: About Me

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JEREMY HORNE
1110 Cotton Avenue

Alamogordo, NM 88310

(505) 434-1978 land

(480) 203-3588 - cell

e-mail: jhorne18@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~jhorne18

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Logic (with course work in Symbolic Logic, Set Theory, Modal Logic, Computer-Managed Instruction in logic), Social and Political Philosophy, Political Economy, History of Philosophy, and Philosophy of Education

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Modeling and Simulation Autonomous Hybrid Systems, and States of Life and Consciousness

Cosmological and quantum semantics of binary logic

Effect of millimeter wave radiation on transitional states of consciousness

Consciousness studies, particularly the structure, role, and philosophy of bi-valued logic in consciousness.

Other topics in logic: paradoxes, unary set instantiation, proof checkers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Work

Besides my current bread and butter work doing research on autonomous systems, my independent work has included the following:

Research and grant writing focusing on responses to U.S. Department of Defense Broad Agency Announcements

Co-organizer, Towards a Science of Consciousness, August 1991 currently the largest consciousness conference in the world

Articles for fiber optics and educational publications

Creation of technical material for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.8, Fiber Optic Technical Advisory Group (FOTAG)

Bread and Butter Work

Researcher/Consultant/Documentation Systems Developer

Intelligence, Communications, and Engineering, Sierra Vista, AZ starting 1 March 2009

RhinoCorps, Albuquerque, NM contractor for White Sands Missile Range April 2002 28 February 2009

Teaching

Adjunct Arts and Sciences Professor in Philosophy

Maricopa Community College Adjunct Instructor 2004 - 2006

Southern New Hampshire University Distance Education (Internet courses, using Blackboard 5), Manchester, NH 2001 - 2003

Campbell University, Morrisville Center, NC - 1999

Central Arizona College, Casa Grande, AZ - 1993

Cochise Community College, Douglas, AZ - 1987-1993

Golden Gate University, Sierra Vista, AZ - 1992

Chapman College, Sierra Vista Campus, AZ - 1992

Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ - 1985-1987

Arts and Sciences Professor - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. 1984 - 1985

Wrote computer-assisted instructional programs in BASIC for Data General mainframe. Programs taught Aristotelian logic and first order theory. Wrote own software documentation

Programmed, installed, and maintained software to facilitate undergraduate problem solving courses

Taught introduction to logic (propositional and first order logics, and scientific methods), symbolic logic, and advanced logic (second order logic, Turing machines, and theorem provers)

Inspired several students to enter graduate study in philosophy

Instructor/Computer Programmer - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 1982 - 1984

Taught logic to undergraduate students

Researched, designed, and installed on a VAX PDP 1170 computer- assisted instructional programs (CAI) in BASIC to teach Aristotelian and propositional logics

Developed/compiled student grading system

Wrote theorem prover, "Syllogical," for VAX and Commodore 64 in BASIC for propositional and quantificational logic system - adopted at University of Florida as a model of logic CAI

Professor/Coordinator/Proposal Writer - Cochise Community College, Sierra Vista, AZ. 1987 - 1990

Teacher/Coordinator - Arizona State Prison Complex, Douglas, AZ. 1987 -1988

Established/taught high school preparatory curriculum for prison inmates, groups of 5-20

Created Computer-Managed Instruction Project for inmates - procured PDP-11 through donation and supervised inmates in its assembly and operation. Wrote academic tests in BASIC and installed them on PCs. Procured and installed PC-based academic software for remedial reading program

Enabled several students to get high GED scores and enter college

PUBLICATIONS

The Transition Between Life And Death - Problems and Prospects, Neuroquantology, Issue No. 2, 2007

Recursion of Binary Space as a Foundation of Repeatable Programs, Journal of Systemics and Informatics, volume 4 - number 5, pages: 73-77, International Institute of Informatics and Systemics 2006

Recursion of logical operators and regeneration of discrete binary space, June 2000, Informatica, Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

The General Theory and Method of Binary Logical Operations International Journal of Applied Science and Computations December 2000

Millimeter Wave Radiation's Effect on Mental States a philosophical framework for study of MMWR - International Information System on Resonance Technologies Collection No. 19 (also translated into Russian) May 2000

"Logic as the Language of Innate Order in Consciousness," Informatica No. 4, December 1997

Critical thinking articles for National School Boards Association, such as "Teaching Kids to Think: Philosophy-Based Education," Updating School Board Policies, Vol. 23, No. 3, April 1992

Co-author of MIL-HDBK-415, A Design Handbook for Fiber Optic Communications Systems, 1994 Current, as of February 2009

Logic: The Theory of Order, an in-house college logic text to teach the ontological foundations of propositional logic for Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ, 1986 (Currently 2005 being re-written for professional publication)

Syllogical, a theorem prover for VAX and Commodore 64 in BASIC for propositional and quantificational logic, 1984

"Philosophy for the People," weekly column for the Ely (Nevada) Daily Times," 1980

Numerous articles about fiber optics communications standards and reports on IEEE standards meetings. for Telecom Standards, published by Information Gatekeepers, 1992-1993

