Todd Adams. Ph.D.

Dr. Todd Adams
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
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570 963 2664
Dawson Building, 114C
Penn State Scranton
120 Ridge View Drive
Dunmore, PA 18512

Publications

“Tappan vs. Edwards on the Freedom Necessary for Moral Responsibility.” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy, Spring, 2004, Vol. XL, No. 2, pp. 319-333.

“Dugald Stewart.” Encyclopedia of Empiricism, ed. Don Garrett and Edward Barbanell, Greenwood Press, 1997, pp. 420-424.

“Henry Tappan and Agent Causality.” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy, Winter, 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 1, pp. 111-133

“Agency theory: The Dilemma of Thomas C. Upham.” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy, Summer, 1992, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, pp. 547-568.

“The Commonsense Tradition in America: E. H. Madden’s Interpretations.” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy, Winter, 1988, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, pp. 1-31.

“Motives and Causes in the Scottish Commonsense Tradition.” Doing Philosophy Historically, ed. Peter H. Hare, Prometheus Press, 1988, pp. 283-290.

Book Reviews:

Review of Kerry S. Walters, Benjamin Franklin and his Gods, in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy Summer 1999, Vol. XXXV, No. 3, pp. 621-623.

Review of Kerry S. Walters (ed.) The American Deists, and Kerry S. Walters Rational Infidels: The American Deists, in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy Summer 1994, Vol. XXX, No. 3, pp. 716-722

Review of Keith Lehrer Thomas Reid, in The Review of Metaphysics, March 1991, Vol. XLIV, No. 3, Issue No. 175, pp. 645-646.

Review of D. D. Todd (ed.) The Philosophical Orations of Thomas Reid, in Journal of the History of Philosophy, July 1991, Vol. XXIX, No. 3, pp. 499-500. 

  • University of Kentucky Ph.D. Philosophy
  • University of Kentucky M.A. Philosophy 
  • Roberts Wesleyan College B.A. History
  • “Thomas Reid’s Epistemology.” Presented to a Modern Philosophy class at Marywood University, Scranton, PA, 2016.
  • “The Philosophy of Commonsense. Presented to an Honors class at Marywood University, Scranton, PA, 2014.
  • “God, Time, and Freedom.” Faculty Research Presentation, Worthington Scranton Campus, March 30, 2011.
  • “Socrates and Leadership.” Leadership lunch for the Lackawanna Trail High School Honor Society, Clarks Summit, PA., May, 2011
  • “The Eternal Things.” Roberts Wesleyan College Convocation, September 13, 1996, Rochester, New York.
  • “Freedom, Sin, and Moral Responsibility: Edwards vs. Tappan.” Presented to faculty and students at Roberts Wesleyan College, September 13, 1996, Rochester, New York.
  • God’s Responsibility for Sin: Edwards vs. Tappan.” Henry Brockmeyer Society, March 11, 1994. Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky.
  • “Christopher C. Graham and the Friendly Law of Fatality.” Transylvania University, March 10, 1994, Lexington, Kentucky.
  • “The Contributions of the American Commonsense Philosophers.” Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, March 4, 1994.
  • “Causality and Agency in David Hume and Thomas Upham.” Eastern Regional Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, April 1993. Berry College, Rome, Georgia.
  • “Edwards and his Commonsense Critics on Freedom of the Will.” Eastern Regional Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, April 6, 1992. Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • “Henry Tappan and the American Commonsense Philosophers on Motives and Causes.” Freedom of the Will: Its Significance for Theology, Jan. 6, 1992, Berkeley, California.
  • “Jonathan Edwards.” Religious and Philosophical forum, Penn State Schuylkill Campus. April 26, 1991, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania.
  • “Freedom and Determinism on the Frontier.” Henry Brockmeyer Society, April 1989. Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky.
  • “A Defense of Agent Causality.” The Asa Mahan Society, April 19, 1988. Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky.
  • “Motives and Causes in the Scottish Commonsense Tradition.” Doing Philosophy Historically, April 4, 1987. SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
  • “Henry Philip Tappan and Commonsense Philosophy on the Frontier.” Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Feb. 28, 1986. Lexington, Kentucky.