Richard Fallon
Biographic Data
| ID | 452152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Fallon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Fallon |
| SIGNATURE | FALLON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6722-4189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
This introduction to a special issue on ‘Conceptualising heterodox palaeoscience' contemplates what it means to consider particular interpretations of aspects of Earth's history ‘heterodox' rather than ‘orthodox', given that scientific understandings of this subject have undergone dramatic changes in recent centuries, accelerating in recent decades. Drawing on scholarship about the relationship between palaeoscience and religion, and about the te…
Discovering the Living Fossil Short Story in the Late Nineteenth Century
The founders of cryptozoology in the 1950s implied that their objects of investigation, animals elsewhere presumed mythical or extinct, were beyond respectable science. In the late eighteenth century, Thomas Jefferson had been by no means idiosyncratic in believing that American fossils represented living animals. The subsequent near-consensus regarding extinction was, moreover, complicated in the mid-nineteenth century by evidence that early hum…
Seen through Deep Time
Dating from the middle of the nineteenth century, prominent paranormal researchers in Britain and the United States began to claim that they could see through time. Using clairvoyant powers, they proposed to solve the mysteries of geology and palaeontology, not least by filling in the missing links in the evolution of life. This article explores the literary outputs of these figures, with an especial focus on the Anglo-American ‘psychometers’ Wil…
Brian Noble, Articulating Dinosaurs
Brian Noble, Articulating Dinosaurs: A Political Anthropology, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016, paperback £26.95, pp. xiii+491
Two Senses of Autonomy
A number of commentators have identified autonomy as a central value of the First Amendment. In this essay, Professor Fallon argues that the two leading conceptions of autonomy, positive and negative liberty, are overly simple and flawed. He argues that autonomy-based First Amendment theory should recognize two alternative conceptions: descriptive autonomy, which considers the impact of external causal factors on individual liberty, and ascriptiv…
What Is Republicanism, and Is It Worth Reviving?
Two Senses of Autonomy
A number of commentators have identified autonomy as a central value of the First Amendment. In this essay, Professor Fallon argues that the two leading conceptions of autonomy, positive and negative liberty, are overly simple and flawed. He argues that autonomy-based First Amendment theory should recognize two alternative conceptions: descriptive autonomy, which considers the impact of external causal factors on individual liberty, and ascriptiv…
Discovering the Living Fossil Short Story in the Late Nineteenth Century
The founders of cryptozoology in the 1950s implied that their objects of investigation, animals elsewhere presumed mythical or extinct, were beyond respectable science. In the late eighteenth century, Thomas Jefferson had been by no means idiosyncratic in believing that American fossils represented living animals. The subsequent near-consensus regarding extinction was, moreover, complicated in the mid-nineteenth century by evidence that early hum…
What Is Republicanism, and Is It Worth Reviving?
Two Senses of Autonomy
A number of commentators have identified autonomy as a central value of the First Amendment. In this essay, Professor Fallon argues that the two leading conceptions of autonomy, positive and negative liberty, are overly simple and flawed. He argues that autonomy-based First Amendment theory should recognize two alternative conceptions: descriptive autonomy, which considers the impact of external causal factors on individual liberty, and ascriptiv…
Brian Noble, Articulating Dinosaurs
Brian Noble, Articulating Dinosaurs: A Political Anthropology, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016, paperback £26.95, pp. xiii+491
Seen through Deep Time
Dating from the middle of the nineteenth century, prominent paranormal researchers in Britain and the United States began to claim that they could see through time. Using clairvoyant powers, they proposed to solve the mysteries of geology and palaeontology, not least by filling in the missing links in the evolution of life. This article explores the literary outputs of these figures, with an especial focus on the Anglo-American ‘psychometers’ Wil…
Introduction
This introduction to a special issue on ‘Conceptualising heterodox palaeoscience' contemplates what it means to consider particular interpretations of aspects of Earth's history ‘heterodox' rather than ‘orthodox', given that scientific understandings of this subject have undergone dramatic changes in recent centuries, accelerating in recent decades. Drawing on scholarship about the relationship between palaeoscience and religion, and about the te…
Discovering the Living Fossil Short Story in the Late Nineteenth Century
The founders of cryptozoology in the 1950s implied that their objects of investigation, animals elsewhere presumed mythical or extinct, were beyond respectable science. In the late eighteenth century, Thomas Jefferson had been by no means idiosyncratic in believing that American fossils represented living animals. The subsequent near-consensus regarding extinction was, moreover, complicated in the mid-nineteenth century by evidence that early hum…
Sociology (6 works) · History of Science and Natural History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works)