James Gouinlock
Current Position: Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Emory University
Degrees: B.A. Cornell University, 1956 (government); Ph.D. Columbia University, 1969 (philosophy)
CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. James S. Gouinlock
Department of Philosophy
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
(404) 727-6577
Education
Academic Positions
Academic Responsibilities
Fellowships, Grants, and Honors
Positions in Professional Societies and Editorial Work
Memberships in Professional Societies
PUBLICATIONS OF
JAMES STURGES GOUINLOCK
Books Authored and Edited
Metaphysics and Value Theory: A Study in the Moral Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Columbia University, advisor Justus Buchler. vii + 397 pp.
John Dewey's Philosophy of Value. New York: Humanities Press, 1972. vii + 377 pp.
The Moral Writings of John Dewey. New York: Macmillan Company, 1976. Edited, with introduction and notes, by James Gouinlock. lvi + 276 pp. Revised and augmented edition, Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1994.
Excellence in Public Discourse: John Stuart Mill, John Dewey, and Social Intelligence. New York: Teachers College Press, 1986. xiv + 173 pp. Translated into Japanese by Takashi Koizurni. Tokyo: Ochanomizu-Shobo Publishing Company, 1994.
Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy. Edited by Robert J. Cavalier, James Gouinlock and James P. Sterba. London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.
Rediscovering the Moral Life: Philosophy and Human Practice. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1993. 344 pp. (Nominated for the Phi Beta Kappa Society's Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for 1994. The book was in the final five in the competition.)
Wisdom According to Nature, a work in progress.
Contributions to Books
"Philosophy and Moral Values: The Pragmatic Analysis." In Pragmatism: Its Sources and Prospects, edited by Robert J. Mulvaney and Philip M. Zeltner (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1981), pp. 97-119.
"John Dewey." In Thinkers of the Twentieth Century, edited by Elizabeth Devine, et al. (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1983), pp. 135-138.
"William James." In Thinkers of the Twentieth Century, edited by Elizabeth Devine, et al. (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1983), pp. 277-279.
"Introduction." To Volume 2: 1925-1927 of John Dewey: The Later Works, edited by Jo Ann Boydston (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1984), pp. ix-xxxvi.
"George Santayana." Article in Dictionary of Unbelief (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 1985), pp. ??
"John Dewey." Article in Dictionary of Unbelief (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 1985), pp. ??
"Dewey's Ethical Theory in Historical Context." In Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy, edited by Robert J. Cavalier, James Gouinlock and James P. Sterba (London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's, 1989), pp. ??
"Justice, Virtue, and Collective Deliberation: The Heritage of Aristotle and Dewey." In On Justice: Plato's and Aristotle's Conception of Justice in Relation to Modern and Contemporary Theories of Justice, edited by K. Boudouris (Athens: Greek Philosophical Society, 1989), pp. 195-201.
"Moral Pluralism, Intellectual Virtue, and Academic Culture." In Moral Education and the Liberal Arts, edited by Michael H. Mitias (New York and London: Greenwood Press, 1992), 77-93.
"Dewey, John." Article in Encyclopedia of Ethics, edited by Lawrence C. Becker (New York and London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1992), pp. 259-262.
"Dewey and Contemporary Moral Philosophy." In Philosophy and the Reconstruction of Culture: Pragmatic Essays after Dewey, edited by John J. Stuhr (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1993), pp. 79-96.
"Dewey, Virtue, and Moral Pluralism." In American Philosophy: Its Roots and Edges, edited by Burch and Saatkamp (Texas A&M University Press, 1996), pp. ??
"John Stuart Mill." Article in Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, edited by J. J. Chambliss (New York and London: Garland Publishing Incorporated, 1996), pp. ??
"Sidney Hook." Article in Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, edited by J. J. Chambliss (New York and London: Garland Publishing Incorporated, 1996), pp. ??
"Dewey, J." Article in Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Edward Craig, General Editor (London and New York: 1998), vol. 3, pp. 44-51.
"John Dewey." Article in Blackwell's Companion to Philosophy, edited by Robert Arrington (New York and London: Blackwell, 1999), pp. ??
"Dewey: Creative Intelligence and Emergent Reality." In Classical American Pragmatism: Its Contemporary Vitality, edited by Sandra Rosenthal, Carl Hausman, and Douglas Anderson (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999), pp. 224-236.
"Lachs on the Spiritual Life." Forthcoming as a contribution to a Festchrifft for John Lachs, to be published by Vanderbilt University Press.
Articles
"Dewey's Theory of Moral Deliberation." Ethics 88.3 (April 1978): 218-228. Reprinted in John Dewey: Critical Assessments, edited by J. E. Tiles (New York: Routlege, Chapman and Hall, 1993), vol. ??, pp. ??.
"The Moral Value of a Philosophic Education." Teaching Philosophy, No. 1 (Spring 1979): 37-49.
"Education, Ethics, Politics, and Academic Freedom." Journal of Thought 22.3 (Fall 1987): 16-23.
"What is the Legacy of Instrumentalism? Rorty's Interpretation of Dewey." Journal of the History of Philosophy 28.2 (April 1990): 251-269. Reprinted, with a reply by Richard Rorty, in Rorty and Pragmatism, ed. Herman J. Saatkamp (Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1995), pp. 72-90.
"Ultimate Religion." Overheard in Seville: Bulletin of the Santayana Society, No. 16 (Fall 1998), pp. 1-13.
Reviews
Jo Ann Boydston (ed.), John Dewey: The Early Works, Volumes 4 and 5. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 34.1 (September 1973): 131-132.
Israel Scheffler, Four Pragmatists. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 36 (March 1976): 436-437.
George Dykhuizen, The Life and Mind of John Dewey. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 11.1 (Winter 1975): 60-63.
