J. M. Hinton (philosopher) explained

John Michael Elliott Hinton (4 July 1923 – 3 February 2000)^[1] was a British philosopher. He was a lecturer at the University of Oxford from 1958 and a fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, from 1960. He was Cowling Visiting Professor at Carleton College in 1978-79.^[2] He was previously a lecturer at Victoria University College.^[3]

Hinton is widely cited as the first modern proponent of the disjunctive theory of perception.^{[4] [5]} This view is set out in his 1973 book Experiences: An Inquiry Into Some Ambiguities,^[6] and in some papers dating as far back as 1966.

Bibliography

• J. M. Hinton "Seeing and Causes", Philosophy, Oct 1966
• J. M. Hinton "Visual Experiences", Mind, Vol lxxvi, No 302, April 1967, pp. 217–227
• J. M. Hinton (1967) "Experiences" Philosophical Quarterly 17 (66):1-13.
• J. Michael Hinton "Perception and Identification", Philosophical Review 76, October 1967, pp. 421–435.
• I. C. Hinckfuss "J.M. Hinton on Visual Experiences" Mind 79 April 1970 pp. 278–280.
• J. M.Hinton "A Reaction to Radical Philosophy", Radical Philosophy 2, Summer 1972, p. 24
• J. M. Hinton "Visual Experiences: A Reply to I.C. Hinckfuss" Mind 82 (April 1973) pp. 278–279.
  • J. M. Hinton Experiences (1973), Clarendon Press, Oxford J. Michael Hinton "This is Visual Sensation" in Renford Bambrough (ed.) "Wisdom: Twelve Essays", Oxford Blackwell, 1974.
• J. M. Hinton "Phenomenological Specimenism", Analysis Vol. 40 No.1, Jan 1980, pp. 37–41
• J. M. Hinton "Are They Class-names?", Philosophy 57, 1982, pp. 27–50
• Paul Snowdon, "Hinton and the Origins of Disjunctivism", in "Disjunctivism: Perception, Action, Knowledge" ed. by Adrian Haddock and Fiona Macpherson, Oxford: OUP, 2008, pp. 35–56.

External links

• A picture of Hinton when he was at Victoria

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oxford University Gazette, 24 February 2000: Obituaries - Worcester College . 2008-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083115/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1999-00/weekly/240200/coll.htm#7Ref . 24 September 2015 . dead .
2. Web site: Cowling Visiting Professors. 2010-03-16. 24 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151124072053/http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/philosophy/cowling/. live.
3. Web site: Philosophy lecturer J.M. Hinton and Professor George Hughes . Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History . 2008-06-06 . 3 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230203210701/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/BarVict-fig-BarVict268a.html . live .
4. Book: Disjunctivism: Contemporary Readings. Alex Byrne and Heather Logue.
5. Snowdon . Paul . The Objects of Perceptual Experience . Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes . 64 . 121–166 . 1990 . 10.1093/aristoteliansupp/64.1.121 .
6. Book: Experiences: An Inquiry Into Some Ambiguities. John Michael Hinton. 1973. registration. 2008-04-07. Clarendon Press. 978-0-19-824403-5.