J. M. Hinton
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John Michael Elliott Hinton (July 4, 1923 - February 3, 2000) 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. He was previously a lecturer at Victoria University College.
Hinton is widely cited as the first modern proponent of the disjunctive
theory of perception. This view is set out in his 1973 book Experiences: An Inquiry Into Some Ambiguities, and in some papers dating as far back as 1966.
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
from 1958 and a fellow of Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in the eighteenth century, but its predecessor on the same site had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century...
from 1960. He was Cowling Visiting Professor at Carleton College
Carleton College
Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
in 1978-79. He was previously a lecturer at Victoria University College.
Hinton is widely cited as the first modern proponent of the disjunctive
Disjunctivism
Disjunctivism is a position in the philosophy of perception that rejects the existence of sense data in certain cases. The disjunction is between appearance and the reality behind the appearance "making itself perceptually manifest to someone."...
theory of perception. This view is set out in his 1973 book Experiences: An Inquiry Into Some Ambiguities, and in some papers dating as far back as 1966.