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Menzel, Christopher Professor
Positions
- Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Areas of Specialization: Metaphysics, Logic, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics.
Other Areas of Interest and Research: Philosophy of Religion, 20th Century Anglo-American Philosophy, Knowledge Representation, Artificial Intelligence.
Other Areas of Interest and Research: Philosophy of Religion, 20th Century Anglo-American Philosophy, Knowledge Representation, Artificial Intelligence.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Menzel, C.
(2019).
In Defense of the Possibilism-Actualism Distinction. Philosophical Studies: an international journal for philosophy in the analytic tradition.
177(7), 1971-1997.
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Menzel, C.
(2016).
Haecceities and Mathematical Structuralism. Philosophia Mathematica: philosophy of mathematics, its learning, and its application.
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Menzel, C.
(2016).
Problems with the bootstrapping objection to theistic activism. American Philosophical Quarterly.
53(1), 55-68.
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Menzel, C.
(2015).
Logic, Essence, and Modality Bob Hale. Necessary Beings: An Essay on Ontology, Modality, & the Relations Between Them. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-19-966262-3 (hbk); 978-0-19-874803-8 (pbk); 978-0-19-164834-2 (e-book). Pp. ix + 298. 23(3), 407-428.
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Menzel, C. P.
(2015).
The Logic Daemon: Colin Allens Computer-Based Contributions to Logic Pedagogy. APA newsletters.
15(1), 41-45.
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Bueno, O., Menzel, C., & Zalta, E. N.
(2014).
Worlds and Propositions Set Free. 79(4), 797-820.
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Menzel, C., & Zalta, E. N.
(2014).
The Fundamental Theorem of World Theory. 43(2-3), 333-363.
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Menzel, C.
(2014).
Wide Sets, ZFCU, and the Iterative Conception. Journal of Philosophy.
111(2), 57-83.
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Menzel, C.
(2012).
Sets and worlds again. 72(2), 304-309.
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Menzel, C.
(2011).
Knowledge representation, the World Wide Web, and the evolution of logic. 182(2), 269-295.
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Grninger, M., & Menzel, C.
(2003).
The Process Specification Language (PSL) Theory and Applications. AI Magazine.
24(3), 63-74.
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Menzel, C.
(2000).
Review of Logic and Reality: Essays on the Legacy of Arthur Prior, J. Copeland. Philosophical Review.
109(2), 281-286.
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Menzel, C.
(1999).
The Objective Conception of Context and Its Logic. Minds and Machines: journal for artificial intelligence, philosophy and cognitive sciences.
9(1), 29-56.
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Mo, J., & Menzel, C.
(1998).
An integrated process model driven knowledge based system for remote customer support. Computers in Industry.
37(3), 171-183.
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Menzel, C., & Mayer, R. J.
(1996).
Situations and processes. 4(3), 229-246.
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BENJAMIN, P. C., MENZEL, C. P., MAYER, R. J., & PADMANABAN, N.
(1995).
TOWARD A METHOD FOR ACQUIRING CIM ONTOLOGIES. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.
8(3), 225-234.
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Mayer, R., Erraguntla, M., Menzel, C., & Hwang, J. C.
(1994).
Formal model of single agent planning situations. Journal of Systems Integration.
4(3), 219-241.
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Menzel, C.
(1993).
Possibilism and object theory. Philosophical Studies: an international journal for philosophy in the analytic tradition.
69(2-3), 195-208.
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Menzel, C.
(1993).
Singular Propositions and Modal Logic. Philosophical Topics.
21(2), 113-148.
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Menzel, C.
(1993).
The Proper Treatment of Predication in Fine-Grained Intensional Logic. Philosophical Perspectives.
7, 61-61.
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Menzel, C.
(1991).
The true modal logic. Journal of Philosophical Logic.
20(4), 331-374.
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Menzel, C.
(1991).
Temporal Actualism and Singular Foreknowledge. Philosophical Perspectives.
5, 475-475.
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Menzel, C.
(1990).
Actualism, ontological commitment, and possible world semantics. Synthèse.
85(3), 355-389.
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Kvanvig, J. L., & Menzel, C.
(1990).
The basic notion of justification. Philosophical Studies: an international journal for philosophy in the analytic tradition.
59(3), 235-261.
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Menzel, C.
(1990).
Structuralism and Conceptual Change in Mathematics. PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association.
1990(2), 397-401.
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Menzel, C.
(1989).
On an unsound proof of the existence of possible worlds. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic.
30(4), 598-603.
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MENZEL, C.
(1988).
Frege Numbers and the Relativity Argument. Canadian Journal of Philosophy.
18(1), 87-98.
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Menzel, C.
(1987).
Theism, Platonism, and the Metaphysics of Mathematics. Faith and Philosophy.
4(4), 365-382.
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Morris, T. V., & Menzel, C.
(1986).
Absolute Creation. American Philosophical Quarterly.
23(4), 353-362.
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Menzel, C.
(1986).
On set theoretic possible worlds. Analysis.
46(1), 68-72.
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Menzel, C.
(1986).
On the iterative explanation of the paradoxes. Philosophical Studies: an international journal for philosophy in the analytic tradition.
