J J Macintosh
Biographic Data
| ID | 1236642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J J Macintosh |
| GIVEN NAMES | J J |
| FAMILY NAME | Macintosh |
| SIGNATURE | MACINTOSH J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Arguments of Aquinas: A Philosophical View
The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy. Some think that a medieval saint must be, as such, wrong, dated, and boring; others feel that a saint, any saint, must be right, relevant, and inspirational. Both groups are likely to misread Aquinas, if indeed they read him at all. The works of great philosophers are products of their times, but that does not lessen t…
Arguments of Aquinas: A Philosophical View
Hunter’s multifaceted Boyle: Michael Hunter: Boyle studies: Aspects of the life and thought of Robert Boyle (1627–1691). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2015, xiv + 244pp, $124.95 HB
Boyle on Atheism
The Logic and Methodology of Science in Early Modem Thought: Seven Studies , by Fred Wilson
"The Logic and Methodology of Science in Early Modem Thought: Seven Studies, by Fred Wilson." Canadian Journal of History, 36(3), pp. 632–633
Multiple Personality-or Multiple Persons
Hypatia of Alexandria . Maria Dzielska , F. Lyra
Animals, Morality and Robert Boyle
In early life, the philosopher, theologian and scientist Robert Boyle (1627–1691) wrote extensively on moral matters. One of the extant early documents written in Boyle's hand deals with the morality of our treatment of non-human animals. In this piece (probably written about 1647) Boyle offered a number of arguments for extending moral concern to non-human animals. Since the later Boyle routinely vivisected or otherwise killed animals in his sci…
The person and the human mind
St. Thomas and the Traversal of the Infinite
L'A. defend la validite de la reponse qu'apporte Saint Thomas a l'argument de la traversee de l'infini qui s'oppose a la doctrine affirmant la possibilite d'un monde infini dans le passe, contre l'objection opposee par ses adversaires revelant l'apparente incompatibilite de sa position sur l'eternite du monde et sa position concernant la possibilite d'une multitude actuelle infinie, fondee sur la distinction conceptuelle entre actuel et potentiel…
Belief-In Revisited: A Reply To Williams
In ‘Belief-In and Belief in God’ (Religious Studies, 28, 1992), J. N. Williams suggests that belief in God cannot be rational unless one has rational beliefs that God exists. While agreeing with his conclusion (though not with his statement of it), I disagree at almost every step with his method of arriving at it. In particular I suggest that Williams goes astray concerning the dual aspect of belief in , the nature of performatives, the arousal o…
Sleigh's Leibniz and Arnauld
R. C. Sleigh's Leibniz and Arnauld: A Commentary on Their Correspondence is a very good book: it is detailed, clearly written, well argued and attentive to the historical background. The more I read it, the more I enjoyed it and the more I learned. Not only does it offer a wide variety of interesting points for the reader to agree and disagree with, it has, also, the virtue of pretty well forcing the reader to think about the issues involved and …
Reincarnation, Closest Continuers, and the Three Card Trick: A Reply to Noonan and Daniels
In Religious Studies xxvi (1990) Harold W. Noonan and Charles B. Daniels severally take issue with my ‘Reincarnation and Relativized Identity’. Both make valuable points but both, I think, have somewhat missed the point of my original article. In that paper I singled out five different views on the possibility of life after death: (1) that we are reincarnated in the self-same body we had in our pre-mortem state; (2) that we are reincarnated in an…
Atoms, Pneuma, and Tranquillity: Epicurean and Stoic Themes in European Thought
This volume examines the influence that Epicureanism and Stoicism, two philosophies of nature and human nature articulated during classical times, exerted on the development of European thought to the Enlightenment. Although the influence of these philosophies has often been noted in certain areas, such as the influence of Stoicism on the development of Christian thought and the influence of Epicureanism on modern materialism, the chapters in thi…
Theological Question-Begging
In the first section of this paper I offer a necessary condition (Moore's maxim) for members of a particular class of arguments to be acceptable as proofs . (Throughout I ignore proofs within formal systems.) In the second section, I point out that a plausible extension of this principle reveals that a number of additional arguments cannot function successfully as proofs. Finally, I note that a number of theological arguments, particularly cosmol…
Reincarnation and Relativized Identity
