John Lamont
Biographic Data
| ID | 7129795 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Lamont |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Lamont |
| SIGNATURE | LAMONT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oliveview Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Aquinas’s Argument for an Uncaused Cause
Aquinas presents his argument for the existence of an uncaused cause of all effects in his Second Way in the Summa theologiae as a deductively valid argument from premises known with certainty. This seems unwarranted, since the argument gives no reason for there being only one uncaused cause, and the reasons it gives for rejecting an endless causal regress seem unconvincing. These apparent shortcomings can be better understood by examining Aquina…
Determining the Content and Degree of Authority of Church Teachings
The Thomist 72 (2008): 371-407 DETERMINING THE CONTENT AND DEGREE OF AUTHORITY OF CHURCH TEACHINGS ]OHNR. T. LAMONT Catholic Institute ofSydney Strathfield, NSW, Australia THE TEACHING OF THE Second Vatican Council on religious liberty in its declaration Dignitatis humanae has been a subject of bitter disagreement ever since the promulgation of that declaration. Presented by some as one of the council's main achievements, it has been condemned by…
Aquinas on Divine Simplicity
L'A. defend la conception de la simplicite de Dieu developpee par Saint Thomas d'Aquin comme caracteristique essentielle de la nature divine. Examinant les fondements metaphysiques de l'argument thomiste en faveur de la simplicite et de la necessite logique de Dieu, s'articulant autour des notions de forme, substance, pensee actuelle, existence et composition, l'A. montre que l'identite de l'essence et de l'existence de dieu chez Saint Thomas d'A…
Stump and Swinburne on Revelation
In his important book Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy , Richard Swinburne has proposed a comprehensive account of the nature of Christian revelation. This account has been criticized by Eleonore Stump. Stump has raised objections to Swinburne's views on biblical interpretation, and to his deistic view of revelation. I will argue that her objections to his views on biblical interpretation are ill-founded. Her criticism of a deistic conception…
Interaction of Anxiety and Note-Taking on Verbal Conditioning in Clinical Interviews
Using 60 male psychiatric patients, the interaction between three levels of anxiety and note-taking as a reinforcer was explored within a verbal conditioning paradigm. Results showed a curvilinear relationship between anxiety and reinforcement with high-average anxiety subjects conditioning better than either high or low-average subjects This supported the authors' prediction and showed note-taking to be an effective reinforcer of verbal behavior…
Young Children in Hospitals
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Young Children in Hospitals
Interaction of Anxiety and Note-Taking on Verbal Conditioning in Clinical Interviews
Using 60 male psychiatric patients, the interaction between three levels of anxiety and note-taking as a reinforcer was explored within a verbal conditioning paradigm. Results showed a curvilinear relationship between anxiety and reinforcement with high-average anxiety subjects conditioning better than either high or low-average subjects This supported the authors' prediction and showed note-taking to be an effective reinforcer of verbal behavior…
Stump and Swinburne on Revelation
In his important book Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy , Richard Swinburne has proposed a comprehensive account of the nature of Christian revelation. This account has been criticized by Eleonore Stump. Stump has raised objections to Swinburne's views on biblical interpretation, and to his deistic view of revelation. I will argue that her objections to his views on biblical interpretation are ill-founded. Her criticism of a deistic conception…
Aquinas on Divine Simplicity
L'A. defend la conception de la simplicite de Dieu developpee par Saint Thomas d'Aquin comme caracteristique essentielle de la nature divine. Examinant les fondements metaphysiques de l'argument thomiste en faveur de la simplicite et de la necessite logique de Dieu, s'articulant autour des notions de forme, substance, pensee actuelle, existence et composition, l'A. montre que l'identite de l'essence et de l'existence de dieu chez Saint Thomas d'A…
Determining the Content and Degree of Authority of Church Teachings
The Thomist 72 (2008): 371-407 DETERMINING THE CONTENT AND DEGREE OF AUTHORITY OF CHURCH TEACHINGS ]OHNR. T. LAMONT Catholic Institute ofSydney Strathfield, NSW, Australia THE TEACHING OF THE Second Vatican Council on religious liberty in its declaration Dignitatis humanae has been a subject of bitter disagreement ever since the promulgation of that declaration. Presented by some as one of the council's main achievements, it has been condemned by…
Aquinas’s Argument for an Uncaused Cause
Aquinas presents his argument for the existence of an uncaused cause of all effects in his Second Way in the Summa theologiae as a deductively valid argument from premises known with certainty. This seems unwarranted, since the argument gives no reason for there being only one uncaused cause, and the reasons it gives for rejecting an endless causal regress seem unconvincing. These apparent shortcomings can be better understood by examining Aquina…
Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (3 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (2 works) · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (1 works) · Analogy (1 works) · Anxiety (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works)