The University of Minnesota Duluth's position on James Fetzer's conspiracy theories.

James Fetzer is a UMD Philosophy Professor Emeritus and conspiracy theorist. He retired from UMD in 2006. His theories are his own and are not endorsed by the University of Minnesota Duluth or the University of Minnesota System.

As faculty emeriti, Fetzer's work is protected by the University of Minnesota Regents Policy on Academic Freedom, which protects creative expression and the ability to speak or write on matters of public interest without institutional discipline or restraint.

Computer Science

 Curriculum Vitae for Computer Science

James H. Fetzer

Authored Book:

COMPUTERS AND COGNITION: Why Minds are Not Machines. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. (Studies in Cognitive Systems, Vol. 25) xix + 323 pp.

Co-Edited Book:

PROGRAM VERIFICATION. Fundamental Issues in Computer Science (co-edited with Timothy Colburn and Terry L. Rankin). Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. (Studies in Cognitive Systems, Vol. 14) xiii + 457 pp.

Articles and Reviews:

"Program Verification: The Very Idea", Communications of the ACM (September 1988), pp. 1048-1063.

Reprinted in T. Colburn, J. Fetzer, and T. Rankin, eds., Program Verification (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993), pp. 321-358.

Reprinted in J. Fetzer, Computers and Cognition: Why Minds are Not Machines (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000), pp. 183-220.

"ACM Forum: Response from the Author", Communications of the ACM (March 1989), pp. 288-289.

"Technical Correspondence: The Author's Response", Communications of the ACM (March 1989), pp. 377-381.

"Technical Correspondence: The Author's Response", Communications of the ACM (April 1989), pp. 510-512.

"ACM Forum: Patents and Programs", Communications of the ACM (June 1989), pp. 675-676.

"ACM Forum: Another Point of View", Communications of the ACM (August 1989), pp. 920-921.

"Mathematical Proofs of Computer System Correctness: A Response", Notices of the AMS (December 1989), pp. 1353-1354.

"The Final Word on Program Verification", Notices of the AMS (May/June 1990), pp. 562-563.

"Philosophical Aspects of Program Verification", Minds and Machines (May 1991), pp. 197-216.

Reprinted in T. Colburn, J. Fetzer, and T. Rankin, eds., Program Verification (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993), pp. 403-427.

Reprinted under the title, "Program Verification", in A. Kent and J. Williams, eds., Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 28 (New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 1993), pp. 237-254.

Reprinted under the title, "Program Verification", in A. Kent and J.Williams, eds., Encyclopedia of Microprocessors, Vol. 14 (New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 1994), pp. 47-64.

Reprinted in J. Fetzer, Computers and Cognition: Why Minds are Not Machines (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001), pp. 221-245.

"Computer Reliability and Public Policy: Limits of Knowledge of Computer-Based Systems", Social Philosophy and Policy 13 (Summer 1996), pp. 229-266.

Reprinted in E. Paul, F. Miller, and J. Paul, eds., Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1996), pp. 229-266.

Reprinted in J. Fetzer, Computers and Cognition: Why Minds are Not Machines (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001), pp. 271-308.

"Computer Systems: The Uncertainty of Their Reliability", Bridges 5 (1998), pp. 197-215.

"Philosophy and Computer Science: Reflections on the Program Verification Debate", in T. Bynum and J. H. Moor, eds., The Digital Phoenix: How Computers are Changing Philosophy (Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, 1998), pp. 253-273.

Reprinted in J. Fetzer, Computers and Cognition: Why Minds are Not Machines (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001), pp. 247-267.

"The Alan Turing Home Page", APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computing 97 (1998), pp. 54-55.

"The Role of Models in Computer Science", The Monist 82 (1999), pp. 20-36.