Alan Brinton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5595098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Brinton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Brinton |
| SIGNATURE | BRINTON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boise State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Historical Foundations of Informal Logic
In just the last twenty years there has arisen a strong interest, especially among teachers of logic at the universities, in teaching techniques of applied logical reasoning and critical thinking. Many universities are now stressing these skills at an introductory level, and to meet the need, informal logic has begun to form and grow as a discipline in its own right. Like all subjects, it helps us to understand it if we can situate it in a contex…
Following Nature' In Butler's Sermons
Journal Article 'Following Nature' in Butler'S Sermons Get access Alan Brinton Alan Brinton Boise State University, Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 164, July 1991, Pages 325–332, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220033 Published: 01 July 1991
The Reasonableness of Agnosticism
Agnostics often hold that, since there is not a clear preponderance of evidence either in favour of theistic belief or against it, their position of suspended belief is more rational than either theism or atheism. I would like to examine an objection raised recently by Clement Dore against the agnostic's reasoning on this matter
St Augustine and the problem of deception in religious persuasion
A substantial body of literature has been produced in the twentieth century by religious and philosophical writers on the ethics of belief. Discussion of this topic has generally focused on the processes leading up to belief within the individual, so that it would not be inaccurate to say that for most of these writers ‘the ethics of belief’ means ‘the ethics of coming–to–believe’. There has been little attention among these writers, however, to …
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The Obligation to Believe
Do we ever have an obligation to choose to hold beliefs, religious or otherwise? The relations between belief, volition and moral responsibility are the subject of William James' widely discussed essay ‘The Will to Believe’. James first takes up the relationship between volition and belief: Does it make sense to speak of choosing to believe a proposition? His answer is that it does, in the sense that we can choose to act in ways which encourage t…
William James and the epistemic view of rhetoric
Recent rhetorical theorists who have argued that knowledge is in part or wholly rhetorical have stopped short of giving an adequate account of the nature of truth, an account which views truth as a function of rhetorical activity but at the same time avoids subjectivism. This essay argues that such a conception of truth is to be found in the writings of William James
William James and the epistemic view of rhetoric
Recent rhetorical theorists who have argued that knowledge is in part or wholly rhetorical have stopped short of giving an adequate account of the nature of truth, an account which views truth as a function of rhetorical activity but at the same time avoids subjectivism. This essay argues that such a conception of truth is to be found in the writings of William James
The Obligation to Believe
Do we ever have an obligation to choose to hold beliefs, religious or otherwise? The relations between belief, volition and moral responsibility are the subject of William James' widely discussed essay ‘The Will to Believe’. James first takes up the relationship between volition and belief: Does it make sense to speak of choosing to believe a proposition? His answer is that it does, in the sense that we can choose to act in ways which encourage t…
William James and the epistemic view of rhetoric
Recent rhetorical theorists who have argued that knowledge is in part or wholly rhetorical have stopped short of giving an adequate account of the nature of truth, an account which views truth as a function of rhetorical activity but at the same time avoids subjectivism. This essay argues that such a conception of truth is to be found in the writings of William James
St Augustine and the problem of deception in religious persuasion
A substantial body of literature has been produced in the twentieth century by religious and philosophical writers on the ethics of belief. Discussion of this topic has generally focused on the processes leading up to belief within the individual, so that it would not be inaccurate to say that for most of these writers ‘the ethics of belief’ means ‘the ethics of coming–to–believe’. There has been little attention among these writers, however, to …
Forum
The Reasonableness of Agnosticism
Agnostics often hold that, since there is not a clear preponderance of evidence either in favour of theistic belief or against it, their position of suspended belief is more rational than either theism or atheism. I would like to examine an objection raised recently by Clement Dore against the agnostic's reasoning on this matter
Following Nature' In Butler's Sermons
Journal Article 'Following Nature' in Butler'S Sermons Get access Alan Brinton Alan Brinton Boise State University, Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 164, July 1991, Pages 325–332, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220033 Published: 01 July 1991
Historical Foundations of Informal Logic
In just the last twenty years there has arisen a strong interest, especially among teachers of logic at the universities, in teaching techniques of applied logical reasoning and critical thinking. Many universities are now stressing these skills at an introductory level, and to meet the need, informal logic has begun to form and grow as a discipline in its own right. Like all subjects, it helps us to understand it if we can situate it in a contex…
Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Deception (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Rhetoric and Communication Studies (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agnosticism (1 works)