BORN: Seminole, Oklahoma, March 7, 1929

EDUCATION:

Public schools at Cuero, Longview, and Tyler, Texas; Jeanerette and Kaplan, Louisiana. Graduated: Tyler High School, Tyler, Texas, 1946.

University of Texas at Austin: 1946-8, 1952-8.
B. A. with Honors (Philosophy) 1954
M. A. (English) 1955. Thesis: The Poetry of Dylan Thomas
Ph. D. (Philosophy) January, 1958. Dissertation: Judgment and Motivation in Contemporary Intuitionist            Ethics

MILITARY SERVICE: U. S. Air Force, 1948-1952

TEACHING:

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida: Instructor, February 1958; Assistant Professor, September 1958; Associate Professor, September 1963; Professor, September 1968.

University of Texas at Austin:
Visiting Instructor, Summer 1963, Summer 1964.
Visiting Professor, Summer 1968, 1969-71.
Professor, 1971-99
Chairman, Department of Philosophy, 1972-6.
Professor Emeritus, 1999-

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND OFFICES:

Secretary-Treasurer, Florida Philosophical Association, 1964-6
President, Florida Philosophical Association, 1967
Secretary, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1966-9
President, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1972
Vice-President, Southwestern Philosophical Society, 1976
President, Southwestern Philosophical Society, 1977
Present member: American Philosophical Association, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Southwestern Philosophical Society, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.

Books

(1) Act and Agent, The University of Miami Press, 1964.

(2) Philosophers of Process, (edited) Random House, 1965. Second edition co-edited with William Myers,      Fordham University Press, 1998.

(3) Ontology and the Practical Arena, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990.

Articles

(1) "Acts," Review of Metaphysics, September 1960.

(2) "Sorting and Grading," Australasian Journal of Philosophy, December 1960.

(3) "The Moral Act," Philosophical Quarterly, April 1962.

(4) "The Unity of Personality," Methodos, Vol. 14, 1962.

(5) "Free Acts and Free Men," Southern Journal of Philosophy, Summer 1963.

(6) "Further Remarks on Criteria and Grading," Australasian Journal of Philosophy, August 1963.

(7) "Whitehead's Theory of Human Agency," Dialogue, the Canadian Journal of Philosophy, April 1964.

(8) "The Feeling of Freedom," Review of Metaphysics, September 1964. Reprinted in The Problem of Free       Will, edited by Willard Enteman, Scribners, 1967.

(9) "Concerning the Autonomy of the Philosophy of Mind," Franciscan Studies, Vol. 24, 1964.

(10) "The Privacy of Feelings," Southern Journal of Philosophy, Spring 1965. Reprinted as Chapter I,         Persons, Privacy, and Feeling, edited by Dwight Van de Vate, Jr., Memphis State University Press,         Memphis, 1970.

(11) "Creativity, Correspondence, and Statements About the Future," Philosophy and Phenomenological         Research, June 1968.

(12) "The Asociality of Morals," Southern Journal of Philosophy, Summer 1968.

(13) "The Problem of Man," Personalist, Winter 1969.

(14) "The Subject-Matter of Metaphysics," Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. II, 1971.

(15) "Quine and the Ontological Enterprise," Review of Metaphysics, March 1973.

(16) "The Canon of Subjectables," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, December 1973.

(17) "The Region of the Mental," Southern Journal of Philosophy, Fall 1974.

(18) "Believing in Natural Kinds," Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. IX, Spring 1978.

(19) "Individuals, Natural Sorts, and Migration Models," in The Individual and Society, edited by M. P. Jones,         P. O. F. Nobo, J. L. Nobo, and Y. Chang, Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, Norman, Oklahoma,        1978.

(20) "On Changing One's Categories," Metaphilosophy, Vol. 9, July/October 1978.

(21) "Some Meanings of Automobiles," in Technology and Human Affairs, edited by Larry Hickman and         Azizah Al-Hibri, C. V. Mosby, 1980. Reprinted in Philosophy, Technology and Human Affairs, edited by         Larry Hickman, Ibis Press of College Station, Texas, 1985. Reprinted in Technology As a Human Affair,         edited by Larry A. Hickman, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1990.

(22) "Some Ways of Going Wrong About Man," Southern Journal of Philosophy, Spring 1981.

(23) "Sameness Through Change and the Coincidence of Properties," Philosophy and Phenomenological         Research, Vol. XLIX, September 1988.

(24) "Logic and Ontology," Southwest Philosophy Review, Vol. 7, January 1991.

