Raziel Abelson
Raziel Abelson (24 June 1921 – 14 June 2017) was an American academic. He served as Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at New York University and was a proponent of the Ordinary Language School of Philosophy.[1][2]
Biography[]
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Rabbi Alter Abelson and Anna Goldina Schwartz. His brother was the playwright Lionel Abel (1910–2001).
He received a M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1950 with the thesis "Bertrand Russell's theory of truth",[3] and a Ph.D. in 1960 from New York University with a thesis "An analysis of the concept of definition, and critique of three traditional philosophical views concerning its role in knowledge".[4]
Abelson died in June 2017 at the age of 95.[5]
Works[]
- Abelson, Raziel Ethics and Metaethics NY: St Martin's, 1963
- Abelson, Raziel. Lawless Mind. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988.
- Abelson, Raziel. Persons: A Study in Philosophical Psychology. New York: St. Martin's Press; London: Macmillan, 1977
- Abelson, Raziel, Marie-Louise Friquegnon, and Michael Lockwood. The Philosophical Imagination New York: St Martins, 1977.
- Abelson, Raziel, and Marie-Louise Friquegnon. Ethics for Modern Life. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1077 libraries[6]
- Abelson, Raziel." Common Sense Morality." New York: Global Scholarly Publications 2015
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Library of Congress Authority File
- ^ Who's who in American Jewry. Los Angeles: Standard Who's Who. 1980. p. 2.
- ^ WorldCat item entry
- ^ WorldCat item entry
- ^ RAZIEL ABELSON Obituary
- ^ WorldCat author entry
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