Works by John Palmer
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- Parmenides and Presocratic Philosophy.John Anderson Palmer -2009 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press UK.John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly reconsiders his place in the historical development of Presocratic philosophy in light of this new interpretation. Careful treatment of Parmenides' specification of the ways of inquiry that define his metaphysical and epistemological outlook paves the way for detailed analyses (...) of his arguments demonstrating the temporal and spatial attributes of what is and cannot not be. An appendix presents a Greek text of the fragments of Parmenides' poem with English translation and textual notes. (shrink)
- The anomaly called psi: Recent research and criticism.K. Ramakrishna Rao &John Palmer -1987 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 10 (4):539-51.Over the past hundred years, a number of scientific investigators claim to have adduced experimental evidence for phenomena information” seems to behave like a weak signal that has to compete for the information-processing resources of the organism, a reduction of ongoing sensorimotor activity may facilitate ESP detection. Such a meaningful convergence of results suggests that psi phenomena may represent a unitary, coherent process whose nature and compatibility with current physical theory have yet to be determined. The theoretical implications and potential (...) practical applications of psi could be significant, irrespective of the small magnitude of psi effects in laboratory settings. (shrink)
- Skeptical Investigation.John A. Palmer -2000 -Ancient Philosophy 20 (2):351-375.
- Plato’s Reception of Parmenides.John A. Palmer -2003 -Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 66 (1):247-249.No categories
- (1 other version)Parmenides.John Palmer -2008 -The Philosophers' Magazine.
- Plato and His Predecessors: The Dramatisation of Reason.John Palmer -2002 -Philosophical Review 111 (2):299-302.In this ambitious and highly original study, McCabe presents an intricately structured argument designed to demonstrate Plato’s concern with fundamental issues of rationality and personhood. In doing so, she pursues themes announced in her Plato’s Individuals and in Form and Argument in Late Plato, a collection she co-edited with Christopher Gill. The development of her position via consideration of the philosophical importance of characterization and the dialogue form in the Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, and Philebus leads her to focus in particular (...) on Plato’s depiction of his predecessors. These include, firstly, the Theaetetus’s Protagoras and Heraclitean flux theorists and the Sophist’s Parmenides and materialist giants, all “mean-minded opponents” whose views threaten the very possibility of rational inquiry. Refutation of them, accordingly, is Plato’s means of establishing certain basic principles of reason. (shrink)
- Aristotle on the Ancient Theologians.John A. Palmer -2000 -Apeiron 33 (3):181 - 205.
- (1 other version)Melissus and Parmenides.John Palmer -2004 -Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 26:19-54.
- (1 other version)Zeno of elea.John Palmer -2008 -Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- On the Alleged Incorporeality of What Is in Melissus.John Palmer -2003 -Ancient Philosophy 23 (1):1-10.
- Elemental Change in Empedocles.John Palmer -2016 -Rhizomata 4 (1):30-54.
- The Method of Hypothesis and the Nature of Soul in Plato's Phaedo.John Palmer -2021 - Cambridge University Press.This study of Plato's Phaedo promotes better understanding of its arguments for the soul's immortality by showing how Plato intended them, not as proofs, but as properly dialectical arguments functioning in accordance with the method of hypothesis. Unlike the argument for the soul's immortality in the Phaedrus, which does seem intended as a proof, the Phaedo arguments are proceeding toward the first principles that could serve as the basis for a proof - the most important being an account of the (...) soul's own essential nature. This study attends to the substantial progress the Phaedo makes toward such an account. It also considers Socrates' epistemic situation in the dialogue and the problem of whether his confidence in the face of death is misplaced if his arguments have not been proofs before considering how the concluding myth draws together several of the dialogue's main themes. (shrink)No categories
- Where lies the bias?John Palmer &K. Ramakrishna Rao -1987 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 10 (4):618.