(25) "Necessity in Dewey's Logic," in Fronteers in American Philosophy, Vol. I, Texas A & M University         Press, 1993.

(26) "The Limits of the Practical in Peirce's View of Philosophical Inquiry," in From Time and Chance to         Consciousness: Studies in the Metaphysics of Charles Peirce, edited by E. C. Moore and R. Robin, Berg         Publishers, 1994.

(27) "Acts, Insides, and the Persistence of Individuals," in The Persistence of Metaphysics: Essays in Honor of         Irwin C. Lieb, edited by T. Engelhardt, L. McCullough, and K. Wildes, forthcoming.

(28) "Dewey and Ortega on the Starting Point," Proceedings of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Winter 1998.

(29) "Designation, Characterization, and Theory in Dewey's Logic," chapter in New Essays on Dewey's Logical         Theory, edited by Robert Talisse and D. Micah Hester, forthcoming 1998.

(30) "Introduction," Introductory essay for John Dewey, The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and Other         Essays in Contemporary Thought, University of Southern Illinois Press, forthcoming 2000.

Book Reviews

(1) Rabinowicz, W., Universalizability: A Study in Morals and Metaphysics (1979), Review of Metaphysics,       March 1982.

(2) Ihde, Don, Technology and the Lifeworld (1990), Review of Metaphysics, March 1991.

(3) Works about John Dewey, 1886-1995, compiled and edited by Barbara Levine (1996), Canadian       Philosophical Reviews, June 1996.

(4) Joseph Margolis, Historied Thought, Constructed World: A Conceptual Primer for the Turn of the       Millennium (1995), Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, Fall, 1997.

(5) Stuhr, John J., Genealogical Pragmatism: Philosophy, Experience, and Community (1997), Transactions       of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Summer, 1998.

Miscellaneous

(1) "Science, Philosophy, and Poetry," The Texan Notebook, The Daily Texan (University of Texas student       newspaper), February 5, 1956.

(2) "Immanent/transcendent," in Companion to Metaphysics, edited by J. Kim and E. Sosa, Basil Blackwell,       1995.

(3) Four "Responses" to articles by Ramon Lemos, Gregory Pappas, Dwight Van De Vate, Jr., and Charles       Krecz. In The Ontological and the Practical: Essays in Honor of Douglas Browning, Southwestern       Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Issue, March, 1995.

(1) "Sorting and Grading," Florida Philosophical Association, Gainesville, Florida, October 1958.

(2) "Acts," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Biloxi, Mississippi, March 1960.

(3) "The Moral Act," Florida Philosophical Association, Lakeland, Florida, October 1960.

(4) "Whitehead: Personality and Agency," Florida Philosophical Association, Jacksonville, Florida, October       1961.

(5) "The Unity of Personality," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Memphis, Tennessee, April       1963.

(6) "Free Acts and Free Men," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Miami Beach, Florida, April       1963.

(7) "The Feeling of Freedom," Florida Philosophical Association, Orlando, Florida, October 1963.

(8) "Concerning the Autonomy of the Philosophy of Mind," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,       Lexington, Kentucky, March 1964 (symposium paper).

(9) "Observations on the Nature of Feeling," Southern Society for Philosopy and Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia,       April 1965 (symposium paper).

(10) "Remarks Concerning Statements About the Future," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,         New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1966 (symposium paper).

(11) "Some Remarks Concerning Reference," Florida Philosophical Association, Lakeland, Florida, November        1966.

(12) "The Problem of Man," (invited address), Florida Chapter, American Catholic Philosophical Association,         Miami, Florida, April 1967.

(13) "The Asociality of Morals," (presidential address), Florida Philosophical Association, St. Petersburg,         Florida, November 1968.

(14) "Reference and Reality," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Miami, Florida, April 1969.

(15) "On Understanding Violence," (invited paper), Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, March 1970.

(16) "The Subject-Matter of Metaphysics," Southwestern Philosophical Society, Arlington, Texas, November        1970.

(17) "The Concept of the Human and the Concept of Man," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,         Athens, Georgia, April 1971.

(18) "The Region of the Mental," (presidential address), Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,         Knoxville, Tennessee, April 1973.

(19) "Genetic Surgery and the Problem of Migration," (invited paper), Conference on Neo-Biology and the         Humanities, Pensacola, Florida, January 24, 1975.

(20) "Walter and Walter's Genes," (invited paper), State University of New York at Plattsburgh, April 10, 1975.