There are five main claims that may be made about life after death: ( a ) We are reincarnated in the self-same body we had in life. ( b ) We are reincarnated in another body. (For my purposes in this paper it is a matter of indifference whether this is thought of as reincarnation in another world, or as reincarnation in this world: the arguments I shall be examining apply equally to either case. Throughout the paper the term ‘reincarnation’ used …
The Impossibility of Kantian Immortality
When we discuss Kant's views on immortality we are walking in the by-ways of Kantian exegesis. Kant's views on immortality are interesting in themselves, but even within the Kantian framework, they do not affect other topics of importance. It is true that Kant felt that the possibility of immortality was necessary for certain moral manoeuvres to be possible, but he thought that the existence of God was even more essential, so that particular batt…
A Problem about Identity
1. The problem: Here are three plausible but incompatible propositions:(1) The answer to Locke's question (23):Could we suppose two distinct incommunicable consciousnesses acting the same body, the one constantly by day, the other by night ... I ask ... whether the day and the night man would not be two as distinct persons as Socrates and Plato ?is yes.(2) I am a human being. More generally, human persons are human beings.(3) Identity is not rela…
Kant's Concept of Teleology
Book Reviews Kant’s Concept of Teleology. By J. D. Mcfarland. ( Edinburgh University Press. 1970. Pp. x + 150. Price £2.00) J. J. Macintosh J. J. Macintosh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 90, January 1973, Pages 76–77, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217740 Published: 01 January 1973
The Business of Reason
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Business of Reason. Edited by J. J. MacIntosh and S. C. Coval. (London: Boutledge & Kegan Paul. 1969. Pp. viii + 267. Price 42s) G. J. Warnock G. J. Warnock Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 80, July 1970, Pages 281–282, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218414 Published: 01 July 1970
Transcendental Arguments
A. Phillips Griffiths, J. J. MacIntosh; Transcendental Arguments, Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, Volume 43, Issue 1, 13 July 1969, Pages 165–19
Kant's Concept of Teleology
Book Reviews Kant’s Concept of Teleology. By J. D. Mcfarland. ( Edinburgh University Press. 1970. Pp. x + 150. Price £2.00) J. J. Macintosh J. J. Macintosh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 90, January 1973, Pages 76–77, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217740 Published: 01 January 1973
Transcendental Arguments
A. Phillips Griffiths, J. J. MacIntosh; Transcendental Arguments, Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, Volume 43, Issue 1, 13 July 1969, Pages 165–19
The Business of Reason
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Business of Reason. Edited by J. J. MacIntosh and S. C. Coval. (London: Boutledge & Kegan Paul. 1969. Pp. viii + 267. Price 42s) G. J. Warnock G. J. Warnock Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 80, July 1970, Pages 281–282, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218414 Published: 01 July 1970
Kant's Concept of Teleology
Book Reviews Kant’s Concept of Teleology. By J. D. Mcfarland. ( Edinburgh University Press. 1970. Pp. x + 150. Price £2.00) J. J. Macintosh J. J. Macintosh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 90, January 1973, Pages 76–77, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217740 Published: 01 January 1973
A Problem about Identity
1. The problem: Here are three plausible but incompatible propositions:(1) The answer to Locke's question (23):Could we suppose two distinct incommunicable consciousnesses acting the same body, the one constantly by day, the other by night ... I ask ... whether the day and the night man would not be two as distinct persons as Socrates and Plato ?is yes.(2) I am a human being. More generally, human persons are human beings.(3) Identity is not rela…
The Impossibility of Kantian Immortality
When we discuss Kant's views on immortality we are walking in the by-ways of Kantian exegesis. Kant's views on immortality are interesting in themselves, but even within the Kantian framework, they do not affect other topics of importance. It is true that Kant felt that the possibility of immortality was necessary for certain moral manoeuvres to be possible, but he thought that the existence of God was even more essential, so that particular batt…
Reincarnation and Relativized Identity
