D H Mellor
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 491791 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | D H Mellor |
| NOMBRES | D H |
| APELLIDO | Mellor |
| FIRMA | MELLOR D H |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 80 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1965 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
A Companion to Philosophy in Australia andNew Zealand
Oppy, Graham and N. N. Trakakis, eds, A Companion to Philosophy in Australia andNew Zealand, Clayton: Monash University Publishing, 2010, pp. xxiii + 711, AU$59.95 (paperback). If philosophy were a
Wholes and Parts
The paper argues that very different part-whole relations hold between different kinds of entities. While these relations share most of their formal properties, they need not share all of them. Nor need other mereological principles be true of all kinds of part-whole pairs. In particular, it is argued that the principle of unrestricted composition, that any two or more entities have a mereological sum, while true of sets and propositions, is fals…
Ramsey’s Legacy
The Cambridge philosopher Frank Ramsey (1903-1930) died tragically young, but had already established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century. Besides groundbreaking work in philosophy, particularly in logic, language, and metaphysics, he created modern decision theory and made substantial contributions to mathematics and economics. In these original essays, written to commemorate the centenary of Ramsey's birth, a dis…
The matter of chance
Other Times
Real Time II
Real time II
The Facts of Causation (International Library of Philosophy)
The Facts of Causation
Matters of Metaphysics
This PDF file is made available by permission of Cambridge University Press. To order a hard copy, go to http://www.cambridge.org/9780521411172 (hardback) or www.cambridge.org/9780521044479 (paperback)
There is No Question of Physicalism
Many philosophers are impressed by the progress achieved by physical sciences. This has had an especially deep effect on their ontological views: it has made many of them physicalists. Physicalists believe that everything is physical: more precisely, that all entities, properties, relations, and facts are those which are studied by physics or other physical sciences. They may not all agree with the spirit of Rutherford's quoted remark that 'there…
R. B. Braithwaite (1900–1990)
Real Time
Real Time
Real Time
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Real Time. By D. H. Mellor. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Pp. xii + 203. £17.50) Murray Macbeath Murray Macbeath University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 33, Issue 130, January 1983, Pages 92–95, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219210 Published: 01 January 1983
Science, Belief, and Behaviour
This volume is a collection of original essays by eminent philosophers written for R. B. Braithwaite's eightieth birthday to celebrate his work and teaching. In one way or another, all the essays reflect his central concern with the impact of science on our beliefs about the world and the responses appropriate to that. Together they testify to the signal importance of his contributions in areas of philosophy bearing on this concern: the philosoph…
On Things and Causes in Spacetime
Natural Kinds
In Defense of Dispositions
The Matter of Chance
The Matter of Chance
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Matter of Chance. By D. H. Mellor. ( Cambridge University Press. 1971. Pp. xiii + 190. Price £4.00) J. L. Mackie J. L. Mackie Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 90, January 1973, Pages 85–87, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217745 Published: 01 January 1973
Probability and Evidence
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Probability and Evidence. By A. J. Ayer. (London: Macmillan 1972. Pp. x + 144. Price £3.50) D. H. Mellor D. H. Mellor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 92, July 1973, Pages 272–274, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218012 Published: 01 July 1973
Index 1950-69 Volumes 1-20
The Problem of Inductive Logic
Book Reviews Get access The Problem of Inductive Logic. Edited by Imre Lakatos. (Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Co. 1968. Pp. viii + 417. Price 105s) D. H. Mellor D. H. Mellor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 81, October 1970, Pages 405–406, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217668 Published: 01 October 1970
God and Probability
My object in this paper is to consider what relevance, if any, current analyses of probability have to problems of religious belief. There is no doubt that words such as ‘probable’ are used in this context; what is doubtful is that this use can be analysed as other major uses of such words can. I shall conclude that this use cannot be so analysed and hence, given the preponderance of the other uses that can, that it is misleading
In Defense of Dispositions
Natural Kinds
Models and Analogies in Science
Experimental Error and Deducibility
The view is advocated that to preserve a deductivist account of science against recent criticism, it is necessary to incorporate experimental error, or imprecision, in the deductive structure. The sources of imprecision in empirical variables are analyzed, and the notion of conceptual imprecision introduced and illustrated. This is then used to clarify the notion of the acceptable range of a functional law. It is further shown that imprecision ma…
On Things and Causes in Spacetime
Inexactness and Explanation
The paper ∗∗ discusses the problems raised by the inexactness of experiential concepts for a deductivist account of theoretical explanation. The process of theoretical explanation is explicated in terms of the devising of exact forms of inexact concepts. Analysis of the adjustments of concepts and their exact forms to each other reveals an implicit criterion of adequacy for theories which is related to the principle of connectivity
