David Alan Johnson

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]

For other people named David Johnson, see David Johnson (disambiguation).

David Alan Johnson
Born1952 (age 70–71)
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-disciplineEpistemology, philosophical logic
InstitutionsUniversity of Nebraska
Princeton University
Ohio State University
University of Connecticut
Wesleyan University
College of William & Mary
Syracuse University
UCLA
Yeshiva University
Notable worksHume, Holism, and Miracles (1999)
Truth Without Paradox (2004)
Websitewww.yu.edu/faculty/pages/johnson-david

Work

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, and Philosophy of Religion, and he is conservative and theist.

In his first book, Hume, Holism, and Miracles,[3] 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,[4] claiming that they had misunderstood Hume's argument..

Johnson's second book, Truth Without Paradox,[5] 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
  1. "David Johnson | Yeshiva University". www.yu.edu. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. "Yeshiva University Commentator -- Volume 62, Issue 8". 12 March 2000. Archived from the original on 12 March 2000. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. Johnson, David, 1952- (1999). Hume, holism, and miracles. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3663-X. OCLC 41834938.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Fogelin, Robert J. (2003). A defense of Hume on miracles. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-2577-6. OCLC 650305519.
  5. Johnson, David, 1952- (2004). Truth without paradox. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 0-8476-9686-3. OCLC 54865283.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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