Biography:Maurice Mandelbaum
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Short description: American philosopher
Maurice Mandelbaum (born December 9, 1908 in Chicago ; died January 1, 1987, Hanover, New Hampshire) was an American philosopher and phenomenologist .[1] He was professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University with stints at Dartmouth College and Swarthmore College.[1] He held two degrees from Dartmouth and a PhD from Yale University.[1] He was known for his work in phenomenology, epistemology, philosophy of perception (especially critical realism),[2] and the history of ideas.
Works
He wrote many books, including:
- The Problem of Historical Knowledge, 1938
- The Phenomenology of Moral Experience, 1955
- Philosophy, Science and Sense Perception, 1964
- History, Man, and Reason: A study in Nineteenth Century Thought, 1971
- The Anatomy of Historical Knowledge, 1977
- Philosophy, History, and the Sciences, 1984
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beck, Lewis White; Bowie, Norman E.; Duggan, Timothy (June 1987). "Maurice H. Mandelbaum 1908–1987". Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 60 (5): 858–861.
- ↑ Verstegen, Ian F., ed (2010). Maurice Mandelbaum and American critical realism. Critical realism—interventions. London; New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203883082. ISBN 9780415473026. OCLC 316836221.
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