Paul Butterfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 5859218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Butterfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Butterfield |
| SIGNATURE | BUTTERFIELD P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9701-7743 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Callousness as a kind of moral wrongdoing in humor
This article considers the options for moral criticism of joking speech. It denies that it is always appropriate to say, of socially offensive jokers, that they must have malicious intentions or bigoted beliefs—and, in the absence of this kind of claim, it searches for a more appropriate criticism of offensive humor. Ultimately, the article identifies callousness as the moral charge that can fairly be leveled at offensive jokers when they do not …
Comedic Hermeneutical Injustice
This article posits and explores the concept of comedic hermeneutical injustice: a type of hermeneutical injustice that disadvantages members of marginalized groups in the arena of humor-sharing. First I explain the concept of comedic hermeneutical injustice: that agents who are hermeneutically marginalized are less able to successfully participate in the sharing of humor. Then I suggest that, to prove the existence of such an injustice, two thin…
Focusing on the Gap
The First Training Colleges for Teachers of the Blind
The first training colleges for teachers of the blind
The Educational Researches of the Manchester Statistical Society, 1830-1840
The educational researches of the Manchester statistical society, 1830–1840
(1974). The educational researches of the Manchester statistical society, 1830–1840. British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 340-359
The First Training Colleges for Teachers of the Deaf
The first training colleges for teachers of the deaf
dward Rushton,' a Liverpool man who early in his life went to sea, was a typical product of the Enlightenment. He became interested in the rights of men through his own experiences of the English Slave Trade with its concomitant brutality and degradation. On one of his voyages an outbreak of contagious ophthalmia amongst the slaves spread to the crew and resulted in his losing the sight of his left eye. Severe damage to his right eye ensured that…
Aspects of the Work of Matthew Arnold for Royal Commissions
Aspects of the work of Matthew Arnold for royal commissions
N 1847 Matthew Arnold was appointed Private Secretary to the Marquis of Lansdowne, the President of the Council, who was, at that time, the Government Minister responsible for the administration of public education. Thus began his association with public education, a connection which endured for almost forty years.1 When, in 1851, he was appointed to H.M.I. Arnold became a layman in a field which was almost entirely restricted to ordained Anglica…
Comedic Hermeneutical Injustice
This article posits and explores the concept of comedic hermeneutical injustice: a type of hermeneutical injustice that disadvantages members of marginalized groups in the arena of humor-sharing. First I explain the concept of comedic hermeneutical injustice: that agents who are hermeneutically marginalized are less able to successfully participate in the sharing of humor. Then I suggest that, to prove the existence of such an injustice, two thin…
The educational researches of the Manchester statistical society, 1830–1840
(1974). The educational researches of the Manchester statistical society, 1830–1840. British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 340-359
Aspects of the Work of Matthew Arnold for Royal Commissions
Aspects of the work of Matthew Arnold for royal commissions
N 1847 Matthew Arnold was appointed Private Secretary to the Marquis of Lansdowne, the President of the Council, who was, at that time, the Government Minister responsible for the administration of public education. Thus began his association with public education, a connection which endured for almost forty years.1 When, in 1851, he was appointed to H.M.I. Arnold became a layman in a field which was almost entirely restricted to ordained Anglica…
The First Training Colleges for Teachers of the Deaf
The first training colleges for teachers of the deaf
dward Rushton,' a Liverpool man who early in his life went to sea, was a typical product of the Enlightenment. He became interested in the rights of men through his own experiences of the English Slave Trade with its concomitant brutality and degradation. On one of his voyages an outbreak of contagious ophthalmia amongst the slaves spread to the crew and resulted in his losing the sight of his left eye. Severe damage to his right eye ensured that…
The Educational Researches of the Manchester Statistical Society, 1830-1840
The educational researches of the Manchester statistical society, 1830–1840
(1974). The educational researches of the Manchester statistical society, 1830–1840. British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 340-359
The First Training Colleges for Teachers of the Blind
The first training colleges for teachers of the blind
Focusing on the Gap
Comedic Hermeneutical Injustice
This article posits and explores the concept of comedic hermeneutical injustice: a type of hermeneutical injustice that disadvantages members of marginalized groups in the arena of humor-sharing. First I explain the concept of comedic hermeneutical injustice: that agents who are hermeneutically marginalized are less able to successfully participate in the sharing of humor. Then I suggest that, to prove the existence of such an injustice, two thin…
Callousness as a kind of moral wrongdoing in humor
This article considers the options for moral criticism of joking speech. It denies that it is always appropriate to say, of socially offensive jokers, that they must have malicious intentions or bigoted beliefs—and, in the absence of this kind of claim, it searches for a more appropriate criticism of offensive humor. Ultimately, the article identifies callousness as the moral charge that can fairly be leveled at offensive jokers when they do not …
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Training (meteorology) (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (3 works)