Background
Wood, Robert E. was born on October 20, 1934 in Racine, Wisconsin.
( Examining select high points in the speculative traditi...)
Examining select high points in the speculative tradition from Plato and Aristotle through the Middle Ages and German tradition to Dewey and Heidegger, Placing Aesthetics seeks to locate the aesthetic concern within the larger framework of each thinker's philosophy. In Professor Robert Wood's study, aesthetics is not peripheral but rather central to the speculative tradition and to human existence as such. In Dewey's terms, aesthetics is “experience in its integrity.” Its personal ground is in “the heart,” which is the dispositional ground formed by genetic, cultural , and personal historical factors by which we are spontaneously moved and, in turn, are inclined to move, both practically and theoretically, in certain directions. Prepared for use by the student as well as the philosopher, Placing Aesthetics aims to recover the fullness of humanness within a sense of the fullness of encompassing Being. It attempts to overcome the splitting of thought, even in philosophy, into exclusive specializations and the fracturing of life itself into theoretical, practical, and emotive dimensions.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0821412817/?tag=2022091-20
(This work is intended to serve not only as an expression ...)
This work is intended to serve not only as an expression of a new idea of a philosophy, but as an "apologia" for philosophy as a legitimate and independent discipline in its own right. It argues that in the 20th century, truth has not been abandoned, but merely modified. The text proposes a return to truth and suggests that it is only after apprehending the truths of consciousness that the philosopher's mirror may become a kaleidoscope through which reality may be contemplated. First order truth lies in the realm of discovery, and discovery takes place only within the moment of subjective re-enactment.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1840149280/?tag=2022091-20
Wood, Robert E. was born on October 20, 1934 in Racine, Wisconsin.
Bachelor, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1958; Master of Arts, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1967.
From associate to professor St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana, 1961—1976. Associate professor St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, 1976—1979. From assistant to professor University Dallas, Irving, since 1979.
Visiting associate Catholic University American, Washington, 1968—1969, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, 1974. Visiting professor Marquette University, 1995. Chairman department philosophy St. Joseph's College, 1969—1977, University Dallas, 1984—1996, graduate dean, 1987—1990, acting provost, dean Constantin College, 1988, interim provost, dean Constantin College, 1990—1991, chair academy senate, 1996.
( Examining select high points in the speculative traditi...)
(This work is intended to serve not only as an expression ...)
(the future of metaphysics)
(Book by Wood, Robert E.)
Member of American Catholic Philosophical Association (editor American Catholic Philosophy Quarterly 1989—2009, president 1993-1994).
Son of Earl J. and Cathryn M. Wood. Married Marjorie M. Simanek. Children: Robert L., Gregory T., Mary T. Kubala, David J., Mark C.