James M Humber
Biographic Data
| ID | 5911153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James M Humber |
| GIVEN NAMES | James M |
| FAMILY NAME | Humber |
| SIGNATURE | HUMBER J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Privacy and Health Care
Response to Gale
Descartes' Medical Philosophy
The author of this text seems to want to do two things. First, he wants to clarify nature of mind-body connection and, therefore, present a solution to mind-body problem. Second, he wants to show that Descartes' philosophic thought forms a coherent, interrelated system—a system that he believes should be viewed as advancing knowledge in areas of medicine, ethics, and political theory. Although author is to be praised for his attempt to achieve th…
History, Religion, and Spiritual Democracy
Recognizing Clear and Distinct Perceptions
Malebranche
"Doubts About "Descartes' Self-Doubt
In a recent article, Donald Sievert advances a new and interesting interpretation of the cogito.1 Supposedly, this interpretation enjoys an advantage over all others that it explains how Descartes could have expressed both doubt and certainty regarding his own existence without falling victim to self-contradiction. In briefest outline, the view Sievert would have us adopt is this: First, Descartes is said to observe occurrent mental acts (S, 55).…
Abortion, Fetal Research, and the Law
David Hume
Biomedical Ethics and the Law
Causing, Perceiving and Believing
Abortion
Causal Necessity and the Ontological Argument
The ontological argument appears in a multiplicity of forms. Over the past ten or twelve years, however, the philosophical community seems to have been concerned principally with those versions of the proof which claim that God is a necessary being. In contemporary literature, Professors Malcolm and Hartshorne have been the chief advocates of this view, both men holding that God must be conceived as a necessary being and that, as a result, his ex…
Locke's Philosophy of Science and Knowledge
Locke's Philosophy of Science and Knowledge
Causal Necessity and the Ontological Argument
The ontological argument appears in a multiplicity of forms. Over the past ten or twelve years, however, the philosophical community seems to have been concerned principally with those versions of the proof which claim that God is a necessary being. In contemporary literature, Professors Malcolm and Hartshorne have been the chief advocates of this view, both men holding that God must be conceived as a necessary being and that, as a result, his ex…
Abortion
Biomedical Ethics and the Law
Causing, Perceiving and Believing
Abortion, Fetal Research, and the Law
David Hume
"Doubts About "Descartes' Self-Doubt
In a recent article, Donald Sievert advances a new and interesting interpretation of the cogito.1 Supposedly, this interpretation enjoys an advantage over all others that it explains how Descartes could have expressed both doubt and certainty regarding his own existence without falling victim to self-contradiction. In briefest outline, the view Sievert would have us adopt is this: First, Descartes is said to observe occurrent mental acts (S, 55).…
Malebranche
History, Religion, and Spiritual Democracy
Recognizing Clear and Distinct Perceptions
Descartes' Medical Philosophy
The author of this text seems to want to do two things. First, he wants to clarify nature of mind-body connection and, therefore, present a solution to mind-body problem. Second, he wants to show that Descartes' philosophic thought forms a coherent, interrelated system—a system that he believes should be viewed as advancing knowledge in areas of medicine, ethics, and political theory. Although author is to be praised for his attempt to achieve th…
Response to Gale
Privacy and Health Care
Philosophy (11 works) · Epistemology (10 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Abortion (2 works) · Analytic philosophy (2 works)