Henry Jackman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5997224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henry Jackman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henry |
| FAMILY NAME | Jackman |
| SIGNATURE | JACKMAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
William James and the Moral Life
Reviewed by: William James and the Moral Life: Responsible Self-Fashioning New by Todd Lekan Henry Jackman By Todd Lekan William James and the Moral Life: Responsible Self-Fashioning New York: Routledge, 2022. 156pp., incl. index While William James wrote just a single article in theoretical ethics, it has often been said that ethical concerns animate almost all of his work.1 Indeed, there has been a growing interest in James’s moral philosophy, …
Putnam, James and “Absolute” Truth
While historians of pragmatism often present William James as the founder of the “subjectivist” wing of pragmatism that came back into prominence with the writings of Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam has argued that James’s views are actually much closer to Peirce’s (and Putnam’s own). Putnam does so by noting that James distinguishes two sorts of truth: “temporary truth,” which is closer to a subjective notion of warranted assertibility, and “absolu…
Temporal externalism, conceptual continuity, meaning, and use
Our ascriptions of content to past utterances assign to them a level of conceptual continuity and determinacy that extends beyond what could be grounded in the usage up to their time of utterance. If one accepts such ascriptions, one can argue either (1) that future use must be added to the grounding base, or (2) that such cases show that meaning is not, ultimately, grounded in use. The following will defend the first option as the more promising…
Construction and continuity
The papers in this volume originated in a workshop on externalism and conceptual change held at the University of St. Andrews in June 2018.The discussion of conceptual change was driven largely by recent enthusiasm about 'conceptual engineering', and while a number of externalist views, and their consequences for the relation between conceptual engineering and conceptual change, were explored at the workshop, issues around 'temporal' externalism …
Descriptive Atomism and Foundational Holism
While holism and atomism are often treated as mutually exclusive approaches to semantic theory, the apparent tension between the two usually results from running together distinct levels of semantic explanation. In particular, there is no reason why one can’t combine an atomistic conception of what the semantic values of our words are (one’s “descriptive semantics”), with a holistic explanation of why they have those values (one’s “foundational s…
Convention and Language
Tense in English
First published in 1991, this book looks at tense in English, one of the most controversial areas of grammar. Prior to the book’s original publication, the problems and interest in the subject had led to an impressive number of books and articles. Yet, despite the amount of work produced, nothing approaching a consensus had emerged, merely a series of conflicting theories and analyses. Here, Renaat Declerck provides a framework for a theoretical …
Convention and Language
Putnam, James and “Absolute” Truth
While historians of pragmatism often present William James as the founder of the “subjectivist” wing of pragmatism that came back into prominence with the writings of Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam has argued that James’s views are actually much closer to Peirce’s (and Putnam’s own). Putnam does so by noting that James distinguishes two sorts of truth: “temporary truth,” which is closer to a subjective notion of warranted assertibility, and “absolu…
Tense in English
First published in 1991, this book looks at tense in English, one of the most controversial areas of grammar. Prior to the book’s original publication, the problems and interest in the subject had led to an impressive number of books and articles. Yet, despite the amount of work produced, nothing approaching a consensus had emerged, merely a series of conflicting theories and analyses. Here, Renaat Declerck provides a framework for a theoretical …
Convention and Language
Descriptive Atomism and Foundational Holism
While holism and atomism are often treated as mutually exclusive approaches to semantic theory, the apparent tension between the two usually results from running together distinct levels of semantic explanation. In particular, there is no reason why one can’t combine an atomistic conception of what the semantic values of our words are (one’s “descriptive semantics”), with a holistic explanation of why they have those values (one’s “foundational s…
Temporal externalism, conceptual continuity, meaning, and use
Our ascriptions of content to past utterances assign to them a level of conceptual continuity and determinacy that extends beyond what could be grounded in the usage up to their time of utterance. If one accepts such ascriptions, one can argue either (1) that future use must be added to the grounding base, or (2) that such cases show that meaning is not, ultimately, grounded in use. The following will defend the first option as the more promising…
Construction and continuity
The papers in this volume originated in a workshop on externalism and conceptual change held at the University of St. Andrews in June 2018.The discussion of conceptual change was driven largely by recent enthusiasm about 'conceptual engineering', and while a number of externalist views, and their consequences for the relation between conceptual engineering and conceptual change, were explored at the workshop, issues around 'temporal' externalism …
Putnam, James and “Absolute” Truth
While historians of pragmatism often present William James as the founder of the “subjectivist” wing of pragmatism that came back into prominence with the writings of Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam has argued that James’s views are actually much closer to Peirce’s (and Putnam’s own). Putnam does so by noting that James distinguishes two sorts of truth: “temporary truth,” which is closer to a subjective notion of warranted assertibility, and “absolu…
William James and the Moral Life
Reviewed by: William James and the Moral Life: Responsible Self-Fashioning New by Todd Lekan Henry Jackman By Todd Lekan William James and the Moral Life: Responsible Self-Fashioning New York: Routledge, 2022. 156pp., incl. index While William James wrote just a single article in theoretical ethics, it has often been said that ethical concerns animate almost all of his work.1 Indeed, there has been a growing interest in James’s moral philosophy, …
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cognitive science (2 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works)