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Lehrer, Keith Edward was born on January 10, 1936 in Minneapolis. Son of Abraham I. and Estelle (Mayrick) Lehrer.
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Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction
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philosophical problems
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The Opened Curtain: A U.s.-soviet Philosophy Summit
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An unprecedented development in 20th century philosophy occurred in 1988. In gatherings held in Moscow and in Providence, in an atmosphere of great good will, good humour and mutual respect, distinguished American philosophers met their Soviet counterparts. This volume of papers from the two meetings represents the efforts of philosophers from both countries to provide examples of their best new work.
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Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction
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Widely used by instructors who emphasize the logical structure of philosophical theories and the dialectical play of argument, this popular work provides clear, reliable, and up-to-date discussions of central philosophical debates. The fourth edition incorporates major revisions--the first since 1982--and features an extensive change in content. Every chapter has been reworked to improve its organization, to make it more accessible and engaging to the student, and to reflect recent discussions.
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Rational Consensus in Science and Society: A Philosophical and Mathematical Study (Philosophical Studies Series)
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TItis book is the joint project of a philosopher, Lehrer, and a mathematician, Wagner. The book is, therefore, divided into a first part written by Lehrer, which is primarily philosophical, and a second part written by Wagner that is primarily formal. The authors were, however, influenced by each other throughout. Our book articulates a theory of rational consensus in science and society. The theory is applied to politics, ethics, science, and language. We begin our exposition with an elementary mathematical model of consensus developed by Lehrer in a series of articles 1976a, 1976b, 1977, 1978. Chapter 3 contains material from 1978. Lehrer formulated the elementary model when he was a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Be havioral Sciences, Stanford, in 1973 with the invaluable mathematical assist of Kit Fine, Gerald Kramer and Lionel McKenzie. In the summer of ance 1977, Lehrer and Wagner met at the Center in a Summer Seminar on Freedom and Causality supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Wagner read the manuscript of Lehrer 1978 and subsequently solved some mathematical problems of the elementary model. After discussions of philosophical prob lems associated with that model, Wagner developed the foundations for the extended model. These results were reported in Wagner 1978, 1981a.
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Metamind
(In this collection of essays, Lehrer argues that freedom,...)
In this collection of essays, Lehrer argues that freedom, rationality, consensus, and knowledge depend on "metamental" operations--thoughts about thoughts--and are impossible without them. Metamental operations provide for our optionality, plasticity, and most of all, for the evaluation and control of lower-level information. The human mind, he argues, is essentially a metamind.
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Thomas Reid (Arguments of the Philosophers)
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Thomas Reid has been known in the past principally as a critic of Hume and a champion of common-sense philosophy. In this volume, Keith Lehrer outlines and analyzes Reid's thought from epistemology, philosophy of mind and aesthetics to theory of action and moral philosophy, to show that he was a distinctive and subtle philosopher in his own right. Through a detailed critique of Locke and Berkeley as well as Hume, Reid developed his own theory of the operations of the human mind, concluding that our faculties are fallible, but that they have the power to lead us to truth about matter, mind and morals.
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New Readings in Philosophical Analysis
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- Knowledge And Skepticism (Book by Clay, Marjorie, Lehrer, Keith, *, Editors)
- Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction by James W. Cornman (1974-09-05)
- Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Intruduction
Keith Edward Lehrer
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Keith Edward Lehrer, American philosophy educator. Democratic party committeeman, 1970-1972. Member American Philosophical Association (executive committee 1969-1971, vice president Pacific division 1987-1988, president 1988-1989), Philosophy Science Association (governing board 1977-1978, chairman board of officers since 1992), Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor magna cum laude, University Minnesota, 1957. A.M., Brown University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1960.
Career
Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1960-1963;
assistant professor, Wayne State University, 1962-1963;
assistant professor, U. Rochester, New York, 1963-1965;
associate professor, U. Rochester, 1965-1968;
professor philosophy, U. Rochester, 1968-1974;
professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1974-1990;
regents professor, U. Arizona, since 1990;
head Department, University Arizona, 1976-1978, 84-85;
honorary professor, U. Graz, Austria, since 1985. Visiting professor U. Alberta (Canada), Calgary, summer 1966, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1970, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1979, U. Graz (Austria), 1980. Member Council Philosophical Studies, 1980-1985.
Director Summer Institute in Theory of Knowledge, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1972. Director (with S. Shoemaker) Mellon Foundation Summer Seminar Freedom and Causation, 1977. Director Summer Seminar Rationality and Skepticism, National Endowment Humanities, 1975.
Director (with Alvin Goldman) Summer Institute in Theory of Knowledge, National Endowment for Humanities, 1986.
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book
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Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction
( Widely used by instructors who emphasize the logical st...)
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Metamind
(In this collection of essays, Lehrer argues that freedom,...)
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Thomas Reid (Arguments of the Philosophers)
(Thomas Reid has been known in the past principally as a c...)
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Rational Consensus in Science and Society: A Philosophical and Mathematical Study (Philosophical Studies Series)
(TItis book is the joint project of a philosopher, Lehrer,...)
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The Opened Curtain: A U.s.-soviet Philosophy Summit
(An unprecedented development in 20th century philosophy o...)
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Knowledge And Skepticism
(Book by Clay, Marjorie, Lehrer, Keith, *, Editors)
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Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction
(philosophical problems)
- Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction by James W. Cornman (1974-09-05)
- New Readings in Philosophical Analysis
- Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Intruduction
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Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction
Membership
Democratic party committeeman, 1970-1972. Member American Philosophical Association (executive committee 1969-1971, vice president Pacific division 1987-1988, president 1988-1989), Philosophy Science Association (governing board 1977-1978, chairman board of officers since 1992), Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Adrienne Joyce Kroman, July 21, 1957. Children: Mark Alan, David Russell.
