Kenneth Laine Ketner

Background

Ketner, Kenneth Laine was born on March 24, 1939 in Mountain Home, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Louis Elaine and Johnnie Lucille (Hannah) Ketner.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Philosophy, Oklahoma State University, 1961; Master of Arts, Oklahoma State University, 1967; Master of Arts in Folklore, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1972.

Career

Part-time instructor Oklahoma State University, 1964-1967. Teaching assistant University California, Santa Barbara, 1969-1970. Member faculty Texas Tech University, Lubbock, since 1971, professor philosophy, 1977-1998, chairman department, 1979-1981.

Founder, director Institute Studies in Pragmaticism, since 1972, Charles Sanders Peirce professor philosophy, 1981-1998, Charles Sanders Peirce interdisciplinary professor, since 1998, Paul Whitfield Horn professor, since 1999. Assistant professor philosophy and folklore University of California at Los Angeles, summers, 1972, 74. Co-organizer Christian Science Peirce Bicentennial International Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1976.

Peirce Sesquicentennial International Congress, Harvard University, 1989.

Achievements

• Kenneth Laine Ketner has been listed as a noteworthy Philosopher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Peirce and Contemporary Thought: Philosophical Inquiries (American Philosophy)

    (A distinguished panel of essayists address many key issue...)

  • Reasoning and the logic of things. The Cambridge Conferences Lectures of 1898. With an introduction by Kenneth Laine Ketner and Hilary Putnam.

Membership

Captain United States Army Reserve, 1962-1964. Fellow Charles S. Peirce Society (president 1973). Member American Philosophical Association, Rotary, Freemason, Tau Kappa Epsilon.

Connections

Married Berti Gabriella Zehetmeier, August 24, 1964 (deceased October 1996). 1 child, Kenneth Laine Junior.

Father:

Louis Elaine Ketner

Mother:

Johnnie Lucille (Hannah) Ketner

Spouse:

Berti Gabriella Zehetmeier

child:

Kenneth Laine Junior Ketner