Background

Mr. Lauer was born in New York, United States, on April 1, 1917.

Education

Joseph Lauer finished St. Louis University, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in 1941, in 1942 Licentiate of Philosophy (Ph.L.) and Master of Arts in 1943. He attended Woodstock College till 1949. In 1967 he earned doctorate, graduating from University of Paris (Sorbonne University).

Career

Mr. Lauer is a Catholic priest who has taught philosophy at Fordham University since 1954, focusing particularly on phenomenology, a school of thought concerned with the nature of subjective experience. Since 1967 he served as a professor of philosophy at the same university. Mr. Lauer is widely known as a writer.

Achievements

• Mr. Lauer is widely known for his works, he has been particularly prolific as an explicator of Hegelian studies, with such volumes as Hegel on Proofs for the Existence of Godi Hegel’s Idea of Philosophy, Essays in Hegelian Dialectic etc. He has also produced several volumes on Edmund Husserl.

Works

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  • Hegels Concept of God (SUNY Series in Hegelian Studies)

    (...If one takes a panoramic view of Hegel's entire philos...)

  • G. K. Chesterton: Philosopher Without Portfolio

    (It is an indisputable fact that the credentials of Gilber...)

  • A Reading of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit"

    (The first edition of this title was much acclaimed as the...)

  • Hegel's Idea of Philosophy: With a New Translation of Hegel's Introduction to the History of Philosophy

    (In his Introduction to the History of Philosophy, Hegel u...)

  • The Triumph of Subjectivity: An Introduction to Transcendental Phenomenology

    ("A clear summary of Husserl's often obscure and always co...)

  • Phenomenology and the Crisis of Philosophy (Torchbooks)

    (Contents: I) " Philosophy as a Rigorous Science." II) "Ph...)

  • Essays in Hegelian Dialectic

    ("This is a splendid, substantial volume."-Clio)

  • By Quentin Lauer - G. K. Chesterton: Philosopher Without Portfolio (2004-05-13) [Paperback]

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  • The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry (Aquinas Lecture)
  • Essays in Hegelian Dialectic by Quentin Lauer (1977-01-01)
  • Hegels Concept of God (SUNY Series in Hegelian Studies) by Quentin Lauer (1983-06-30)
  • THE TRIUMPH OF SUBJECTIVITY: An Introduction to Transcendental Phenomenology.
  • A Christian-Communist Dialogue

Membership

• American Philosophers Association , United States

• American Catholic Philosophers Association , United States

• Metaphysics Society of America , United States

References

• Biography: Joseph Quentin Lauer - Richard T. Hull - The American Philosophical Association Centennial Series (Philosophy Documentation Center)