Background

Eaton, Marcia May Muelder was born on October 5, 1938 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Hermann Richard and Annie Verneice (Richmond) Muelder.

Education

Bachelor, Knox College, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor philosophy, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1966-1970; from assistant to professor philosophy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1971; also department chairman, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1986-1988. Scholar-in-residence Rockefeller Study Centers, Bellagio, Italy, 1991.

Achievements

• Marcia May Muelder Eaton has been listed as a noteworthy Philosophy professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Aesthetics and the Good Life

    (This book provides a characterization of the aesthetic th...)

  • Art and Nonart: Reflections on an Orange Crate and a Moose Call

    (In this contemporary approach to aesthetics, Marcia Eaton...)

  • Basic Issues in Aesthetics

    (The aesthetic is an important part of human experience. O...)

Membership

Member American Philosophical Society (Executive Committee 1981-1984, 88-91), American Society Aesthetics (trustee 1976-1978, vice president 1993-1995), British Society Aesthetics.

Connections

Married Morris LeRoy Eaton, August 13, 1964. 1 child, Dennis Owen.

Father:

Hermann Richard Muelder

Mother:

Annie Verneice (Richmond) Muelder

Spouse:

Morris LeRoy Eaton

child:

Dennis Owen Eaton