrom. New York, NY: Continuum, 2011. 81-91. Print. ∆