J. M. Hinton (philosopher)

This article is about the philosopher. For the guitarist, see Michael Hinton (guitarist).

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.[1] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Oxford University Gazette, 24 February 2000: Obituaries - Worcester College". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Cowling Visiting Professors". Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Philosophy lecturer J.M. Hinton and Professor George Hughes". Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  4. ^ Alex Byrne and Heather Logue. Disjunctivism: Contemporary Readings.
  5. ^ Snowdon, Paul (1990). "The Objects of Perceptual Experience". Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes. 64: 121–166. doi:10.1093/aristoteliansupp/64.1.121.
  6. ^ John Michael Hinton (1973). Experiences: An Inquiry Into Some Ambiguities. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-824403-5. Retrieved 7 April 2008.