John Herman Randall, Jr., Philosophy after Darwin: Chapters in The Career of Philosophy, Volume 3, and Other Essays, edited by Beth J. Singer. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 39 (December 1978): 289-290.
Jo Ann Boydston (ed.), John Dewey: The Middle Works, Volumes 5 and 6. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 40 (March 1980): 436-438.
J. M. Cameron, On the Idea of a University and Steven M. Cahn, Education and the Democratic Ideal. Teaching Philosophy 3.3 (Spring 1980): 383-387.
M. P. Ford, William James's Philosophy: A New Perspective. The Review of Metaphysics 38.3 (March 1985): 622-623.
Johnny Washington, Alain Locke and Philosophy: A Quest for Cultural Pluralism. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 23.2 (Spring 1987): 321-327.
Ralph Sleeper, The Necessity of Pragmatism. Review of Metaphysics 41.1 (September 1987): 167-169.
William J. Gavin (ed.), Context over Foundation: Dewey and Marx. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 26.4 (Fall 1990): 521-530.
Sidney Hook, Convictions. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 28.2 (Spring 1992): 334-342.
Papers Presented
"Science and the Humanities." Quarterly Lecture in Philosophy, Dekalb College, Spring 1972 (Invited).
"The Nature of Moral Authority." For CP 400, Emory University, Fall Quarter 1972 (Invited).
"Naturalism in Moral Philosophy." Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy at the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1973.
"Philosophy and Moral Values: The Pragmatic Analysis." Part of the symposium, Pragmatism: Its Sources and Prospects, held at the University of South Carolina, October 31 and November 1, 1975 (Invited).
"Rights and Values." Clayton Junior College, Fall 1976, as part of the symposium, American Values and the Bill of Rights (Invited).
"Dewey's Theory of Moral Deliberation." Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Tulane University, March 6, 1976.
"The Philosophic Concern with Values." Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Philadelphia, March 1978 (Invited).
"The Moral Value of a Philosophic Education." Part of the lecture series, New Directions in Philosophical Education in America, held at Appalachian State University, July 21 and 22, 1978 (Invited).
"Taking Rights Experimentally." Part of the conference, Taking Human Rights Seriously, conducted at Valdosta State College, February 28, 1979 (Invited).
"Is Dewey's Ethical Theory Dated?" Part of John Dewey Lecture Series held at the University of Dayton, March 22, 1979 (Invited).
"Dewey's Theory of Ends and Means." Morehouse College Inter-Departmental Philosophy Seminar, March 28, 1979 (Invited).
"Moral Rationalism and Human Values." Part of the Smith-Counahan Memorial Lectures for 1980, presented at The Catholic University of America, December 5, 1980 (Invited).
"Ronald Dworkin on Rights." Presented at the December 6, 1980 meeting of the Washington Philosophy Club at Georgetown University (Invited).
"Ultimate Religion." Annual meeting of the Santayana Society, Philadelphia, December 28, 1997. (Principal address at the meeting. Invited.)
"Social Intelligence as Public Discourse." The annual John Dewey Lecture at the meeting of the John Dewey Society, Detroit, February 25, 1983 (Invited).
"American Pragmatism Reconsidered." The Roy Wood Sellars Lecture at Bucknell University, April 18, 1983 (Invited).
"Democracy and Social Intelligence." College-wide lecture presented at Belmont Abbey College, November 30, 1983 (Invited).
"Pragmatic Ethics." Presented at the SAAP meeting with the Western Division of the American Philosophical Association, Cincinnati, April 26, 1984 (Invited).
"The Ethical Theory of John Dewey in Historical Context." Presented at a conference on the History of Ethics, University of Notre Dame, March 30, 1985.
"How to Make Our Moral Ideas Clear." Presidential Address at annual meeting of Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Lexington, Kentucky, February 28, 1986.
"Justice, Virtue, and Collective Deliberation: The Heritage of Aristotle and Dewey." Presented at Third International Philosophy Symposium in Athens, Greece, May 1987.
"John Dewey, Moral Virtue, and Historicism." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Miami, April 1, 1988.
"Dewey, Virtue, and Moral Pluralism." Presented at the conference American Philosophy: Its Roots and Edges, held at Texas A&M University, June 3, 1988.
"Autonomy and Community." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, April 6, 1989.
"Moral Education, Intellectual Virtue, and Academic Culture." Presented at Philosophy Department Colloquium, Emory University, September 13, 1990.
Participant, colloquium on "Ordered Liberty in Lon Fuller, Michael Polanyi, and Frank Knight." Sponsored by Liberty Fund, Houston, Texas, November 15-18, 1990.
Participant, colloquium on "Liberty and the Limits of State Action in Mill and Humboldt." Sponsored by Liberty Fund, Santa Monica, California, May 9-12, 1991.
Participant, symposium on political correctness, sponsored by Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, October 1991.
Participant, symposium on Emory's anti-harassment code and academic freedom, sponsored by Emory University during Alumni Weekend, Spring 1992.
"Persons and Places as Philosophical Autobiography." Presented at International Santayana Conference, Avila, Spain, May 27-31, 1992.
"The Next Twenty Years of American Philosophy." Presented at annual meeting of Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, March 1993.
"The Canon and the Curriculum." Presented at symposium The Canon and the Core, meeting of American Education Research Association, Atlanta, April 14, 1993.
"Worldly Metaphysics." Presented at Philosophy Department Colloquium, Emory University, April 22, 1993.
"Worldly Metaphysics: The Traits of Existence That Matter." Inaugural lecture in the Emmanuel G. Mesthene Lecture Series, Rutgers University, April 21, 1994.
"Ultimate Religion." Annual meeting of the Santayana Society, Philadelphia, December 28, 1997. (Principal address at the meeting. Invited.)