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John Mueller Anderson
Born(1914-07-29)29 July 1914
Died3 December 1999(1999-12-03) (aged 85)
Education University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
University of Illinois (B.A. and M.A.)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Continental
Institutions Pennsylvania State University
Thesis1939

John Mueller Anderson (July 29, 1914 – December 3, 1999) was an American philosopher. [1] He was known for his expertise on post-Kantian philosophy, philosophy of art and logic. [2] [3] [4] Anderson was Evan Pugh Professor of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University. [5]

Early life and education

Anderson received a Bachelor of Arts (1935) and a Master of Arts (1936) from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a Doctor of Philosophy (1939) at the University of California, Berkeley.

Books

  • Discourse on thinking
  • Natural deduction :the logical basis of axiom systems
  • The individual and the new world
  • The realm of art
  • The Truth of Freedom: An Essay on Mankind
  • Industrial management

References

  1. ^ "obituaries". www.psu.edu. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ Kalish, Donald (June 1964). "John M. Anderson and Henry W. JohnstoneJr., Natural deduction. The logical basis of axiom systems. Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., Belmont, California, 1962, xii + 418 pp". The Journal of Symbolic Logic. 29 (2): 93–94. doi: 10.2307/2270418. ISSN  0022-4812. JSTOR  2270418.
  3. ^ Welch, Cyril (June 1968). "The Realm of Art. By John M. Anderson, The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park and London. 1967. Pp. xiv & 190. $8.75 or 70s". Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review. 7 (1): 122–125. doi: 10.1017/S0012217300044486. ISSN  1759-0949.
  4. ^ "The Truth of Freedom: An Essay on Mankind", by John M. Anderson (Book Review)". Southwestern Journal of Philosophy. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Evan Pugh Professors". Office of the Vice President for Research at Penn State, Neil A. Sharkey. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2019.