- Classical representations and uses of the presocratics.John Palmer -2008 - In Patricia Curd & Daniel W. Graham,The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy. Oxford University Press USA.Anyone interested in the influence of Presocratic thought may be tempted to begin with Plato and Aristotle. There is, however, sufficient evidence of Presocratic influence among the sophists to make it clear that this temptation should be resisted. Some traces of this earlier influence may be found in Plato and Aristotle themselves, and this fact should serve as a reminder that their own involvement with Presocratic philosophy did not take place in a vacuum but will have been conditioned or mediated (...) by previous developments. This article deals with classical thinkers who interpreted, wrote about, and preserved the Presocratics, pointing out that just as one must read the Presocratics through the filters of Plato and Aristotle and their successors and commentators, Plato and Aristotle were influenced by the already burgeoning tradition of historiography that developed in the late fifth and fourth centuries. (shrink)
- ESP in the ganzfeld: Analysis of a debate.John Palmer -2003 -Journal of Consciousness Studies 10 (6-7):6-7.This paper reviews the debate over the evidence for ESP provided by experiments using the ganzfeld technique, a simple method used to induce a mild altered state of consciousness. The quantitative literature review technique called meta-analysis has played a prominent role in this controversy. The first question addressed by the reviewer is whether the data establish that ESP in the ganzfeld is replicable. Issues discussed include the effect of multiple analyses, the 'file-drawer' problem and statistical errors. The second question asks, (...) if the effect is real, can it be explained by methodological artifacts? Potential flaws discussed include sensory leakage, problems of randomization and participant fraud. The reviewer's first conclusion is that the aggregate database does provide evidence for a genuine psi effect. However, heterogeneity of results across experimenters indicates that the phenomenon is not easily replicable. The second conclusion is that conventional alternative explanations offered for the observed results tend to be conceivable, but even critics sometimes agree that they are implausible. (shrink)
- The New Academy's Appeals to the Presocratics.John Palmer &Charles Brittain -2001 -Phronesis 46 (1):38-72.Members of the New Academy presented their sceptical position as the culmination of a progressive development in the history of philosophy, which began when certain Presocratics started to reflect on the epistemic status of their theoretical claims concerning the natures of things. The Academics' dogmatic opponents accused them of misrepresenting the early philosophers in an illegitimate attempt to claim respectable precedents for their dangerous position. The ensuing debate over the extent to which some form of scepticism might properly be attributed (...) to the Presocratics is reflected in various passages in Cicero's "Academica." In this essay, we try to get clearer about the precise nature of the Academics' historical claim and their view of the general lesson to be learned from reflection on the history of philosophy down to their own time. The Academics saw the Presocratics as providing some kind of support for the thesis that things are non-cognitive, or, more specifically, that neither the senses nor reason furnishes a criterion of truth. As this view is susceptible to both 'dialectical' and non-dialectical readings, we consider the prospects for each. We also examine the evidence for the varied functions both of the Academics' specific appeals to individual Presocratics and of their collections of the Presocratics' divergent opinions. What emerges is a better understanding of why the Academics were concerned with claiming the Presocratics as sceptical ancestors and of the precise manner in which they advanced this claim. (shrink)
- Plato's reception of Parmenides.John Anderson Palmer -1999 - New York: Oxford University Press.John Palmer presents a new and original account of Plato's uses and understanding of his most important Presocratic predecessor, Parmenides. Adopting an innovative approach to the appraisal of intellectual influence, Palmer first explores the Eleatic underpinnings of central elements in Plato's middle-period epistemology and metaphysics and then shows how in the later dialogues Plato confronts various sophistic appropriations of Parmenides.
- Revelation and Reasoning in Kalliopeia’s Address to Empedocles.John Palmer -2013 -Rhizomata 1 (2):308-329.
