Anthony O'Hear
Biographic Data
| ID | 4539388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony O'Hear |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Hear |
| SIGNATURE | HEAR A O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Wainwright and Kwan: Neither Relativism Nor Exclusivism
New essays in political and social philosophy
Verstehen and Humane Understanding
Conceptions of philosophy
Philosophy of Science: Volume 61 (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements)
vii, 278 pages : 23 cm
Philosophy and Public Affairs
This collection of essays derives from a conference sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the Centre of Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of St Andrews. It brings together a number of prominent academics from the fields of philosophy and political theory along with politicians and social commentators. The subjects covered include liberalism, education, welfare policy, religion, art and culture, and cloning. The mix of c…
Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems
Few philosophers in this century have had either Karl Popper's range or his influence, inside and outside philosophy. This collection of essays by fifteen distinguished philosophers, several of whom have been closely associated with Popper and his work, provides a timely assessment of Popper's contributions in a number of key areas: the methodology and philosophy of science; probability and determinism; quantum theory; biology; the theory of evol…
Two Cultures’ Revisited
Vanity of Science Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. (Pascal, Pensées, No. 23)
Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements)
Modern Philosophy
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Modern Philosophy. By Roger Scruton. (London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. Pp. x + 611. Price £25.00.) Anthony O’Hear Anthony O’Hear University of Bradford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 45, Issue 179, April 1995, Pages 276–278, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220441 Published: 01 April 1995
The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies. By David Stove. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1991. Pp. xiii + 209. Price £25.00.) Anthony O’Hear Anthony O’Hear University of Bradford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 171, April 1993, Pages 264–266, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220386 Published: 01 April 1993
Science and Religion
Other Human Beings
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Other Human Beings. By David Cockburn. (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1990. Pp xvi + 240. Price £40.00.) Anthony O’Hear Anthony O’Hear University of Bradford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 165, October 1991, Pages 502–505, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220087 Published: 01 October 1991
Doing Philosophy Historically
Academic Freedom and the University
The evolution of knowledge
OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE: POPPER OR WITTGENSTEIN? by Peter Munz London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985. 353 pp., £17.95
The Importance of Traditional Learning
The importance of traditional learning
(1987). The importance of traditional learning. British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 102-114
Two Introductions
Journal Article Two Introductions Get access Invitation to Philosophy. By Martin Hollis (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985. Pp. 179. Price £5.50) What Philosophy Is: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy. By Anthony O’hear (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985. Pp. 316. Price £4.95.) Peter Lamarque Peter Lamarque University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 36, …
Imprisonment
It is appropriate that a lecture in a series on ‘Philosophy and Practice’ should open by considering Bentham's ideas on imprisonment. For Bentham, incontestably a philosopher, was equally incontestably a practical reformer. This, indeed, is a received idea among philosophers; that is to say, most philosophers know that Bentham designed ‘a model prison of novel design’ (Mary Warnock), but few have actually considered the design, its implications o…
Reply to Glassen
Karl Popper
Karl Popper
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Karl Popper. By Anthony O'hear. [Arguments of the Philosophers.] (Henley-on-Thames: R.K.P., 1980. Pp. xii+ 219. Price £9.75) Larry Briskman Larry Briskman University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 32, Issue 128, July 1982, Pages 285–287, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219332 Published: 01 July 1982
Descartes
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Descartes. By Margaret Dauler Wilson. (London: Routlodgo & Kegan Paul. 1978. Pp. xviii + 255. Price £7.95.) Anthony O’hear Anthony O’hear Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 116, July 1979, Pages 263–264, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218825 Published: 01 July 1979
Academic Freedom and the University
Doing Philosophy Historically
The evolution of knowledge
OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE: POPPER OR WITTGENSTEIN? by Peter Munz London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985. 353 pp., £17.95
Karl Popper
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Karl Popper. By Anthony O'hear. [Arguments of the Philosophers.] (Henley-on-Thames: R.K.P., 1980. Pp. xii+ 219. Price £9.75) Larry Briskman Larry Briskman University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 32, Issue 128, July 1982, Pages 285–287, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219332 Published: 01 July 1982
Descartes
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Descartes. By Margaret Dauler Wilson. (London: Routlodgo & Kegan Paul. 1978. Pp. xviii + 255. Price £7.95.) Anthony O’hear Anthony O’hear Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 116, July 1979, Pages 263–264, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218825 Published: 01 July 1979
Karl Popper
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Karl Popper. By Anthony O'hear. [Arguments of the Philosophers.] (Henley-on-Thames: R.K.P., 1980. Pp. xii+ 219. Price £9.75) Larry Briskman Larry Briskman University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 32, Issue 128, July 1982, Pages 285–287, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219332 Published: 01 July 1982
Karl Popper
Imprisonment
It is appropriate that a lecture in a series on ‘Philosophy and Practice’ should open by considering Bentham's ideas on imprisonment. For Bentham, incontestably a philosopher, was equally incontestably a practical reformer. This, indeed, is a received idea among philosophers; that is to say, most philosophers know that Bentham designed ‘a model prison of novel design’ (Mary Warnock), but few have actually considered the design, its implications o…
Reply to Glassen
Two Introductions
Journal Article Two Introductions Get access Invitation to Philosophy. By Martin Hollis (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985. Pp. 179. Price £5.50) What Philosophy Is: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy. By Anthony O’hear (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985. Pp. 316. Price £4.95.) Peter Lamarque Peter Lamarque University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 36, …
The Importance of Traditional Learning
The importance of traditional learning
(1987). The importance of traditional learning. British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 102-114
Academic Freedom and the University
The evolution of knowledge
OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE: POPPER OR WITTGENSTEIN? by Peter Munz London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985. 353 pp., £17.95
Doing Philosophy Historically
Other Human Beings
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Other Human Beings. By David Cockburn. (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1990. Pp xvi + 240. Price £40.00.) Anthony O’Hear Anthony O’Hear University of Bradford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 165, October 1991, Pages 502–505, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220087 Published: 01 October 1991
The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies. By David Stove. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1991. Pp. xiii + 209. Price £25.00.) Anthony O’Hear Anthony O’Hear University of Bradford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 171, April 1993, Pages 264–266, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220386 Published: 01 April 1993
Science and Religion
Modern Philosophy
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Modern Philosophy. By Roger Scruton. (London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. Pp. x + 611. Price £25.00.) Anthony O’Hear Anthony O’Hear University of Bradford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 45, Issue 179, April 1995, Pages 276–278, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220441 Published: 01 April 1995
Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems
Few philosophers in this century have had either Karl Popper's range or his influence, inside and outside philosophy. This collection of essays by fifteen distinguished philosophers, several of whom have been closely associated with Popper and his work, provides a timely assessment of Popper's contributions in a number of key areas: the methodology and philosophy of science; probability and determinism; quantum theory; biology; the theory of evol…
Two Cultures’ Revisited
Vanity of Science Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. (Pascal, Pensées, No. 23)
Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements)
Philosophy and Public Affairs
This collection of essays derives from a conference sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the Centre of Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of St Andrews. It brings together a number of prominent academics from the fields of philosophy and political theory along with politicians and social commentators. The subjects covered include liberalism, education, welfare policy, religion, art and culture, and cloning. The mix of c…
Philosophy of Science: Volume 61 (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements)
vii, 278 pages : 23 cm
Conceptions of philosophy
Verstehen and Humane Understanding
New essays in political and social philosophy
Wainwright and Kwan: Neither Relativism Nor Exclusivism
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