John Maier
Biographic Data
| ID | 3829688 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Maier |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Maier |
| SIGNATURE | MAIER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dispositions and Ergativity
Attempts to give necessary and sufficient conditions for demarcating 'dispositional' predicates (such as 'is fragile') from other predicates are generally acknowledged to fail.This leaves unresolved the question of what it is about paradigm instances of dispositional predicates in virtue of which their application to an object constitutes a disposition ascription.This essay proposes that dispositional predicates are generally derived from ergativ…
The Agentive Modalities
A number of philosophical projects require a proper understanding of the modal aspects of agency, or of what I call ‘the agentive modalities.’ I propose a general account of the agentive modalities, one which takes as its primitive the decision‐theoretic notion of an option. I relate this account to the standard semantics for ‘can’ and to the viability of some positions in the free will debates
Willing, Wanting, Waiting
Holton, Richard, Willing, Wanting, Waiting, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009, xiii + 224, £30.00 (hardback). Theories of the will may be usefully divided into three kinds. The reductivist about the wi...
Desert Songs
Enki and the Theology of Eridu
Myths of Enki, the Crafty God
Elizabeth Fernea's Moroccan Pilgrimage
Journal Article Elizabeth Fernea’s Moroccan Pilgrimage Get access John Maier John Maier SUNY College at Brockport Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 15, Issue 4, December 1988, Pages 67–81, https://doi.org/10.2307/466987 Published: 01 December 1988
The Agentive Modalities
A number of philosophical projects require a proper understanding of the modal aspects of agency, or of what I call ‘the agentive modalities.’ I propose a general account of the agentive modalities, one which takes as its primitive the decision‐theoretic notion of an option. I relate this account to the standard semantics for ‘can’ and to the viability of some positions in the free will debates
Dispositions and Ergativity
Attempts to give necessary and sufficient conditions for demarcating 'dispositional' predicates (such as 'is fragile') from other predicates are generally acknowledged to fail.This leaves unresolved the question of what it is about paradigm instances of dispositional predicates in virtue of which their application to an object constitutes a disposition ascription.This essay proposes that dispositional predicates are generally derived from ergativ…
Enki and the Theology of Eridu
Elizabeth Fernea's Moroccan Pilgrimage
Journal Article Elizabeth Fernea’s Moroccan Pilgrimage Get access John Maier John Maier SUNY College at Brockport Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 15, Issue 4, December 1988, Pages 67–81, https://doi.org/10.2307/466987 Published: 01 December 1988
Elizabeth Fernea's Moroccan Pilgrimage
Journal Article Elizabeth Fernea’s Moroccan Pilgrimage Get access John Maier John Maier SUNY College at Brockport Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 15, Issue 4, December 1988, Pages 67–81, https://doi.org/10.2307/466987 Published: 01 December 1988
Myths of Enki, the Crafty God
Enki and the Theology of Eridu
Desert Songs
Willing, Wanting, Waiting
Holton, Richard, Willing, Wanting, Waiting, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009, xiii + 224, £30.00 (hardback). Theories of the will may be usefully divided into three kinds. The reductivist about the wi...
The Agentive Modalities
A number of philosophical projects require a proper understanding of the modal aspects of agency, or of what I call ‘the agentive modalities.’ I propose a general account of the agentive modalities, one which takes as its primitive the decision‐theoretic notion of an option. I relate this account to the standard semantics for ‘can’ and to the viability of some positions in the free will debates
Dispositions and Ergativity
Attempts to give necessary and sufficient conditions for demarcating 'dispositional' predicates (such as 'is fragile') from other predicates are generally acknowledged to fail.This leaves unresolved the question of what it is about paradigm instances of dispositional predicates in virtue of which their application to an object constitutes a disposition ascription.This essay proposes that dispositional predicates are generally derived from ergativ…
Philosophy (4 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 works)