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'''James Henry Fetzer''' (born December 6, 1940 in ]) is an ] ], ], and professor emeritus at the ].<ref name="umn">{{cite web |url=http://www.d.umn.edu/~jfetzer/ |title=James Fetzer's Home Page |last=Lederer |first=Sarah |date=February 2009| publisher=University of Minnesota|location=Duluth |accessdate=2009-02-02 |
'''James Henry Fetzer''' (born December 6, 1940 in ]) is an ] ], ], and professor emeritus at the ].<ref name="umn">{{cite web |url=http://www.d.umn.edu/~jfetzer/ |title=James Fetzer's Home Page |last=Lederer |first=Sarah |date=February 2009| publisher=University of Minnesota|location=Duluth |accessdate=2009-02-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6368341.stm | work=BBC News | title=We're all conspiracy theorists at heart | date=February 16, 2007 | accessdate=May 5, 2010}}</ref> He has written on the philosophy of science and on the theoretical foundations of computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. Two of his most recent books were on the ] and philosophical aspects of "the ]'s crusade against science". He is also an advocate of the ]<ref name="pope2006">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/06/AR2006080600393.html |title=9/11 Conspiracy Theories Persist, Thrive |last=Pope |first=Justin |date=August 6, 2006 |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=2009-02-02}}</ref> and ]. He has published three collections of studies on the death of JFK, co-authored another on the plane crash that took the life of Senator ], and edited the first book from ], an organization he founded. Fetzer makes frequent appearances on radio and television. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
James H. Fetzer was born in ], in 1940, and attended ].<ref name="umn"/> He went on to study philosophy at ] and graduated ''magna cum laude'' in 1962.<ref name="umn"/> After four years as a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps he resigned his commission as a Captain to begin graduate work at ]. In 1970 he completed his ] in the history and philosophy of science.<ref name="umn"/> | James H. Fetzer was born in ], in 1940, and attended ].<ref name="umn"/> He went on to study philosophy at ] and graduated ''magna cum laude'' in 1962.<ref name="umn"/> After four years as a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps he resigned his commission as a Captain to begin graduate work at ]. In 1970 he completed his ] in the history and philosophy of science.<ref name="umn"/> | ||
Fetzer taught at various schools including the ], the ] (twice) and the ] before he received tenure at the ], where he taught from 1987 until his retirement in June 2006.<ref name="umn" /> At the University of Kentucky, he received the first Distinguished Teaching Award from the UK Student Government |
Fetzer taught at various schools including the ], the ] (twice) and the ] before he received tenure at the ], where he taught from 1987 until his retirement in June 2006.<ref name="umn" /> At the University of Kentucky, he received the first Distinguished Teaching Award from the UK Student Government. | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
Fetzer has published more than 100 articles and 20 books on philosophy of science, ], ] and ].<ref name="umn" /> He also founded the international journal, '']'', which he edited for eleven years, the professional library, ''Studies in Cognitive Systems'', which includes thirty volumes, and the professional organization, The Society for Machines & Mentality.<ref></ref> | Fetzer has published more than 100 articles and 20 books on philosophy of science, ], ] and ].<ref name="umn" /> He also founded the international journal, '']'', which he edited for eleven years, the professional library, ''Studies in Cognitive Systems'', which includes thirty volumes, and the professional organization, The Society for Machines & Mentality.<ref></ref> | ||
==Controversial views== | ==Controversial views== | ||
⚫ | Fetzer has written about the John F. Kennedy assassination and has been interviewed on his theories about the ], by Richard and Kate Mucci, hosts of '']'', and radio hosts such as ], ], Donny Deutch and several hosts on ], among others.<ref></ref> He has been interviewed on '']'' (twice) and on '']'' as well as other television programs. Some have questioned his apparent endorsement of a military coup to overthrow the Bush administration,<ref name="professors of paranoia?">John Gravois, , '']'', June 23, 2006.</ref> members of which he believes have betrayed the country and violated their oaths of office. From the fall of 2006 to November 2008 he co-hosted an internet radio program "The Dynamic Duo" on the Genesis Communications Network with ]. | ||
