Articles
- “Relations vs. Functions at the Foundations of Logic: Type Theoretic Considerations” (with Edward N. Zalta), Journal of Logic and Computation, Volume 21 (2011): 351–374. (doi:10.1093/logcom/exq017; Journal of Logic and Computation Advance Access published on June 16, 2010) [Abstract] [Preprint] [Reprint] [References]
- “A Computationally-Discovered Simplification of the Ontological Argument” (with Edward N. Zalta), Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Volume 89, Number 2 (June 2011): 333–349. [Abstract] [Preprint]
- “Reflections on the Logic of the Ontological Argument” (with Edward N. Zalta), Studia Neoaristotelica, 4/1 (2007): 28–35. [Preprint]
- “Accuracy Studies of a Parallel Algorithm for Solving the Hydrodynamic Formulation of the Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation” (coauthors: R. Glenn Brook, Charles A. Weatherford, Ioana Banicescu, and Jianping Zhu), Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 592/1–3 (13 September 2002): 69–77.
- “Solving the Hydrodynamic Formulation of Quantum Mechanics: A Parallel MLS Method” (coauthors: R. Glenn Brook, Charles A. Weatherford, Ioana Banicescu, and Jianping Zhu), International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 85/4–5 (3 October 2001): 263–271.
- “Density of States of the Two-dimensional Hubbard Model on a 4x4 Lattice” (coauthors: Pak-Wo Leung, Z. Liu, E. Manousakis, and Mark A. Novotny), Physical Review B, 46/18 (November 1992), 11779-11786.
- “Implementation of the Lanczos Algorithm for the Hubbard Model on the Connection Machine CM-2 System” (coauthor: Pak-Wo Leung), Comp. in Phys., 6 (1992), 603.
- “On the Logic of the Ontological Argument” (coauthor: Edward N. Zalta), Philosophical Perspectives, 5:509–529, 1991. Selected for republication in The Philosopher's Annual: 1991, Volume XIV (1993): 255–275. Czech translation, “O Logice Ontologického Důkazu”, Petr Hromek (trans.), in Studia Neoaristotelica, 4/1 (2007): 5–27.
- “The Certainty of Skepticism” (coauthor: Ralf Meerbote), Grazer Philosophische Studien, 11 (1980).
Book Chapters
- “The MIT Vision Machine” (coauthors: Tomaso Poggio, J. Little, E. Gamble, D. Geiger, D. Weinshall, M. Villalba, N. Larson, T. Cass, H. Bülthoff, M. Drumheller, W. Yang, A. Hurlbert, D. Beymer, P. O'Donnell, and W. Gillett), in Artificial Intelligence at MIT: Expanding Frontiers (Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 1991), pages 492–529. [Citation at ACM Portal]
Conference Papers
- “Parallel Execution of a Fortran 77 Weather Prediction Model” (coauthors: Gary Sabot, Skef Wholey, and Jonas Berlin), presented at the ACM/IEEE Conference on High Performance Networking and Computing (1993, Portland, OR), in Proceedings of the 1993 ACM/IEEE Conference on Supercomputing, New York: ACM Press, 1993. [Citation at ACM Portal] [Preprint]
- “On the Logic of the Ontological Argument” (coauthor: Edward N. Zalta), Proceedings and Addresses of the APA, 63/4 (December 1989): 78–79.
Current Research
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Current Research
I don't yet have presentable draft papers in connection with any of the following ongoing research projects, although in one case I have a talk that I've given twice now in slightly different versions.
- Computational Metaphysics, Leibniz, and Frege (with Edward N. Zalta, Branden Fitelson, and Jesse Alama).
- The Encoding Ontological Argument and an Abstract God.
- Representation and Interpretation in Computational Philosophy.
- Part of this work was included in an invited talk at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, on June 21, 2012. Slides will be posted soon. Video will be posted on the MCMP store on iTunes U. The video is available in various formats at the re-launched MCMP website via the following search: Talks by Oppenheimer at LMU, among other places.
- Part of this work was included in a keynote presentation at the Symposium on Computational Philosophy in Birmingham in July, 2012.
Web Sites
- Computational Metaphysics (with Branden Fitelson and Edward N. Zalta).
