Elliot Porter
Biographic Data
| ID | 4391990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elliot Porter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elliot |
| FAMILY NAME | Porter |
| SIGNATURE | PORTER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7124-6284 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mania, urgency, and the structure of agency
A debate persists over how to distinguish manic states from non-manic ones (such as depressions). A lacuna exists amongst these efforts, where a specifically agentive account of mania would sit. An agentive account centers the manic person’s view of practical reasons, rationalizing their actions in the same way that sympathetic understandings rationalize the actions of more neurotypical agents. In this paper, I argue that mania restructures our a…
Honor, Success, & Futile Resistance: Here be Dragons
How Looked After Children are Involved in their Review Process
Scales and Tales: Older Women's Difficulty With Daily Tasks
The findings suggest a counterview to functional limitation models. Difficulty was posed as a theoretical construct, and the concept of subliminal difficulty was introduced. Various facets of difficulty warrant further descriptive work. Incorporating an opportunity to talk about difficulty, as well as to rate it, would be valuable in large-scale studies
Older Widows' Intention to Keep the Generations Separate
As the population ages, increasing numbers of older persons face decisions related to their living arrangements. In predictive studies of coresidence of older parents and their adult children, scholars have not studied older persons' preferred living arrangements. To consider the intentions of 16 older widows with regard to their future situations, a descriptive phenomenological investigation was conducted. The phenomenon "keeping the generations…
Older Widows' Intention to Keep the Generations Separate
As the population ages, increasing numbers of older persons face decisions related to their living arrangements. In predictive studies of coresidence of older parents and their adult children, scholars have not studied older persons' preferred living arrangements. To consider the intentions of 16 older widows with regard to their future situations, a descriptive phenomenological investigation was conducted. The phenomenon "keeping the generations…
Scales and Tales: Older Women's Difficulty With Daily Tasks
The findings suggest a counterview to functional limitation models. Difficulty was posed as a theoretical construct, and the concept of subliminal difficulty was introduced. Various facets of difficulty warrant further descriptive work. Incorporating an opportunity to talk about difficulty, as well as to rate it, would be valuable in large-scale studies
How Looked After Children are Involved in their Review Process
Mania, urgency, and the structure of agency
A debate persists over how to distinguish manic states from non-manic ones (such as depressions). A lacuna exists amongst these efforts, where a specifically agentive account of mania would sit. An agentive account centers the manic person’s view of practical reasons, rationalizing their actions in the same way that sympathetic understandings rationalize the actions of more neurotypical agents. In this paper, I argue that mania restructures our a…
Honor, Success, & Futile Resistance: Here be Dragons
Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Activities of daily living (1 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Bipolar disorder (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works)