A Companion to Philosophy in Australia andNew Zealand
Oppy, Graham and N. N. Trakakis, eds, A Companion to Philosophy in Australia andNew Zealand, Clayton: Monash University Publishing, 2010, pp. xxiii + 711, AU$59.95 (paperback). If philosophy were a
The Matter of Chance
Connectivity, Chance, and Ignorance
Wholes and Parts
The paper argues that very different part-whole relations hold between different kinds of entities. While these relations share most of their formal properties, they need not share all of them. Nor need other mereological principles be true of all kinds of part-whole pairs. In particular, it is argued that the principle of unrestricted composition, that any two or more entities have a mereological sum, while true of sets and propositions, is fals…
Real Time
Imprecision and Explanation
The paper, analyses the role of measurable concepts in deductive explanation. It is shown that such concepts are, although imprecise in a defined sense, exact in that neutral candidates to them do not arise. An analysis is given of the way in which imprecision is related to generalisation, and it is shown how imprecise concepts are incorporated in testable deductive explanations
Experimental Error and Deducibility
The view is advocated that to preserve a deductivist account of science against recent criticism, it is necessary to incorporate experimental error, or imprecision, in the deductive structure. The sources of imprecision in empirical variables are analyzed, and the notion of conceptual imprecision introduced and illustrated. This is then used to clarify the notion of the acceptable range of a functional law. It is further shown that imprecision ma…
Inexactness and Explanation
The paper ∗∗ discusses the problems raised by the inexactness of experiential concepts for a deductivist account of theoretical explanation. The process of theoretical explanation is explicated in terms of the devising of exact forms of inexact concepts. Analysis of the adjustments of concepts and their exact forms to each other reveals an implicit criterion of adequacy for theories which is related to the principle of connectivity
Imprecision and Explanation
The paper, analyses the role of measurable concepts in deductive explanation. It is shown that such concepts are, although imprecise in a defined sense, exact in that neutral candidates to them do not arise. An analysis is given of the way in which imprecision is related to generalisation, and it is shown how imprecise concepts are incorporated in testable deductive explanations
Connectivity, Chance, and Ignorance
Models and Analogies in Science
God and Probability
My object in this paper is to consider what relevance, if any, current analyses of probability have to problems of religious belief. There is no doubt that words such as ‘probable’ are used in this context; what is doubtful is that this use can be analysed as other major uses of such words can. I shall conclude that this use cannot be so analysed and hence, given the preponderance of the other uses that can, that it is misleading
Index 1950-69 Volumes 1-20
The Problem of Inductive Logic
Book Reviews Get access The Problem of Inductive Logic. Edited by Imre Lakatos. (Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Co. 1968. Pp. viii + 417. Price 105s) D. H. Mellor D. H. Mellor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 81, October 1970, Pages 405–406, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217668 Published: 01 October 1970
The Matter of Chance
The Matter of Chance
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Matter of Chance. By D. H. Mellor. ( Cambridge University Press. 1971. Pp. xiii + 190. Price £4.00) J. L. Mackie J. L. Mackie Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 90, January 1973, Pages 85–87, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217745 Published: 01 January 1973
Probability and Evidence
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Probability and Evidence. By A. J. Ayer. (London: Macmillan 1972. Pp. x + 144. Price £3.50) D. H. Mellor D. H. Mellor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 92, July 1973, Pages 272–274, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218012 Published: 01 July 1973
In Defense of Dispositions
Natural Kinds
On Things and Causes in Spacetime
Science, Belief, and Behaviour
This volume is a collection of original essays by eminent philosophers written for R. B. Braithwaite's eightieth birthday to celebrate his work and teaching. In one way or another, all the essays reflect his central concern with the impact of science on our beliefs about the world and the responses appropriate to that. Together they testify to the signal importance of his contributions in areas of philosophy bearing on this concern: the philosoph…
Real Time
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Real Time. By D. H. Mellor. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Pp. xii + 203. £17.50) Murray Macbeath Murray Macbeath University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 33, Issue 130, January 1983, Pages 92–95, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219210 Published: 01 January 1983
Real Time
Real Time
There is No Question of Physicalism
Many philosophers are impressed by the progress achieved by physical sciences. This has had an especially deep effect on their ontological views: it has made many of them physicalists. Physicalists believe that everything is physical: more precisely, that all entities, properties, relations, and facts are those which are studied by physics or other physical sciences. They may not all agree with the spirit of Rutherford's quoted remark that 'there…
R. B. Braithwaite (1900–1990)
Matters of Metaphysics
This PDF file is made available by permission of Cambridge University Press. To order a hard copy, go to http://www.cambridge.org/9780521411172 (hardback) or www.cambridge.org/9780521044479 (paperback)
The Facts of Causation
Real Time II
Real time II
The Facts of Causation (International Library of Philosophy)
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