Fetzer has published dozens of articles and three collections of expert studies about the John F. Kennedy assassination, which focus on the medical, ballistic, and photographic evidence. He organized a research group consisting of the best qualified experts to ever study the case--including a world authority on the human brain, who was also an expert on ballistics; a Ph.D. in physics who is also an M.D. and board-certified in radiation oncology; another M.D. who was present in Trauma Room #1 when JFK was brought in and, two days later, was responsible for the treatment of his alleged assassin; a legendary photo and film analyst; and another Ph.D. in physics with a specialization in electromagnetism, the properties of light and of images of moving objects.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> | |||
They discovered that the official autopsy X-rays had been altered to conceal a massive blow-out at the back of his head, that another man's brain had been substituted for that of JFK, and that the home movies of the assassination had been recreated to remove a limo stop and conceal the true causes of his death. He has done hundreds of interviews and public lectures on their research, the most recent of which, "What happened to JFK--and why it matters today", was presented at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on 22 November 2011.<ref></ref> Many of his articles on JFK have been published on Veterans Today and are accessible via his author's page<ref></ref> He also edits an on-line journal for the advanced study of the death of JFK (with John P. Costella, Ph.D) at . | |||
===September 11, 2001 attacks=== | ===September 11, 2001 attacks=== | ||
Fetzer asserts that elements within the U.S. federal government orchestrated the ] for political and economic gain, that World Trade Center One and Two were destroyed using a novel form of ] from the top down, wand that World Trade Center Seven was brought down by a conventional controlled demolition from the bottom.<ref name="MailOnline2006">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-403757/Fury-academics-claim-9-11-inside-job.html |title=Fury as academics claim 9/11 was 'inside job' |last=Narain |first=Jaya |date=6 September 2006 |publisher=London Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers Ltd |accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2012}} | |||
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On June 22, 2006, Fetzer was a guest on ]'s ''Hannity & Colmes'' where he discussed his stance on several ]. In July 2006, Fetzer discussed ]'s remark that, if ] had been at his alma mater, ], "this guy'd be in the Charles River floating down, you know, toward the harbor", stating, "When public threats can be made to a citizen's life for expressing his opinions on a controversial topic and neither the government nor the media respond, that is a sure sign we are living in a ] state." | |||
===Scholars for 9/11 Truth=== | ===Scholars for 9/11 Truth=== | ||
Fetzer is founder and co-chair of ], "a non-partisan association of faculty, students, and scholars dedicated to exposing falsehoods and to revealing truths behind 9/11".<ref></ref> Differences in attitude and approach toward the science and the politics of 9/11 research led to a split with ], whom Fetzer had invited to be his co-chair, in December 2006, almost exactly one year after its creation. Many 9/11 activists support Jones over Fetzer. |
Fetzer is founder and co-chair of ], "a non-partisan association of faculty, students, and scholars dedicated to exposing falsehoods and to revealing truths behind 9/11".<ref></ref> Differences in attitude and approach toward the science and the politics of 9/11 research led to a split with ], whom Fetzer had invited to be his co-chair, in December 2006, almost exactly one year after its creation. Many 9/11 activists support Jones over Fetzer. On August 3–5, 2007, he conducted the first conference sponsored by Scholars on "The Science and Politics of 9/11", and produced its first DVD.<ref></ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2012}} With Canadian journalist Joshua Blakeney, he has organized a second conference from Scholars, "The Vancouver Hearings", which will be held there 15-17 June 2012.<ref></ref> | ||
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⚫ | In his most recent work as a columnist for ''Veterans Today'', "Seven Questions about 9/11" and "More Proof of 9/11 Duplicity", he has presented evidence that all four of the plane crashes on 9/11 were faked, where no planes crashed in Shanksville or at the Pentagon and one or another form of fakery was used in New York.<ref></ref><ref name=autogenerated1></ref> In collaboration with T. Mark Hightower, a chemical engineer, he has challenged "the myth of nanothermite"{{Failed verification|date=July 2012}} by explaining that it does not have the gas-expansion properties of explosives and, with a detonation rate of 895 m/s, cannot have destroyed the concrete or the steel in the Twin Towers, which would require rates in excess of 3,200 m/s for concrete and 6,100 m/s for steel, which has contradicted perhaps the most widely held belief within the conspiracy community about how the towers were destroyed and accented his disagreements with Jones.<ref></ref> | ||
⚫ | ===Death of Paul Wellstone=== | ||