(21) "Philosophical Anthropology: How to Begin," (invited paper), Furman University, Greenville, South         Carolina, October 28, 1975.

(22) "What Is Man? An Introduction to the Question" and "What Is Man? An Introduction to the Answer,"         (invited papers as Visiting Philosopher), Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, June 10-11, 1976.

(23) "On Changing One's Categories," (invited paper), Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas,         December 1976.

(24) "Believing in Natural Kinds," (presidential address), Southwestern Philosophical Society, College Station,         Texas, November 1977.

(25) "Believing in Natural Kinds" and "Some Ways of Going Wrong About Man," (two invited papers),         University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, April 6-7, 1978.

(26) "Emotions and Feelings," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Knoxville, Tennessee, March        1986.

(27) "The Mythic World-Outlook," (invited paper), Conference on "Myth and Modern Culture," Texas A & M         University, College Station, Texas, April 17, 1986.

(28) "Reality and the Moral Stance," (invited paper), Southwestern Philosophical Society, Houston, Texas,         November 1986.

(29) "Reality and Moral Stancing," (invited paper), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, April 1, 1987.

(30) "Necessity in Dewey's Logic," (invited paper), Conference on "Frontiers in American Philosophy,"         College Station, Texas, June 2, 1988.

(31) "Pincoffs on Morally Relevant Considerations," (invited paper), Southern Society for Philosophy and         Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 23, 1989.

(32) "The Limits of the Practical in Metaphysical Inquiry," (invited paper), Charles Sanders Peirce          Sesquicentennial International Congress, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 6,         1989.

(33) "Logic and Ontology," Southwestern Philosophical Society, College Station, Texas, November 9, 1990.

(34) "Commentary on Professor Pokrovsky's Paper," (Invited paper), Society for the Advancement of American          Philosophy, Nashville, Tennessee, March 6, 1993.

(35) "Responses" to papers by Ramon Lemos, Gregory Pappas, Dwight Van De Vate, Jr., and Charles Krecz,         The Ontological and the Practical, A Conference in Honor of Douglas Browning, The University of Texas         at Austin, September 24- 5, 1993.

(36) "The Starting Point of Ortega and Dewey," (invited paper), Society for the Advancement of American         Philosophy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 7, 1997.

(37) "Some Remarks on Burke's Dewey's New Logic," (invited paper), American Philosophical Association,         Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1997.

(38) "Remarks on Janice Staab's 'Scientific Inquiry and Semeiotic Purpose: Peirce onthe End(s) of Inquiry', "         (invited paper), American Philosophical Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 6, 1999.

(39) "Remarks on Jayne Tristan's 'Warrant and Ontological Continuity: The End of a Deweyan Inquiry',"         (invited paper), American Philosophical Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 6, 1999.

(40) "Understanding Dewey: Starting at the Starting Point," (invited paper), XIV Congreso Interamericano de         Filosofía, Puebla, Mexico, August 19, 1999.

(41) “Taking Our Lives Seriously: The Embracing Vision of Manuel Davenport,” (invited paper), Texas A&M         University, September 15, 2001.

(42) “Acts, Insides, and the Persistence of Individuals: A Personal Journey,” (invited paper), The Davenport         Lecture, Texas A&M University, April 10, 2008.

Book

(1) Poems and Visions, Threefools Press, South Miami, Florida, 1968.

(2) Poems: 1950-2009, Xlibris, 2010.


Poems

(1) "Five Poems," Voices, A Journal of Poetry, Sept.-Dec. 1954.

(2) "People, Things, and Spacemachines," (six nursery rhymes), The Beloit Poetry Journal, Fall 1955.

(3) “Commonplace,” Farfelu Magazine, Spring, 2006.

FICTION

Completed Books

(1) Ysstrhm. Six volumes, numbered I-VI, with secondary titles. Xlibris, 2009-10.

(2) Ysstrhm: the Book of Doors. Xlibris, 2010.

(3) The Last Promise. A murder mystery. Xlibris, 2010.

(4) Pavilion. A murder mystery. Xlibris, 2010.

(5) Design of Darkness. A murder mystery. Xlibris, 2010.

(6) Crystal Palace. A murder mystery. Xlibris, 2010.

(7) Season of Guilt. A murder mystery. Xlibris. 2010

(8) Final Estimate. A murder mystery. Xlibris. 2011.

All of the above books are listed at http://www.douglasbrowning.net/

Book in Progress

(1) Downbeat.   A murder mystery.

January 2011