- $7,000
Truth, Vagueness, and Paradox, by Vann McGee
Recipient: Hullett, James N (Indianapolis, IN 46204 USA) in affiliation with Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Goal: To support the publication of an analysis of the theory of truth.
Grant: 160848 / RP-21241-89, Division: Research Programs, Program: Scholarly Publications, Year Awarded: 1989 - $6,967
Constructive Philosophy, by Paul Lorenzen
Recipient: Martin, Richard J (Amherst, MA 01004-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Amherst, MA 01003 USA)
Goal: To support a collection of the papers and essays of the German logician Paul Lorenzen.
Grant: 160697 / RP-20886-86, Division: Research Programs, Program: Scholarly Publications, Year Awarded: 1986 - $145,000
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in Wyoming's Secondary Schools
Recipient: Blatz, Charles V (Laramie, WY 82071 USA) in affiliation with University of Wyoming
Goal: To support a one-year collaborative project to strengthen Wyoming's high school language arts, foreign languages, and social studies through the enhancement of teachers' critical thinking skills.
Grant: 125440 / ES-21102-85, Division: Education Programs, Program: Institutes for School Teachers, Year Awarded: 1985 - $89,470
Basic Logic in Undergraduate Education
Recipient: Mendelsohn, Richard L (Bronx, NY 10468 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, Lehman College
Goal: To support the preparation of a cadre of faculty to teach a newly designed rig-orous college-level basic logic course, and to further refine and evaluate the course.
Grant: 124505 / EK-20075-84, Division: Education Programs, Program: Improving Introductory Courses, Year Awarded: 1984 - $57,529
Extension and Supplement for Computer Assistance in Argument Analysis
Recipient: Williams, Frank C (Richmond, KY 40475 USA) in affiliation with Eastern Kentucky University
Goal: To support a project to develop computer assistance in argument analysis.
Grant: 124503 / EK-20073-84, Division: Education Programs, Program: Improving Introductory Courses, Year Awarded: 1984 - $57,137
Course Materials for Informal Logic
Recipient: Luckhardt, C.G. (Atlanta, GA 30303 USA) in affiliation with Georgia State University
Goal: To support preparation of materials for an introductory logic course, which emphasizes the development of critical reasoning and argumentative writing skills. The course is included in the humanities core curriculum and is recommended for students in a number of professional areas as well.
Grant: 124477 / EK-20005-83, Division: Education Programs, Program: Improving Introductory Courses, Year Awarded: 1983 - $3,112
Toward Publishing Costs of "Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics" 2d edition, by Alfred Tarski
Recipient: Hackett, William H. Y (Indianapolis, IN 46204 USA) in affiliation with Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Goal: To support publication of an expanded and corrected edition of Alfred Tarski's "Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics," originally published in 1956.
Grant: 138779 / RP-20491-83, Division: Research Programs, Program: Scholarly Publications, Year Awarded: 1983 - $62,032
Teaching Philosophy for Children
Recipient: Kartsotis, A. Thomas (Bethlehem, PA 18017 USA) in affiliation with Bethlehem Area School District
Goal: To support a project to expand a successful Philosophy for Children program which proposes to develop critical thinking and logic in elementary and middle school students.
Grant: 125283 / ES-20481-82, Division: Education Programs, Program: Institutes for School Teachers, Year Awarded: 1982 - Endowment for the humanities grants to category Logic; items 1-8 of 8 with a total funding of $428,247.