About Epistemics
The term epistemics was coined in 1969 by Edinburgh University with the founding of its School of Epistemics. In the 1980's the name was changed to Cognitive Science and later incorporated into the School for Informatics.
Epistemics as distinguished from epistemology (The philosophical theory of knowledge, also known as “How we know what we know”) emphasizes, especially the North American Characterization, the scientific study of knowledge (Cognitive Science) and how we apply that revised knowledge.The theories of applied epistemology serve as methodology for the implementation of the process of Epistemics. Foundationally, in part, the applied epistemological focus is tied to the works of Percy W. Bridgman, Alfred Korzybski, J. Samuel Bois, Gaston Bachelard, Albert Ellis, George Kelly, Stephen Pepper, Keith Devlin, Arthur Bentley, Charles Pierce, Kenneth Boulding, Adelbert Ames, Jr., Susanne Langer, Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, George Lakoff and others.
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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. William J. Williams
Professor Emeritus
Sol Price School of Public Policy
University of Southern California
Telephone: (702) 810-3079
Email: willw@usc.edu
Institute for Applied Epistemics
Dr. Williams Biography
Profile
Dr. William J. Williams is currently an Emeritus professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy, and, the Co-founder and Director of the Institute for Applied Epistemics and General Semantics.
Professional Experience
- University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy, Professor
- Long Beach State University, California, Lecturer
- Library of Congress, Washington DC, Personnel Consultant
- Howard University, Washington DC, Visiting Professor
- Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, Lecturer
- Employee Relations Board Mediator, Los Angeles County and Los Angeles City
- Director, Center for Social Action, University of Southern California
- Project Director, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USC Public Administration Program, VE Federal Education Program
- Director, Shaw University/USC University, Without Walls Program
- Consultant to HEW
- Moderator, Educational Program, ABC Television
- Moderator, Educational Program, CBS Television
- Consultant, Port Authority of New York
- Regional Director, Western Program, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights – Eleven states
- Deputy Staff Director. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Instructor, Los Angeles City College
- Congressional Field Director for United States, Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins
- Consultant, California State Legislature subcommittee on Economic Development and Automation
- Research Director, Joint Council #8 for building service unions
- Administrative Advisor, New York State Commission on the Governmental Operations of New York City
- US International Cooperation Administration, Consultant
- Associate Director and Acting Director, USC International Public Administration Center
- Instructor, Southern University, Louisiana
- New York University Instructor, New York
- Evaluator for the National Science Foundation
- Doctoral Committee Faculty Member University of Lancaster-Lancaster England
- California State Polytechnic University at Pomona Visting faculty in Public Policy
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Visiting Faculty
- Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, Visiting Lecturer
- Shaw University Founders Day Speaker
Professional Associations
- Public Personnel Association
- American Humanist Society
- American Society for Public Administration
- International Society for General Semantics
- American Political Science Association
- The Society of Equal Employment consultants
- Institute for General Semantics
- American Association of University Professors
- The American Academy of Political and Social Science
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
Other Experience
- Coordinating Council for Economic Development and Employment (non-profit), Executive Director, Los Angeles
- Candidate for Secretary of State, California
- Director, California Democratic Council, 24th District
Professional Activities – USC
- USC, Committee on Minority Faculty, Chairman
- School of Public Administration (USC) Personnel Committee, Member
- University Committee on Tenure and Privileges, Member
- University Search Committee to Select a Director of Personnel, Member
- Black History Week, Los Angeles County, Chairman
- President, USC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors
- Social Change Committee, USC, Chairman
- Ethics Committee, USC, Member
- Doctoral Admissions Committee, USC, Member
- Association of Black County Administrators, Member of the Advisory Board
- Tenure and Promotions Criteria Committee, USC, Chairman
- Task Force – Black and African Center for Culture Arts, USC, Member
- Chairman, School of Public Administration Promotion Criteria Committee
- Salary Allocations Committee, USC, Chairman
- USC Representative at the Inauguration of the President of Marist College - panel member
- USC Tenure and Promotions Panel, Member
- USC Search Committee for Personnel Director, Member
- USC Search Committee for Selection of Dean of School of Architecture, Member
- USC University Appeals Committee of Personnel Actions, Member
- USC University Student Appeals Committee, Member
- USC President’s Executive Advisory Committee, Member
- USC Faculty Senate Appeals Committee on Tenure and Promotion, Member
- USC Faculty Senate Athletic Affairs Advisory Committee, Member
Honors
- Alpha Phi Omega Man-of-the-Year Award. It is given annually to a civic of business leader or an educator who has distinguished himself in service to others.
