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David Alan Johnson | |
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Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
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Known for | Hume, Holism, and Miracles Truth Without Paradox |
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Fields | Epistemology, Philosophical logic |
Institutions | University of Nebraska Princeton University Ohio State University University of Connecticut Wesleyan University College of William & Mary Syracuse University UCLA Yeshiva University |
David Alan Johnson (born 1952) is Associate Professor of Philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Yeshiva University[1] and has previously taught at UCLA, Syracuse University, Ohio State University, University of Connecticut, Wesleyan University, and College of William & Mary.[2] He was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, and earned his BA from the University of Nebraska while studying under Robert Audi. He earned his PhD from Princeton University while studying under Gilbert Harman, and was influenced by Saul Kripke's work. His areas of concentration are Analytic philosophy, Philosophical logic, Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion. His brother, Edward, is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Philosophy at University of New Orleans.[3] He is conservative and theist.
In his first book, Hume, Holism, and Miracles,[4] Johnson purports to have refuted David Hume's popular argument for the irrationality of belief in testimony of miracles (as can be found in his essay entitled "Of Miracles") as well as several reconstructions of Hume's argument, such as those of philosophers Jordan Howard Sobel, John Stuart Mill, J. L. Mackie, and Antony Flew. Subsequently, Robert Fogelin (of Dartmouth College) responded to Johnson's critique (among others') of Hume in his book A Defense of Hume on Miracles,[5] claiming that they had misunderstood Hume's argument..
Johnson's second book, Truth Without Paradox,[6] purports to resolve some traditional problems in Metaphysics, including the Liar paradox and the Lottery paradox. In its fifth and final chapter, Johnson presents an ontological argument and a historical argument for the existence of God and the validity of the Bible.
Books
- Hume, Holism, and Miracles (Cornell University Press, 1999)
- Truth Without Paradox (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004)
See also
References
- ^ "David Johnson | Yeshiva University". www.yu.edu. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Yeshiva University Commentator -- Volume 62, Issue 8". web.archive.org. 12 March 2000. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Faculty". The University of New Orleans. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Johnson, David, 1952- (1999). Hume, holism, and miracles. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3663-X. OCLC 41834938.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Fogelin, Robert J. (2003). A defense of Hume on miracles. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-2577-6. OCLC 650305519.
- ^ Johnson, David, 1952- (2004). Truth without paradox. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 0-8476-9686-3. OCLC 54865283.
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