There are five main claims that may be made about life after death: ( a ) We are reincarnated in the self-same body we had in life. ( b ) We are reincarnated in another body. (For my purposes in this paper it is a matter of indifference whether this is thought of as reincarnation in another world, or as reincarnation in this world: the arguments I shall be examining apply equally to either case. Throughout the paper the term ‘reincarnation’ used …
Atoms, Pneuma, and Tranquillity: Epicurean and Stoic Themes in European Thought
This volume examines the influence that Epicureanism and Stoicism, two philosophies of nature and human nature articulated during classical times, exerted on the development of European thought to the Enlightenment. Although the influence of these philosophies has often been noted in certain areas, such as the influence of Stoicism on the development of Christian thought and the influence of Epicureanism on modern materialism, the chapters in thi…
Theological Question-Begging
In the first section of this paper I offer a necessary condition (Moore's maxim) for members of a particular class of arguments to be acceptable as proofs . (Throughout I ignore proofs within formal systems.) In the second section, I point out that a plausible extension of this principle reveals that a number of additional arguments cannot function successfully as proofs. Finally, I note that a number of theological arguments, particularly cosmol…
Reincarnation, Closest Continuers, and the Three Card Trick: A Reply to Noonan and Daniels
In Religious Studies xxvi (1990) Harold W. Noonan and Charles B. Daniels severally take issue with my ‘Reincarnation and Relativized Identity’. Both make valuable points but both, I think, have somewhat missed the point of my original article. In that paper I singled out five different views on the possibility of life after death: (1) that we are reincarnated in the self-same body we had in our pre-mortem state; (2) that we are reincarnated in an…
St. Thomas and the Traversal of the Infinite
L'A. defend la validite de la reponse qu'apporte Saint Thomas a l'argument de la traversee de l'infini qui s'oppose a la doctrine affirmant la possibilite d'un monde infini dans le passe, contre l'objection opposee par ses adversaires revelant l'apparente incompatibilite de sa position sur l'eternite du monde et sa position concernant la possibilite d'une multitude actuelle infinie, fondee sur la distinction conceptuelle entre actuel et potentiel…
Belief-In Revisited: A Reply To Williams
In ‘Belief-In and Belief in God’ (Religious Studies, 28, 1992), J. N. Williams suggests that belief in God cannot be rational unless one has rational beliefs that God exists. While agreeing with his conclusion (though not with his statement of it), I disagree at almost every step with his method of arriving at it. In particular I suggest that Williams goes astray concerning the dual aspect of belief in , the nature of performatives, the arousal o…
Sleigh's Leibniz and Arnauld
R. C. Sleigh's Leibniz and Arnauld: A Commentary on Their Correspondence is a very good book: it is detailed, clearly written, well argued and attentive to the historical background. The more I read it, the more I enjoyed it and the more I learned. Not only does it offer a wide variety of interesting points for the reader to agree and disagree with, it has, also, the virtue of pretty well forcing the reader to think about the issues involved and …
Hypatia of Alexandria . Maria Dzielska , F. Lyra
Animals, Morality and Robert Boyle
In early life, the philosopher, theologian and scientist Robert Boyle (1627–1691) wrote extensively on moral matters. One of the extant early documents written in Boyle's hand deals with the morality of our treatment of non-human animals. In this piece (probably written about 1647) Boyle offered a number of arguments for extending moral concern to non-human animals. Since the later Boyle routinely vivisected or otherwise killed animals in his sci…
The person and the human mind
Multiple Personality-or Multiple Persons
The Logic and Methodology of Science in Early Modem Thought: Seven Studies , by Fred Wilson
"The Logic and Methodology of Science in Early Modem Thought: Seven Studies, by Fred Wilson." Canadian Journal of History, 36(3), pp. 632–633
Boyle on Atheism
The Arguments of Aquinas: A Philosophical View
The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy. Some think that a medieval saint must be, as such, wrong, dated, and boring; others feel that a saint, any saint, must be right, relevant, and inspirational. Both groups are likely to misread Aquinas, if indeed they read him at all. The works of great philosophers are products of their times, but that does not lessen t…
Arguments of Aquinas: A Philosophical View
Hunter’s multifaceted Boyle: Michael Hunter: Boyle studies: Aspects of the life and thought of Robert Boyle (1627–1691). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2015, xiv + 244pp, $124.95 HB
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