Background
Shaffer, Jerome Arthur was born on April 2, 1929 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Beatrice (Leibowitz) Shaffer.
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Reality, knowledge, and value;: A basic introduction to philosophy
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Jerome Arthur Shaffer Edit Profile
Jerome Arthur Shaffer, American philosophy educator. Fulbright fellow, 1952-1953, fellow Center for Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, 1963-1964, National Endowment of the Humanities senior fellow, 1973-1974, Cambridge Clare Hall visiting fellow, 1987. Served with United States Army, 1953-1955. Member American Philosophical Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Education
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1952. Master of Arts in Marital and Family Therapy, University Connecticut, 1996.
Career
Professor philosophy, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1955-1967; professor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1967-1994; professor emeritus, U. Connecticut, Storrs, since 1994; head department philosophy, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1976-1994; individual, marital, and family therapist, since 1995. Executive secretary Council Philosophical Studies, 1965-1972.
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Served with United States Army, 1953-1955. Member American Philosophical Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Olivia Anne Connery, September 3, 1960 (divorced 1985). Children: Diana, David. Married Eliana Bar-shalom, August 7, 1994.
