Brian Scott Ballard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4281727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Scott Ballard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballard |
| SIGNATURE | BALLARD B S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University Irvine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Threat of Anti-Theism
Would God's existence be a good thing for us? According to anti-theism, the answer is No. Probably, many theists will want to reject anti-theism. But it isn't obvious why. After all, whether p is good for us is logically independent from whether p is true. So anti-theism seems entirely compatible with theism. In this essay, however, I argue this seeming compatibility is mistaken. If anti-theism is true, then the theism of most practicing believer…
The Virtues of Limits
Journal Article The Virtues of Limits Get access The Virtues of Limits. By David Mc Pherson. (Oxford: OUP, 2022. Pp. x + 187. Price £55.00.) Brian Scott Ballard Brian Scott Ballard LCC International University, Lithuania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 3, July 2023, Pages 811–814, https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqad050 Published: 08 May 2023
Content and the Fittingness of Emotion
Many philosophers of emotion, whether perceptual or cognitive theorists, have claimed that emotions represent evaluative properties. This is often supported by an appeal to the fittingness of emotion: that emotions can be fitting shows they represent evaluative properties. In this paper, however, I argue that this inference is much too fast. In fact, no aspect of the rational assessment of emotion directly supports the claim that emotions represe…
The Threat of Anti-Theism
Would God's existence be a good thing for us? According to anti-theism, the answer is No. Probably, many theists will want to reject anti-theism. But it isn't obvious why. After all, whether p is good for us is logically independent from whether p is true. So anti-theism seems entirely compatible with theism. In this essay, however, I argue this seeming compatibility is mistaken. If anti-theism is true, then the theism of most practicing believer…
Content and the Fittingness of Emotion
Many philosophers of emotion, whether perceptual or cognitive theorists, have claimed that emotions represent evaluative properties. This is often supported by an appeal to the fittingness of emotion: that emotions can be fitting shows they represent evaluative properties. In this paper, however, I argue that this inference is much too fast. In fact, no aspect of the rational assessment of emotion directly supports the claim that emotions represe…
The Virtues of Limits
Journal Article The Virtues of Limits Get access The Virtues of Limits. By David Mc Pherson. (Oxford: OUP, 2022. Pp. x + 187. Price £55.00.) Brian Scott Ballard Brian Scott Ballard LCC International University, Lithuania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 3, July 2023, Pages 811–814, https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqad050 Published: 08 May 2023
The Threat of Anti-Theism
Would God's existence be a good thing for us? According to anti-theism, the answer is No. Probably, many theists will want to reject anti-theism. But it isn't obvious why. After all, whether p is good for us is logically independent from whether p is true. So anti-theism seems entirely compatible with theism. In this essay, however, I argue this seeming compatibility is mistaken. If anti-theism is true, then the theism of most practicing believer…
Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Appeal (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Cognition (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works) · Cognitive science (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Content (measure theory) (1 works)