- The world of early greek philosophy.John Palmer -2013 - In Frisbee Sheffield & James Warren,The Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy. New York: Routledge. pp. 3.No categories
- Beyond Diels-Kranz: The New Loeb Early Greek Philosophy.John Palmer -2018 -Arion 25 (3):187.No categories
- A New Testimonium on Diogenes of Apollonia, with Remarks on Melissus' Cosmology.John A. Palmer -2001 -Classical Quarterly 51 (1):7-17.
- The clocks controlling the tide-associated rhythms of intertidal animals.John D. Palmer -2000 -Bioessays 22 (1):32.
- Aristotle and the Eleatic One.John Palmer -2021 -Philosophical Review 130 (3):451-454.
- Literary Theory and Structure: Essays in Honor of William K. Wimsatt.Frank Brady,John Palmer &Martin Price -1973 -Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 32 (2):298-299.
- Political distinctions and education.Joe R. Burnett &John R. Palmer -1968 -Studies in Philosophy and Education 6 (3):302-309.
- Radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary: Making them distinctions which distinguish.Joe R. Burnett &John R. Palmer -1967 -Studies in Philosophy and Education 5 (2):225-244.
- Research in Parapsychology 1989.L. Henkel &John R. Palmer (eds.) -1989 - Scarecrow Press.Export citation
Bookmark - Implicit learning of sequential bias in a guessing task: Failure to demonstrate effects of dopamine administration and paranormal belief☆.John Palmer,Christine Mohr,Peter Krummenacher &Peter Brugger -2007 -Consciousness and Cognition 16 (2):498-506.Previous research suggests that implicit sequence learning is superior for believers in the paranormal and individuals with increased cerebral dopamine. Thirty-five healthy participants performed feedback-guided anticipations of four arrow directions. A 100-trial random sequence preceded two 100-trial biased sequences in which visual targets on trial t tended to be displaced 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise from those on t − 1. ISL was defined as a positive change during the course of the biased run in the difference between pro-bias and counter-bias (...) responses. It was hypothesized that this difference would be greater for believers in the paranormal than for skeptics, for those who received dopamine than for those who received placebo, and for believers who received dopamine than for the other groups. None of the hypotheses were supported by the data. It is suggested that a simple binary guessing task with a focus on prediction accuracy during early trials should be considered for future explorations. (shrink)
- Attentional effects in visual search: Relating search accuracy and search time.John Palmer -1998 - In Richard D. Wright,Visual Attention. Oxford University Press. pp. 8--348.
- A plea for hedonism..John Campbell Palmer -1903 - Wooster, O.,: Herald printing co..This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be (...) preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. (shrink)
- Are the conventional explanations of psi anomalies adequate?John Palmer -1987 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 10 (4):601.
- Ian Stevenson: Reminiscences and Observations.John Palmer -2010 -Journal of Scientific Exploration 22 (1).No categories
- Isolating the components of very-short-term visual memory.John Palmer -1991 -Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 29 (5):399-402.
- Observations in Defence of the Liberty of Man as a Moral Agent: In Answer to Dr. Priestley's Illustrations of Philosophical Necessity.John Palmer -1779
- Parapsychology, anomaly, and altered states of consciousness.John Palmer -1998 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (2):302-303.Pseudoscience is not an appropriate label for parapsychology. Although the noise reduction model of extrasensory perception (ESP) is explanatory only in a limited sense, research does exist addressing the correlation between ESP and altered states of consciousness (ASCs). The term anomaly is not appropriately applied to experiences such as out of body experiences (OBEs) per se, but only to the question of their source. Research on both topics should be encouraged.
- Parmenides’ Grand Deduction: A Logical Reconstruction of the Way of Truth.John Palmer -2016 -Ancient Philosophy 36 (1):209-214.
