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I am a 70 year old retired Philosophy Professor with an Associate Degree in Science (Computer Science Option), a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy, and a Master of Arts Degree and a Doctorate Degree in the History of Ideas. My main interests are Philosophy (Aesthetics, Logics, and Ethics), Hermeneutics (Semiotics, Linguistics, and Rhetoric), and Music.
Address: Plano, Texas, United States
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Etc: A Review of General Semantics
This is one of my theological pieces.
Etc: A Review of General Semantics, 2023
This is one of my theological poems.
This is the corrected version of a poem I uploaded earlier today. It is a poem about astral proj... more This is the corrected version of a poem I uploaded earlier today. It is a poem about astral projecting throughout the world of Astrology.
Explorations in Media Ecology, 2020
This is a piece I wrote for the "Probes" articles in EME, the journal of the Media Ecology Associ... more This is a piece I wrote for the "Probes" articles in EME, the journal of the Media Ecology Association. It is slated to be published in 19:3 of the journal. The ostensive subject is the significance of "visual communication", but the example used to illustrate the ostensive subject is Aristotle's logic of immediate inferences.
TAKING UP MCLUHAN'S CAUSE, 2017
Formal causality has, in large part, been eschewed by both the philosophic and scientific communi... more Formal causality has, in large part, been eschewed by both the philosophic and scientific communities alike. David Hume in particular levied an assault against any form of causality other than material cause. But formal cause is as viable a notion as material cause, and one that is of vital importance in both philosophy and science. By re-assessing Aristotle’s notion of formal causality, and interweaving it with inspirations from such diverse disciplines as Anthropology, Semiotics, and Communication Studies the notion of formal cause can be restored to its rightful place, along side material cause, as a fundamental principle of scientific and philosophical methods alike.
Teaching Documents by Chad Hansen
Logic in the Humanities, 2015
This is an excerpt from my logic text published by Kendall/Hunt. It explains my understanding o... more This is an excerpt from my logic text published by Kendall/Hunt. It explains my understanding of the four logics: Induction, Deduction, Abduction, and Adduction; and proposes a relation between these logics and Aristotle's Four Causes: the Material, the Formal, the Efficient, and the Final causes, respectively.
Etc: A Review of General Semantics
This is one of my theological pieces.
Etc: A Review of General Semantics, 2023
This is one of my theological poems.
This is the corrected version of a poem I uploaded earlier today. It is a poem about astral proj... more This is the corrected version of a poem I uploaded earlier today. It is a poem about astral projecting throughout the world of Astrology.
Explorations in Media Ecology, 2020
This is a piece I wrote for the "Probes" articles in EME, the journal of the Media Ecology Associ... more This is a piece I wrote for the "Probes" articles in EME, the journal of the Media Ecology Association. It is slated to be published in 19:3 of the journal. The ostensive subject is the significance of "visual communication", but the example used to illustrate the ostensive subject is Aristotle's logic of immediate inferences.
TAKING UP MCLUHAN'S CAUSE, 2017
Formal causality has, in large part, been eschewed by both the philosophic and scientific communi... more Formal causality has, in large part, been eschewed by both the philosophic and scientific communities alike. David Hume in particular levied an assault against any form of causality other than material cause. But formal cause is as viable a notion as material cause, and one that is of vital importance in both philosophy and science. By re-assessing Aristotle’s notion of formal causality, and interweaving it with inspirations from such diverse disciplines as Anthropology, Semiotics, and Communication Studies the notion of formal cause can be restored to its rightful place, along side material cause, as a fundamental principle of scientific and philosophical methods alike.
Logic in the Humanities, 2015
This is an excerpt from my logic text published by Kendall/Hunt. It explains my understanding o... more This is an excerpt from my logic text published by Kendall/Hunt. It explains my understanding of the four logics: Induction, Deduction, Abduction, and Adduction; and proposes a relation between these logics and Aristotle's Four Causes: the Material, the Formal, the Efficient, and the Final causes, respectively.