PRESENTATIONS

Development Philosophy As It Applies to Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A), Southwest Area Region Meeting - American Association for the Advancement of Science, Albuquerque, NM, April 2008

Origins of Towards a Science of Consciousness - Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ Poster Session 8-12 April 2008

Autodestruction and Autopoiesis in Adaptive Systems, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2007

Making Knowledge and Peer Review Quality Happen, International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication, and Management: KGCM 2007, Orlando, FL, 2007

Towards a Sound Method of Peer Review, 1st International Conference on Knowledge Communication and Peer Review, 2006

Learning and Teaching Integrity as the Bulwark of Sound Peer Review Mechanics, 1st International Conference on Knowledge Communication and Peer Review, 2006

Modeling and Simulating the International Battle Space Problems and Prospects of Hybrid Systems Acting on their Own, 3d International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2006

The Transition Between Life And Death - Problems and Prospects - Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ Poster Session 4-8 April 2006

Recursion of binary space as a foundation of repeatable programs 2nd International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA'05

Teaching a Philosophy of Logic Southwest Area Region Meeting - American Association for the Advancement of Science, Poster Session - Tucson, AZ, 13-16 April 2005

The Most Fundamental Law University of Arizona - Quantum Mind Conference - Poster Session 15-19 March 2003

The Ontology of Scientific Methods American Association for the Advancement of Science, Poster Session - Denver, CO, 13-18 February 2003

Millimeter Wave Radiation's Effect on Mental States Revisited Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ Poster Session - 8-12April 2002

Conference paper - Using MMWR to explore the transition between life and death Information Society 2000, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17-19 October 2000

Invited Conference paper - The General Theory and Method of Binary Logical Operations - Eighth International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 1999

Conference paper - Information Processing Efficiency of Logical Operators, International Conference on Consciousness in Science and Philosophy, Charleston, IL, November 1998

Conference paper - Logic as the Language of Innate Order in the Universe- Mid-South Philosophy Conference, February 1996, and poster session - Second International Conference on "Towards a Scientific Basis of Consciousness," April 1996

Conference paper - Directed Critical Thinking, Second International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma, CA, August 1988

Conference paper: - On Resolving the Paradox of Material Implication, The Second International Conference on Logic and Cognitive Studies, Houston, TX, July 1985

Appeared on television/radio stations and in schools to argue for critical thinking in school curriculums

Wrote many newspaper columns/articles on philosophy and general news articles

OTHER PROFFESIONAL ACTIVITY

Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Universidad Juarez Estado de Durango, Durango, Mexico; Project: - Establishing Mexico-wide Consciousness Conference Starting mid-March 2009

Reviewer, and Program Committee member for the International Institute for Informatics and Systemics, Orlando Florida 2006 - present

Reviewer - Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics; Neuroquantology, Knowledge Generation and Communications Management conferences 2006 present

By invitation from IGI Global - Currently preparing Encyclopedia of Scientific Knowledge Quality for Peer Reviewers and Logic: The Theory of Order February 2009

Member, editorial board - International Information System on Resonance Technologies - 2000

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Bioelectromagnetics Society

Union of Concerned Scientists

International Institute for Informatics and Systemics

EDUCATION/HONORS

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Ph.D. in Philosophy

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, M.S.. in Political Science

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, B.A. in International Relations

Many graduate courses in political science

Courses in fiber optics, optical network theory, auto technology, and corrections

Phi Kappa Phi, National (Academic) Honor Society

Who's Who in Science and Engineering - 2nd edition, 1994

Who's Who in the World - 2000

Who's Who in America 2002

Who's Who in America 2006

CERTIFICATIONS

Arizona Community College Teaching - Philosophy/Social Science (Lifetime)

California Community College Teaching - Government (Theory and Practice, Local and International)/Philosophy and Religion/Social Science/Automotive Mechanics and Related Technologies (Lifetime)

My passion is ...

Philosophy of scientific methods, consciousness studies, and and logic

I know too much about ...

Systems theory

My parents always told me ...

"You talk too much" and you need to go clean your room.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a newspaper publisher.

My favorite memory ...

Camping out in Conway, NH as a kid.

Why I write ...

To share ideas with others in hope they may pick up or improve upon where I left off.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Works on consciousness studies - Listen to classical music

My first job ...

Bussing dishes at Conway (NH) Cafe

My best moment ...

There have been numerous good moments across different categories. Can't answer this one.

My inspiration ...

Stephen Hawking, Plato, and Aristotle, among others

Politics, News & Issues > US Military (Other) In the US, is a volunteer Army sufficient?

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This is a rather easy question. My response is a stream of consciousness, as I do not think a response to this type of question (as is the case of so many others) can be parceled out in a set of boxes available for analysis. So, what I will do is introduce you to how a political philosopher handles a question such as this. My response may or may not be typical of those of my background, but at least is one perspective that I think the reader should consider. A response to this question depends upon how the population perceives itself being oppressed or dominant. I might add here, at the ou...

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