⚫ | Fetzer has co-authored a book in which the authors collect and analyze public information and witness statements, arguing that ] Senator ]'s death in an ] was not accidental but resulted from a small-scale conspiracy to ensure ] control of the Senate.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2005/10/author_makes_case_for_murder?&cp=1 |title=Author makes case for murder |publisher=Daily Lobo (University of New Mexico) |date=October 31, 2005 |author=Dameron, Eva}} |
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⚫ | ===Death of Paul Wellstone=== | ||
⚫ | He recently addressed this subject again in the context of an article inspired by the revelation of ] that Vice President Dick Cheney had been running an assassination operation from his office. According to Fetzer, "], ], and ] are the principal suspects" in the death of Wellstone.<ref name="opednews.com"></ref> |
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⚫ | Fetzer has co-authored a book in which the authors collect and analyze public information and witness statements, arguing that ] Senator ]'s death in an ] was not accidental but resulted from a small-scale conspiracy to ensure ] control of the Senate.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2005/10/author_makes_case_for_murder?&cp=1 |title=Author makes case for murder |publisher=Daily Lobo (University of New Mexico) |date=October 31, 2005 |author=Dameron, Eva}}</ref> He has co-authored a study of the documents on which the NTSB's report was based with John P. Costella, a PhD in physics with a specialization in electromagnetism, which was published in ]'s "From the Wilderness" newsletter.<ref></ref> | ||
⚫ | He recently addressed this subject again in the context of an article inspired by the revelation of ] that Vice President Dick Cheney had been running an assassination operation from his office. According to Fetzer, "], ], and ] are the principal suspects" in the death of Wellstone.<ref name="opednews.com"></ref> and in another article in Veterans Today, "Sen. Paul Wellstone: More Proof of Assassination".<ref></ref> | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== |
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James Henry Fetzer (born December 6, 1940 in Pasadena, California) is an American conspiracy theorist, philosopher, and professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He has written on the philosophy of science and on the theoretical foundations of computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. Two of his most recent books were on the evolution of intelligence and philosophical aspects of "the Christian Right's crusade against science". He is also an advocate of the 9/11 conspiracy and John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories. He has published three collections of studies on the death of JFK, co-authored another on the plane crash that took the life of Senator Paul Wellstone, and edited the first book from Scholars for 9/11 Truth, an organization he founded. Fetzer makes frequent appearances on radio and television.
Biography
James H. Fetzer was born in Pasadena, California, in 1940, and attended South Pasadena High School. He went on to study philosophy at Princeton University and graduated magna cum laude in 1962. After four years as a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps he resigned his commission as a Captain to begin graduate work at Indiana University. In 1970 he completed his PhD in the history and philosophy of science.
Fetzer taught at various schools including the University of Kentucky, the University of Virginia (twice) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before he received tenure at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he taught from 1987 until his retirement in June 2006. At the University of Kentucky, he received the first Distinguished Teaching Award from the UK Student Government.
Works
Fetzer has published more than 100 articles and 20 books on philosophy of science, computer science, artificial intelligence and cognitive science. He also founded the international journal, Minds and Machines, which he edited for eleven years, the professional library, Studies in Cognitive Systems, which includes thirty volumes, and the professional organization, The Society for Machines & Mentality.
Controversial views
Fetzer has written about the John F. Kennedy assassination and has been interviewed on his theories about the September 11, 2001 attacks, by Richard and Kate Mucci, hosts of Out There TV, and radio hosts such as Laura Ingraham, Jerry Springer, Donny Deutch and several hosts on Air America, among others. He has been interviewed on Hannity & Colmes (twice) and on The O'Reilly Factor as well as other television programs. Some have questioned his apparent endorsement of a military coup to overthrow the Bush administration, members of which he believes have betrayed the country and violated their oaths of office. From the fall of 2006 to November 2008 he co-hosted an internet radio program "The Dynamic Duo" on the Genesis Communications Network with Kevin Barrett.
