Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 1951-1960

by Hull, Richard T.

• ISBN13: 9781591023630
• ISBN10: 1591023637
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-05
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

A unique record of the growth and leadership of American Philosophy during its flowering in the 20th century, presented through the presidential addresses of distinguished philosophers.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Editorial Foreword	xi
Chronology of the American Philosophical Association	xiii
Presidents 1951-1960	xv
Chart of Departments	xvii
Birthplaces of Presidents	xxix
Acknowledgments	xxxi
1950-1951:
HUGH MILLER
Biography	1	(4)
The Science of Creation	5	(16)
ARTHUR EDWARD MURPHY
Biography	21	(2)
The Common Good	23	(16)
DILMAN WALTER GOTSHALK
Biography	39	(2)
Twentieth Century Theme	41	(12)
1951-1952:
MARGARET GEORGIANA MELVIN
Biography	53	(2)
The Legal Norm in Soviet Jurisprudence	55	(20)
GEORGE BOAS
Biography	75	(4)
Philosophy and Ritual	79	(14)
RICHARD PETER MCKEON
Biography	93	(4)
Symposia	97	(26)
1952-1953:
FILMER STUART CUCKOW NORTHROP
Biography	123	(4)
The Philosophy of Natural Science and Comparative Law	127	(20)
EDWARD WILLIAM STRONG
Biography	147	(6)
On Judging History	153	(18)
PHILIP BLAIR RICE
Biography	171	(2)
The Philosopher's Commitment	173	(18)
1953-1954:
GLENN RAYMOND MORROW
The Demiurge in Politics: The Timaeus and the Laws	191	(20)
MELVIN MILLER RADER
Biography	211	(4)
Crisis and the Spirit of Community	215	(18)
PAUL HENLE
Biography	233	(2)
The Problem of Meaning	235	(14)
1954-1955:
CLARENCE IRVING LEWIS
Realism or Phenomenalism?	249	(14)
ERNEST NAGEL
Biography	263	(2)
Naturalism Reconsidered	265	(12)
CHARNER MARQUIS PERRY
Biography	277	(2)
The Rationale of Political Discussion	279	(10)
1955-1956:
ALBERT GEORGE ADAM BALZ
Biography	289	(2)
Prime Matter and Physical Science	291	(22)
BERTRAM EMIL JESSUP
Biography	313	(4)
The Data of Aesthetics	317	(16)
MAX HAROLD FISCH
Biography	333	(4)
The Critic of Institutions	337	(14)
1956-1957:
JOHN HERMAN RANDALL, JR.
Biography	351	(4)
Talking and Looking	355	(20)
DAVID RYNIN
Biography	375	(2)
Vindication of L*G*C*L P*S*T*V*SM	377	(22)
OETS KOLK BOUWSMA
Biography	399	(4)
"On Many Occasions I Have in Sleep Been Deceived"—Descartes	403	(20)
1957-1958:
JOHN DAVID GOHEEN
Biography	423	(4)
Concerning a Tendency in French Ethical Thought	427	(12)
WILLARD VAN ORMAN QUINE
Biography	439	(6)
Speaking of Objects	445	(18)
VIRGIL CHARLES ALDRICH
Biography	463	(4)
Chess Not Without the Queen	467	(20)
1958-1959:
MAX BLACK
Biography	487	(4)
Language and Reality	491	(14)
ABRAHAM KAPLAN
Biography	505	(4)
Philosophic Sense and Mystic Sensibility	509	(26)
PAUL ARTHUR SCHILPP
Biography	535	(4)
The Abdication of Philosophy	539	(22)
1959-1960:
SIDNEY HOOK
Biography	561	(8)
Pragmatism and the Tragic Sense of Life	569	(22)
PHILIP MERLAN
Biography	591	(4)
Existentialism—A Third Way	595	(26)
VAN METER AMES
Biography	621	(2)
Zen to Mead	623	(16)
Name Index	639	(16)
Subject Index	655