Biography:Dewitt H. Parker

Short description: American philosopher (1885–1949)

Dewitt H. Parker (1885–1949) was a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan. Appointed department chair in 1929, Parker published works on metaphysics, aesthetics, and ethics.

Publications

Books

• (1917) The Self and Nature
• (1920) The Principles of Aesthetics (available in the public domain)
• (1926) The Analysis of Art
• (1931) Human Values
• (1941) Experience and Substance
• (1957) The Philosophy of Value (with William Frankena)

Journal articles

• (1950) Is There a Third Kind of Knowledge? Philosophical Review 59 (2):221-229.
• (1946) Rejoinder to Mr. Lepley, Philosophical Review 55 (3):288-291.
• (1945) Esse Est Percipi, with Particular Reference to Number, Journal of Philosophy 42 (11):281-291.
• (1945) Knowledge by Acquaintance, Philosophical Review 54 (1):1-18.
• (1945) Knowledge by Description, Philosophical Review 54 (5):458-488.
• (1944) Some Comments on "Reformed Materialism and Intrinsic Endurance" Philosophical Review 53 (4):383-391.
• (1938) Value and Existence Ethics 48 (4):475-486.
• (1934) Reflexive Relations: A Rejoinder. Philosophical Review 43 (3):295-300.
• (1934) The Metaphysics of Value I International Journal of Ethics 44 (3):293-312.
• (1933) Reflexive Relations, Philosophical Review 42 (3):303-311.
• (1932) A Symposium: The Aim and Content of Graduate Training in Ethics, with George P. Adams, C. J. Ducasse, Walter Goodnow Everett, DeWitt Parker, F.C. Sharp & J.H. Turfs, International Journal of Ethics 43 (1):53-64.
• (1929) On the Notion of Value, Philosophical Review 38 (4):303-325.
• (1928) Alfred Henry Lloyd, 1864-1927 with Arthur Lyon Cross & R.M. Wenley, Journal of Philosophy 25 (5):124-130.
• (1910) Knowledge and Volition, Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 7 (22):594-602.

External links

• Works by Dewitt H. Parker at Project Gutenberg
• University of Michigan Faculty History - Memorial page