Kenton Machina

Professional History

• B.S. with majors in Mathematics and Philosophy, Valparaiso University, 1963
• M.A., Philosophy, Univ. of California, Los Angeles., 1966
• Research Associate (part-time), System Development Corp., computational linguistics, 1966 - 1968
• Ph.D., Philosophy, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1968
• Faculty, Department of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1968 - 1973
      Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1968 - 1972
      Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1972 - 1973
• Faculty, Department of Philosophy, Illinois State University
      Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1973- 1976
      Associate Professor and Chairperson of Philosophy, 1976 - 1989
      Associate Professor of Philosophy, 1989 - 1994
      Professor of Philosophy, Illinois State University, 1994 - May 2006
      Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Illinois State University, June 2006-
• Faculty, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Summer 1974
• Tom and Janet Andes Professor of General Education, Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2004

Major publications

• "Kant, Quine, and Human Experience."  Phil. Review (October 1972) 484 - 497.
• "Vague Predicates."  Am. Phil. Quarterly (July 1972) 225 - 233.
• "Belief, Truth, and Vagueness."  Jour. of Philosophical Logic (1976)  47 - 78.
      Reprinted in Vagueness: a Reader,  ed. Keefe and Smith.  (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997).
• Basic Applied Logic. (Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, and Co., 1982).  420 pages.
• "Freedom of Expression in Commerce."  Law and Philosophy (1984) 375 - 406.
• "Induction and Deduction Revisited."  Nous (1985) 571 - 578.
• "Evaluating Student Evaluations."  Academe (1987) 19 - 22.
• "Challenges for Compatibilism."  Am. Phil. Quarterly (July 1994) 213 - 222.
• What's the Reason?  With Mark Siderits.  100 page text included in The Foundations Book, a custom publication supporting IDS 100: Foundations of Inquiry. (1999, 2nd ed. 2000, 3rd ed. 2001, 4th ed. 2002, 5th ed. 2003, 6th ed. 2004).
• "Vagueness, Ignorance, and Margins for Error," with Harry Deutsch,  Acta Analytica (Fall 2002).
• "Moral Responsibility-- What Is All the Fuss About?" forthcoming, Acta Analytica (Spring 2007)

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