September 11, 2001 attacks
Fetzer asserts that elements within the U.S. federal government orchestrated the September 11, 2001 attacks for political and economic gain, that World Trade Center One and Two were destroyed using a novel form of controlled demolition from the top down, wand that World Trade Center Seven was brought down by a conventional controlled demolition from the bottom.
On June 22, 2006, Fetzer was a guest on Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes where he discussed his stance on several 9/11 conspiracy theories. In July 2006, Fetzer discussed Bill O'Reilly's remark that, if Kevin Barrett had been at his alma mater, Boston University, "this guy'd be in the Charles River floating down, you know, toward the harbor", stating, "When public threats can be made to a citizen's life for expressing his opinions on a controversial topic and neither the government nor the media respond, that is a sure sign we are living in a fascist state."
Scholars for 9/11 Truth
Fetzer is founder and co-chair of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, "a non-partisan association of faculty, students, and scholars dedicated to exposing falsehoods and to revealing truths behind 9/11". Differences in attitude and approach toward the science and the politics of 9/11 research led to a split with Steven Jones, whom Fetzer had invited to be his co-chair, in December 2006, almost exactly one year after its creation. Many 9/11 activists support Jones over Fetzer. On August 3–5, 2007, he conducted the first conference sponsored by Scholars on "The Science and Politics of 9/11", and produced its first DVD. With Canadian journalist Joshua Blakeney, he has organized a second conference from Scholars, "The Vancouver Hearings", which will be held there 15-17 June 2012.
In his most recent work as a columnist for Veterans Today, "Seven Questions about 9/11" and "More Proof of 9/11 Duplicity", he has presented evidence that all four of the plane crashes on 9/11 were faked, where no planes crashed in Shanksville or at the Pentagon and one or another form of fakery was used in New York. In collaboration with T. Mark Hightower, a chemical engineer, he has challenged "the myth of nanothermite" by explaining that it does not have the gas-expansion properties of explosives and, with a detonation rate of 895 m/s, cannot have destroyed the concrete or the steel in the Twin Towers, which would require rates in excess of 3,200 m/s for concrete and 6,100 m/s for steel, which has contradicted perhaps the most widely held belief within the conspiracy community about how the towers were destroyed and accented his disagreements with Jones.
Death of Paul Wellstone
Fetzer has co-authored a book in which the authors collect and analyze public information and witness statements, arguing that Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone's death in an airplane crash was not accidental but resulted from a small-scale conspiracy to ensure Republican control of the Senate. He has co-authored a study of the documents on which the NTSB's report was based with John P. Costella, a PhD in physics with a specialization in electromagnetism, which was published in Michael Ruppert's "From the Wilderness" newsletter. He recently addressed this subject again in the context of an article inspired by the revelation of Seymour Hersh that Vice President Dick Cheney had been running an assassination operation from his office. According to Fetzer, "Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Karl Rove are the principal suspects" in the death of Wellstone. and in another article in Veterans Today, "Sen. Paul Wellstone: More Proof of Assassination".
Publications
Philosophy of Science:
- Principles of Philosophical Reasoning. Rowman & Littlefield. 1984. p. 292 p. ISBN 0-8476-7341-3.
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- edited by James H. Fetzer. (1985). Sociobiology and Epistemology. Springer. p. 296 p. ISBN 90-277-2005-3.
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- Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives. 1991. ASIN B000IBICGK.
- James H. Fetzer (1992). Philosophy of Science (Paragon Issues in Philosophy). Paragon. p. 197 p. ISBN 1-55778-481-7.
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- ed. by James H. Fetzer (1993). Foundations of Philosophy of Science: Recent Developments (Paragon Issues in Philosophy). Paragon. p. 512 p. ISBN 1-55778-480-9.
