Articulation and defense of Pragmatism against epistemic critiques leveled by historian John Patrick Diggins. -/- Argues that the inferential structure of pragmatist epistemic authority is misunderstood by Diggins and by other critics. -/- Defends both classical and neo-pragmatist naturalism via inferentialism.

Liberal democracies deal poorly with states of emergency because they underestimate the corrosive effect of arbitrary coercion on established liberal democratic values. Far from protecting the rights of citizens, arbitrary emergency measures undermine citizens’ rights.

The Philosopher-Lobbyist: John Dewey and the People’s Lobby, 1928–1940.