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At the time of his death in March, 2003, Ronald H. Brady
was a professor of philosophy teaching in the School of
American Studies at Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey.
An Affiliate Researcher at The Nature Institute, he was
also a member of SENSRI, an organization in Saratoga Springs,
New York, devoted to phenomena-centered research. We present
here a very few of his many papers relevant to the work
of The Nature Institute, and we expect to add more as time
goes by.
Being on Earth:
Practice In Tending the Appearances, by Georg Maier, Ronald Brady,
and Stephen Edelglass.
"Dogma
and Doubt", reprinted from Biological Journal
of the Linnean Society, 1982, vol. 17, pp. 79-96. This
paper clarifies the role of evidence and belief in the doctrine
of natural selection.
"Getting Rid
of Metaphysics", reprinted (with revisions) from
Elemente der Naturwissenschaft, 2001, vol. 2, of
the Natural Sciences Section at the Goetheanum, Dornach,
Switzerland, pp. 61-78.
"The
Global Patterns of Life: A New Empiricism in Biogeography",
reprinted from Gaia and Evolution, published by the
Wadebridge Ecological Centre, Worthyvale Manor, Camelford,
Cornwall, UK, 1989. This essay disentangles the role of
observational evidence and "pseudo-phenomenal events"
in biogeographical explanations. (Biogeography is the study
of the distribution of the ranges of plants and animals.)
"Perception:
Connections Between Art and Science", a paper originally
presented as an invited paper, "Perception and Hypotheses
of Perception" at a conference sponsored by the British
Museum of Natural History (London, April 4-7, 2000). What
is the role of thinking ("intentionality") in
the perceived world?
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