David M Holley
Biographic Data
| ID | 2837625 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David M Holley |
| GIVEN NAMES | David M |
| FAMILY NAME | Holley |
| SIGNATURE | HOLLEY D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Mississippi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Practical considerations and evidence in James's permission to believe
Philosophers often read ‘The will to believe’ as defending the substitution of non-epistemic reasons for inadequate epistemic reasons. I contend that a more charitable reading of James's argument is to understand him as proposing a contextualist account of the kind of evidence needed for responsible believing. On my reading, James claims that evidential support that might be insufficient in a purely theoretical context may be good enough when the…
How Can a Believer Doubt That God Exists
How can someone confidently believe that God exists, but also have moments of serious doubt about whether the belief is true? A religiously significant belief that God exists is a by‐product of adopting a perceptual framing narrative which presupposes God's existence. Using such a narrative is a type of skilled performance that results in an awareness of theistic significance which may at times be disrupted. At such times, doubts may arise about …
Meaning and Mystery
Meaning and mystery
Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day
This article argues that there is a need to understand business travel time in the context of the wider organization of work time. It considers why travel time use is potentially changing with the use of mobile technologies by the increasing number of individuals engaged in `knowledge work', and examines existing evidence that indicates that travel time use is part of a wider work-related `taskscape'. However, it not only considers material produ…
Everyone's doing it
Is God a Utilitarian
In a well-known passage Mill defends his utilitarian theory against the objection that it is a godless doctrine. He argues, If it be a true belief that God desires, above all things, the happiness of his creatures, and that this was his purpose in their creation, utility is not only not a godless doctrine, but more profoundly religious than any other. If it be meant that utilitarianism does not recognize the revealed will of God as the supreme la…
Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day
This article argues that there is a need to understand business travel time in the context of the wider organization of work time. It considers why travel time use is potentially changing with the use of mobile technologies by the increasing number of individuals engaged in `knowledge work', and examines existing evidence that indicates that travel time use is part of a wider work-related `taskscape'. However, it not only considers material produ…
How Can a Believer Doubt That God Exists
How can someone confidently believe that God exists, but also have moments of serious doubt about whether the belief is true? A religiously significant belief that God exists is a by‐product of adopting a perceptual framing narrative which presupposes God's existence. Using such a narrative is a type of skilled performance that results in an awareness of theistic significance which may at times be disrupted. At such times, doubts may arise about …
Is God a Utilitarian
In a well-known passage Mill defends his utilitarian theory against the objection that it is a godless doctrine. He argues, If it be a true belief that God desires, above all things, the happiness of his creatures, and that this was his purpose in their creation, utility is not only not a godless doctrine, but more profoundly religious than any other. If it be meant that utilitarianism does not recognize the revealed will of God as the supreme la…
Everyone's doing it
Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day
This article argues that there is a need to understand business travel time in the context of the wider organization of work time. It considers why travel time use is potentially changing with the use of mobile technologies by the increasing number of individuals engaged in `knowledge work', and examines existing evidence that indicates that travel time use is part of a wider work-related `taskscape'. However, it not only considers material produ…
Meaning and Mystery
Meaning and mystery
How Can a Believer Doubt That God Exists
How can someone confidently believe that God exists, but also have moments of serious doubt about whether the belief is true? A religiously significant belief that God exists is a by‐product of adopting a perceptual framing narrative which presupposes God's existence. Using such a narrative is a type of skilled performance that results in an awareness of theistic significance which may at times be disrupted. At such times, doubts may arise about …
Practical considerations and evidence in James's permission to believe
Philosophers often read ‘The will to believe’ as defending the substitution of non-epistemic reasons for inadequate epistemic reasons. I contend that a more charitable reading of James's argument is to understand him as proposing a contextualist account of the kind of evidence needed for responsible believing. On my reading, James claims that evidential support that might be insufficient in a purely theoretical context may be good enough when the…
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Business travel (1 work)