Alan Holland

Biographic Data

ID5966173
NAMEAlan Holland
GIVEN NAMESAlan
FAMILY NAMEHolland
SIGNATUREHOLLAND A
AFFILIATIONSLancaster University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1973
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Michael Hammond

    Open AccessAlan HollandARTICLEEnvironmental Values2024

  • J. Baird Callicott, John van Buren and Keith Wayne Brown, Greek Natural Philosophy

    Open AccessAlan HollandARTICLEEnvironmental Values2020

  • Practical Reasons and Environmental Commitment

    Alan Holland, Stephen M Gardiner et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Environmental…2016

    The giving of reasons is a way of making sense of what we do, both to ourselves and to others. Three kinds of reason are distinguished: reasons for doing something, reasons to do something, and reasons why we do something. Following a suggestion of Bernard Williams, it is argued that reasons for doing something must key into our actual or potential motivational repertoire. Environmental commitment is a case in point. By inviting us to “regard” la…

  • Philosophy, Its History and Historiography

    Alan Holland, Alan J HollandBOOKPhilosophy, Its History and…2013

  • Dark is the World to Thee

    Teresa Kwiatowska, Alan HollandARTICLEEnvironment and History2010References: 4

    Evidence of human impact on the natural world and of environmental degradation has existed from approximately the fifth century B.C. From time to time we find this evidence noted by a variety of sources ranging from the classical through to the medieval period. However, what we like to think of as our modern environmental consciousness was slow to form. We review and offer some analysis both of the evidence and of the responses to it over this pe…

  • Environmental Values

    James O’neill, John O'Neill et al.BOOKEnvironmental Values2008

    We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming. In everyday life people mourn the loss of valued landscapes and urban spaces. Underlying these problems are conflicting priorities and values. Yet dominant approaches to policy-making seem ill-equipped to capture the various ways in which the environment matters to us. Envi…

  • Walking the Talk

    Erika Brady, Kate Rawles et al.ARTICLEWorldviews Global Religions…2004Cited by: 1References: 1

    This paper describes our experience of teaching environmental ethics as part of a Philosophy of Conservation field trip to Rum, off the West coast of Scotland. The field trip was formalised into an M. A. Module in 1999. After outlining the educational aims of the module, and how these are implemented in this setting, we indicate some of the key issues in ethics and aesthetics that emerge as we explore two specific conservation sites. We close wit…

  • Evolution and Purpose

    Alan HollandARTICLEWorldviews Global Religions…2002

  • Paradoxes of Knowledge

    Alan Holland, Elizabeth Hankins Wolgast et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1979

    Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Paradoxes of Knowledge. By Elizabeth Hankins Wolgast. (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 1977. Pp. 214.) Alan Holland Alan Holland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 115, April 1979, Pages 175–176, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219493 Published: 01 April 1979

  • Can Mannison Avoid a Causal Theory of Knowledge

    A J Holland, Alan HollandARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1977

    Journal Article Can Mannison Avoid a Causal Theory of Knowledge? Get access A. J. Holland A. J. Holland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 27, Issue 107, April 1977, Pages 158–161, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219425 Published: 01 April 1977

  • An Argument in Plato's Theaetetus

    A J Holland, Alan HollandARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1973Cited by: 1

    An Argument in Plato's Theaetetus: 184-6 Get access A. J. Holland A. J. Holland University of Lancaster Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 91, April 1973, Pages 97–116, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217483 Published: 01 April 1973