- Delta Sigma Theta Award
- Men of Tomorrow – Award for Community and Civic Involvement
- Optimist Club – Merit Award
- Who’s Who in America
- Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans
- International Who’s Who in Community Service
- Who’s Who in the West
- Achievement Award for Contributions in the Field of Public Administration – Ebonics Support Group, University of Southern California
- Teaching Excellence Award, School of Public Administration, University of Southern California
- Who’s Who in Social Science
Publications - Books
- General Semantics and the Social Sciences, Philosophical Library
- Uncommon Sense and Dimensional Awareness. University Publishers
- Epistemics: Personalizing the Process of Change, University Publishers
- Selections from Semantics Behavior and Decision Making, Public Affairs Center
- Semantic Behavior and Decision Making, Monograph Publishing Series, A subsidiary of University Microfilms International
- The Miracle of Abduction, Epistemics Press
- New Thinking for a New Millennium. The Processes and Application of Abstracting, Pentland Press
Articles
- Giving Attention to the Needs of Black Students," The Journal of the Association of Deans and Administrators of Student Affairs, Vol. 5, No. 4, April 1969.
- Epistemics Abstract Brief, Language and Behavioral Abstracts, University
Of Michigan Press
- “Epistemics: A New Process”, Journal of the International Society for General Semantics
- “A Transactive Method for Communicating”, Journal of the International Society for General Semantics
- “General Semantics, Epistemics and Collective Bargaining,” Journal of the International Society for General Semantics
- "The Public Service Collective Bargaining Process: Toward a New Technique,” Public personnel Review and Personnel Administration
- “Epistemics as an Analytical Method,” etc., Journal of the International Society for General Semantics
- “Decision Making and the New Process of Epistemics,” International Society for General Semantics
- “A Creative Dimension: Model and Method,” International Communications Journal
- “Methods and Models in Social Science,” International Society for General Semantics
- “Public Administration and General Semantics,” University of Southern California Faculty Senate Publication
- “The Black Athlete: A Bad Rap,” Daily Trojan Newspaper of the University of Southern California
- “Epistemological Background for Knowing and Naming.” Review of General Semantics Journal
Book Reviews
- Patterns of Discovery in the Social Sciences by Paul Diesing, The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science
- The Languages of a Bilingual Community, International Migration Review
- Evidence and Explanation in the Social Sciences by Gerald Studdert-Kennedy, The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences
- Kenneth W. Thompson, Ethics, Functionalism and Power in International Politics: The Crisis in Values, The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences
- Political Reasoning by Evert Verdun, The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences
- The Nine Nations of North American by Joel Garreau, The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences
Monographs and Specialized Publications
- Attracting and Developing Industry, School of Social Service, New York University
- Planned Community Development, Executive Development Group Los Angeles
- Contemporary Papers on Social Change and the Administrative Process, USC Center for Social Action
- A Training Manual for Community Organizations, USC Center for Social Action
- Program on Social Conflict and Change, Center for Social Action, USC
- Critique of the Governor’s Commission on the Los Angeles Riot, Executive Development Group
- Special Assembly Subcommittee on Economic Development and Automation, California State Assembly publication
- Wrote Foreword to the book, Breeds of Men, by J. Samuel Bois, published by Harper and Row, 1973.
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