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- Charles E. M. Dunlop; James H. Fetzer. (1993). Glossary of Cognitive Science (A Paragon House Glossary for Research, Reading, and Writing). Paragon. p. 288 p. ISBN 1-55778-567-8.
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- James H. Fetzer. (1997). Philosophy and Cognitive Science (Paragon Issues in Philosophy). Paragon. p. 191 p. ISBN 1-55778-739-5.
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- Minds and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science, Vol. 7, No. 4. Kluwer. 1997. ASIN B000KEV460.
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- edited by James H. Fetzer. (2000). Science, Explanation, and Rationality: The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel. Oxford. p. 384 p. ISBN 0-19-512137-6.
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- James H. Fetzer. (2001). Artificial Intelligence: Its Scope and Limits. Springer. p. 364 p. ISBN 0-7923-0548-5.
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- Computers and Cognition: Why Minds are Not Machines. Springer. January 8, 2002. p. 352 p. ISBN 1-4020-0243-2.
- ed. by James H. Fetzer (2002). Consciousness Evolving (Advances in Consciousness Research). John Benjamins. p. 251 p. ISBN 1-58811-108-3.
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- James H. Fetzer (2005). The Evolution of Intelligence: Are Humans the Only Animals With Minds?. Open Court. p. 272 p. ISBN 0-8126-9459-7.
- James H. Fetzer. (August 9, 2006). Scientific Knowledge: Causation, Explanation, and Corroboration. Springer. p. 348 p. ISBN 90-277-1335-9.
- James H. Fetzer (December 28, 2006). Render Unto Darwin: Philosophical Aspects of the Christian Right's Crusade Against Science. Open Court. p. 288 p. ISBN 0-8126-9605-0.
Conspiracy Research:
- edited by James H. Fetzer. (1997). Assassination Science: Experts Speak Out on the Death of JFK. Open Court. p. 480 p. ISBN 0-8126-9366-3.
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- ed. by James H. Fetzer. (2000). Murder in Dealey Plaza: What We Know Now that We Didn't Know Then. Open Court. p. 496 p. ISBN 0-8126-9422-8.
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- ed. by James H. Fetzer (2003). The Great Zapruder Film Hoax: Deceit and Deception in the Death of JFK. Catfeet Press. p. 480 p. ISBN 0-8126-9547-X.
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- Four Arrows (aka Don Trent Jacobs) & James H. Fetzer. (2004). American Assassination: The Strange Death Of Senator Paul Wellstone. Vox Pop. p. 188 p. ISBN 0-9752763-0-1.
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- ed. by James H. Fetzer. (March 28, 2007). The 9/11 Conspiracy. Open Court. p. 450 p. ISBN 0-8126-9612-3.
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References
- ^ Lederer, Sarah (February 2009). "James Fetzer's Home Page". Duluth: University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- "We're all conspiracy theorists at heart". BBC News. February 16, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- Pope, Justin (August 6, 2006). "9/11 Conspiracy Theories Persist, Thrive". Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- Curriculum Vitae (special)
- Scholars for 9/11 Truth - Past Events
- John Gravois, "Professors of Paranoia?: Academics give a scholarly stamp to 9/11 conspiracy theories", The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 23, 2006.
- Narain, Jaya (6 September 2006). "Fury as academics claim 9/11 was 'inside job'". London Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- Scholars for 9/11 Truth - Who Are We
- Scholars for 9/11 Truth - The Science and Politics of 9/11 Ordering Information
- 911 Vancouver Hearings | One step closer to the truth!
- Inside Job: Seven Questions About 9/11 | Veterans Today
- Inside Job: More Proof of 9/11 Duplicity | Veterans Today
- Is "9/11 Truth" Based Upon a False Theory? | Veterans Today
- Dameron, Eva (October 31, 2005). "Author makes case for murder". Daily Lobo (University of New Mexico).
- The NTSB Failed Wellstone
- OpEdNews - Article: Has Cheney been Murdering Americans?
- Sen. Paul Wellstone: More Proof of Assassination | Veterans Today
External links
- Scholars for 9/11Truth, an organization founded by James H. Fetzer
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