Israel Scheffler
American philosopher of science (1923–2014)
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::summary American philosopher of science (1923–2014) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| region | Western philosophy |
| era | Contemporary philosophy |
| name | Israel Scheffler |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | New York City, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| school_tradition | Analytic philosophy |
| main_interests | Philosophy of science |
| Philosophy of education | |
| notable_ideas | Symbolic worlds |
| alma_mater | Brooklyn College |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | |
| University of Pennsylvania | |
| doctoral_advisor | Nelson Goodman |
| institutions | Harvard University |
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Israel Scheffler (November 25, 1923 – February 16, 2014) was an American philosopher of science and of education.
Career
Scheffler held B.A. and M.A. degrees in psychology from Brooklyn College, an M.H.L. and a D.H.L. (Hon.) from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He defended his doctoral thesis, On Quotation, at the University of Pennsylvania in 1952, where he studied with Nelson Goodman and began teaching that year at Harvard University, where he spent his career. He retired in 1992. His main interests lay in the philosophical interpretation of language, symbolism, science and education. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a founding member of the National Academy of Education and a past president of both the Philosophy of Science Association and the Charles S. Peirce Society.
Publications
His works have been translated from English into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Persian.
Books
- Scheffler, Israel. The Anatomy of Inquiry; Philosophical Studies in the Theory of Science. New York: Knopf, 1963. OCLC 526705
- Scheffler, Israel. Philosophy and Education: Modern Readings. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1966. OCLC 397699249
- Scheffler, Israel.* Science and Subjectivity*. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1967. OCLC 374512
- Scheffler, Israel. Four Pragmatists: A Critical Introduction to Peirce, James, Mead, and Dewey. New York: Humanities Press, 1971.
- Scheffler, Israel, Nelson Goodman, and Richard Rudner. Logic and Art. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1972.
- Scheffler, Israel. Reason and Teaching. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.
- Scheffler, Israel.* Beyond the Letter: A Philosophical Inquiry into Ambiguity, Vagueness, and Metaphor in Language.* International library of philosophy and scientific method. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979.
- Scheffler, Israel. Conditions of Knowledge: An Introduction to Epistemology and Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978,
- Scheffler, Israel. The Language of Education. Springfield: Ill, 1983.
- Scheffler, Israel. Of Human Potential: An Essay in the Philosophy of Education. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985.
- Scheffler, Israel. Inquiries: Philosophical Studies of Language, Science, & Learning. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub. Co, 1986.
- Scheffler, Israel. In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions and Other Essays in the Philosophy of Education. New York: Routledge, 1991. 9780415903646 (a Collection of articles spanning 1974 to 1990.)
- Scheffler, Israel. Symbolic Worlds: Art, Science, Language, Ritual. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Scheffler, Israel. Worlds of Truth: A Philosophy of Knowledge. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Autobiographies
- Scheffler, Israel. Teachers of My Youth: An American Jewish Experience. Philosophy and education, v. 5. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.
- Scheffler, Israel. Gallery of Scholars: A Philosopher's Recollections. Philosophy and education, v. 13. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
References
References
- (18 February 2014). "ISRAEL SCHEFFLER Ph.D.". The Boston Globe.
- Department of Philosophy. [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~phildept/scheffler.html Professor Emeritus Israel Scheffler]. ''The [[Harvard University]] Website'', retrieved October 18, 2010
- [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244985177 On quotation]. ''WorldCat.Org'', retrieved April 23, 2010
- Siegel, Harvey, and Israel Scheffler. Reason and Education: Essays in Honor of Israel Scheffler. Dordrecht [Netherlands]: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.
- [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Israel+Scheffler&dblist=638&fq=ap%3A%22scheffler+israel%22+%3E+dt%3Abks&qt=facet_dt%3A Scheffler Israel's 'Books']. ''WorldCat.Org'', retrieved April 23, 2010
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