- Presocratic interest in persistence of soul upon death.John Palmer -2018 - In John E. Sisko,Philosophy of mind in antiquity. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.Export citation Bookmark
- Presocratic interest in persistence of soul upon death.John Palmer -2018 - In John E. Sisko,Philosophy of mind in antiquity. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.Export citation Bookmark
- Proof, Knowledge, and Scepticism: Essays in Ancient Philosophy III.John Palmer -2018 -Philosophical Quarterly 68 (270):204-209.Proof, Knowledge, and Scepticism: Essays in Ancient Philosophy III. By. Edited by.No categories
- St Kosmas the Aitolian (1714-1779) as an Educator.John Palmer -2020 -AKROPOLIS: Journal of Hellenic Studies 4:21-35.Though St Kosmas the Aitolian (1714-1779) is widely acknowledged to be one of the most noteworthy educators of his era and particular social context, his relevance to our age has rarely been asserted. The present article will demonstrate that behind the Saint's undeniable success as a teacher lie a great number of pedagogical principles of universal relevance which might be readily gleaned from both his educational activities and those theories he articulates in his _Didachēs_, or_ Teachings_. Moreover, it will be (...) shown that these principles which contributed so greatly to his pedagogical prowess were not achieved accidentally. The Saint labored in learning in order to render himself a more effective educator, conscientiously and effectively blending _kath'imas_ and _exothen_ learning, which in itself represents a pedagogical principle of inestimable value. (shrink)No categories
- The derveni papyrus.John A. Palmer -1998 -The Classical Review 48 (2):451-452.
- Theories of Social Change and the Mass Media.John R. Palmer -1971 -The Journal of Aesthetic Education 5 (4):127.
- A Second Letter to the REV. Mr. John Palmer: In Defence of the Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity.Joseph Priestley &John Palmer -2016 - Palala Press.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in (...) the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. (shrink)No categories
- Researching data and searching for theory.K. Ramakrishna Rao &John Palmer -1990 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 13 (2):387-389.
- Prodicus the Sophist. By Robert Mayhew. [REVIEW]John Palmer -2013 -Philosophical Quarterly 63 (253):853-855.Prodicus of Ceos was a major figure of the sophistic movement in Greece during the latter part of the fifth century bc. He features in a number of Platonic dialogues in ways that suggest he was regarded by Socrates more sympathetically than the other sophists. Robert Mayhew has undertaken to present and discuss all the extant textual evidence for Prodicus’ life and thought. The presentation consists of ninety pieces of mostly Greek and some Latin texts, ranging from a few lines (...) to a few pages, accompanied by facing English translation and organized topically under four main headings—Life and Character ; Language ; Natural Philosophy, Cosmology, and Religion ; and Ethics. (shrink)
- MORE ON THE DERVENI PAPYRUS - (G.W.) MOST (ed.) Studies on the Derveni Papyrus. Volume 2. Pp. xxvi + 405, map, b/w & colour pls. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £90, US$115. ISBN: 978-0-19-285595-4. [REVIEW]John Palmer -2023 -The Classical Review 73 (2):433-436.
- An Appendix to the Observations in Defence of the Liberty of Man, as a Moral Agent;: In Answer to Dr. Priestley's Illustrations of Philosophical Necessity: Occasioned by the Dr's. Letter to the Author.John Palmer -1780
- (E.) Passa Parmenide. Tradizione del testo e questioni di lingua. (Quaderni dei Seminari Romani di Cultura Greca 12.) Pp. 167. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2009. Paper, €31. ISBN: 978-88-7140-102-. [REVIEW]John Palmer -2010 -The Classical Review 60 (2):605-606.
- Gill (M.L.), Pellegrin (P.) (edd.) A Companion to Ancient Philosophy. Pp. xxxvi + 791, figs, maps. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. Cased, £99.99, US$165.95, Aus$275.95. ISBN: 978-0-631-21061-. [REVIEW]John Palmer -2008 -The Classical Review 58 (1):52-56.
- (1 other version)H. Dorrie and M. Baltes,Der Platonismus in der Antike vols 3 and 4. [REVIEW]John A. Palmer -1998 -The Classical Review 48 (2):356-358.
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