Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati




Donald F. Gustafson Ph. D. 1961, University of Texas at Austin homepage Donald.Gustafson@uc.edu Department of Philosophy University of Cincinnati P. O. Box 210374 Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0374 Areas of Specialization Don Gustafson's main interests are in the philosophy of psychology. Recently he has focused on the science of pain--neurophysiological, psychological, pharmacological, and clinical aspects. More recently still, he has been concerned with the question of qualia--what they are said to be, and theoretical implications of the existence of qualia. He is currently working on the psychology and neuroscience of conscious willing and action. Selected Publications Review of Environmental Psychology: A Psycho-social introduction. By Bonnes, M. and Secchiaroli, G., 1995: London: Sage Publications, in ECUMEME: A Journal of Environment, Culture, Meaning. Eighteen months on the planet and already a psychological theorist," Philosophical Psychology, 8, 2, 125-137. " Belief in Pain," Consciousness and Cognition, 4, pp. 323-345. Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Ted Honderich, ed., Oxford U. Press; entries on Associationism p. 62, the philosophy of V. C. Aldrich pp. 20-21, of David Hartley p. 334, and of W. G. Lycan, pp. 514-515. Review of The Springs of Action, by Alfred Mele, Oxford University Press, 1991, International Studies in Philosophy , xxiv, 2, 134-135. "Biro on Individualism and Interpretation" in Acta Analytica, No. 7, 1991, pp. 87-95. "Prichard, Davidson and Action" in Philosophical Investigations, 14: 3, July. 1991, pp. 205-230. Review of Simple Minds, Dan Lloyd, 1989, Cambridge, Mass, London, England, The MIT Press, A Bradford Book, xiv, 266pp, Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1991, pp. 287-293 "Naturalism and Representation: the Place of Nature in Mind," in Grazer Philosophische Studien, Vol. 37--1990, pp. 123-149.1989 "Grief" in Nous, Vol. XXIII, 4, Sept., 1989, pp. 457-479. Review of Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology, Volumes I and II, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1988 (paperback edition); Wittgenstein's Lectures on Philosophical Psyhchology 1946-47, Notes by P. Geach, J. Shah, and A. Jackson, Edited by P. T. Geach, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1989, Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 2, 1989, pp. 355-58. Review of Agency and Necessity, Anthony Flew and Godfrey Vesey, Basil Blackwell, 1987, Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 12, No. 4, December, 1989. Review of Philosophers Ancient and Modern, Godfrey Vesey (ed.) Cambridge, Cambridge U. Press, 1986, Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 12, No. 2, June, 1989. Current Research Pain, Consciousness and Cognition: Naturalistic Studies of the Mind Why we suffer: pain and the problem of suffering "Neurosciences of Action and Noncausal Theories of Action" " Are there qualialess zombies? or Why more distinctions are needed"