John T Maier
Biographic Data
| ID | 4498566 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John T Maier |
| GIVEN NAMES | John T |
| FAMILY NAME | Maier |
| SIGNATURE | MAIER J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4541-5157 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mental Health Is Psychological Well‐Being
Many practitioners and organizations see mental health as a kind of well‐being. Recently, several philosophers have criticized this view. I argue that these criticisms are mistaken; mental health is a kind of well‐being, specifically psychological well‐being. Recognition of this point indicates that standard approaches to mental health rest on sound philosophical foundations and also illuminates the nature of mental health itself
Options and Agency
Options and Agency
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
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…
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…
Options and Agency
Options and Agency
Mental Health Is Psychological Well‐Being
Many practitioners and organizations see mental health as a kind of well‐being. Recently, several philosophers have criticized this view. I argue that these criticisms are mistaken; mental health is a kind of well‐being, specifically psychological well‐being. Recognition of this point indicates that standard approaches to mental health rest on sound philosophical foundations and also illuminates the nature of mental health itself
Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 works)