About J. M. Hinton
Lived 1923 – 2000 (aged 76). J. M. Hinton was a British philosopher.
John Michael Hinton (1923 – 3 February 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 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.
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Who was J. M. Hinton?
British philosopher
When was J. M. Hinton born?
J. M. Hinton was born on 4 July 1923.
When did J. M. Hinton die?
J. M. Hinton died on 3 February 2000.
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J. M. Hinton was a philosopher.
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J. M. Hinton was British.
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