49(1), 37-61.
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Menzel, C.
(1984).
Cantor and the Burali-Forti Paradox. Monist: an international quarterly of general philosophical inquiry.
67(1), 92-107.
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Menzel, C.
(2019).
In Defense of the Possibilism-Actualism Distinction. Philosophical Studies: an international journal for philosophy in the analytic tradition.
177(7), 1971-1997.
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chapter
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Menzel, C.
(2021).
Modal Set Theory. Bueno, O., & Shalkowski, S. A. (Eds.),
The Routledge Handbook of Modality.
(pp. 292-307).
Routledge.
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Menzel, C.
(2018).
The Argument from Collections. Walls, J. L., & Dougherty, T. (Eds.),
Two Dozen (or so) Arguments for God: The Plantinga Project.
(pp. 29-58).
Oxford University Press.
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Jamal, T., & Menzel, C.
(2009).
Good actions in tourism. Philosophical Issues in Tourism.
(pp. 227-243).
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Anderson, W., & Menzel, C.
(2004).
Modal Rigidity in the OntoClean Methodology. Formal Ontology in Information Systems.
(pp. 119-127).
Ios PressInc.
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Menzel, C., & Gruninger, M.
(2001).
A formal foundation for process modeling. Welty, C., & Smith, B. (Eds.),
Formal Ontology and Information Systems.
(pp. 256-269).
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Menzel, C., & Benjamin, P.
(2001).
An Adaptive Process Management System (APMS). IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology.
Global Engineering, Manufacturing and Enterprise Networks.
(pp. 128-136).
Springer.
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Menzel, C., & Mayer, R. J.
(1998).
The IDEF Family of Languages. Bernus, P., Mertins, K., & Schmidt, G. (Eds.),
Handbook on Architectures of Information Systems.
(pp. 215-249).
Springer Nature.
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Menzel, C., & Mayer, R. J.
(1996).
A Situation Theoretic Approach to the Representation of Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology.
Modelling and Methodologies for Enterprise Integration.
(pp. 201-217).
Springer Nature.
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Menzel, C., Mayer, R. J., & Edwards, D. D.
(1994).
IDEF3 Process Descriptions and Their Semantics. Kusiak, A., & Dagli, C. H. (Eds.),
Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing.
(pp. 171-212).
ASME Press.
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Menzel, C., Mayer, R., & Sanders, L.
(1992).
Representation, Information Flow, and Model Integration. Petrie, C. J. (Eds.),
Enterprise Integration Modeling.
(pp. 131-141).
The MIT Press.
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Menzel, C.
(2021).
Modal Set Theory. Bueno, O., & Shalkowski, S. A. (Eds.),
The Routledge Handbook of Modality.
(pp. 292-307).
Routledge.
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conference paper
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Creel, J., Menzel, C., & Ioerger, T.
(2007).
Intention is commitment with expectation. 50-55.
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Creel, J., Menzel, C., & Ioerger, T.
(2007).
Intention is commitment with expectation. 50-55.
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webpage
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Menzel, C.
(2022).
The Possibilism-Actualism Debate. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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Menzel, C.
(2013).
Possible Worlds. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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Menzel, C.
(2008).
Actualism
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Menzel, C.
(2022).
The Possibilism-Actualism Debate. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Teaching
teaching activities
- PHIL240 Introduction To Logic Instructor
- PHIL331 Philosophy Of Religion Instructor
- PHIL341 Symbolic Logic Instructor
- PHIL342 Symbolic Logic Ii Instructor
- PHIL485 Directed Studies Instructor
- PHIL491 Hnr-research Instructor
- PHIL641 Mathematical Logic I Instructor
- PHIL643 Hist & Phil Of Logic Instructor
- PHIL663 Sem Metaphys Or Epistemol Instructor
- PHIL685 Directed Studies Instructor
- PHIL691 Research Instructor
- RELS331 Philosophy Of Religion Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Barthuly, Joshua (2015-05). Modal Dispositionalism.
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Dondero, Mark (2010-01). What in the World are Possible Worlds?.
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Driggers, Robert (2011-08). M-Combinatorialism and the Semantics of SQML.
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Hellwig, Heinrik Ziehm (2008-10). Why tropes cannot be metaphysically simple.
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Johnson, Amy Catharine (2013-04). An Intuitionistic Examination of Read's Harmony Requirement.
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McDaniel, Brannon David (2004-09). An assessment of presentism.
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Navarro, Erin (2016-08). A Defense of a Theistic Argument from the Law of Non-Contradiction.
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Siu, Ho Kin (2010-01). Ante rem Structuralism and the Myth of Identity Criteria.
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Tanksley, Charles William (2004-09). The failure of storytelling to ground a causal theory of reference.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame - (Notre Dame, Indiana, United States) 1984
- B.A. in Philosophy, Pacific Lutheran University - (Tacoma, Washington, United States) 1979
awards and honors
- Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, conferred by National Endowment for the Humanities - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 1991
- Summer Stipends Awards, conferred by National Endowment for the Humanities - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 1987
Contact
first name
- Christopher
has last name
- Menzel
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Philosophy & Humanities
4237 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4237
USA
Other
- cmenzel@tamu.edu