Maurice Mandelbaum

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.

Maurice Mandelbaum
Born9 December 1908 Edit this on Wikidata
Chicago Edit this on Wikidata
Died1 January 1987 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 78)
Hanover Edit this on Wikidata
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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. 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. JSTOR 3130123.
  2. 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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