Marvin Farber
Marvin Farber | |
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| Born | December 14, 1901 University of Buffalo |
| Academic advisors | Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Heinrich Rickert, Ernst Zermelo |
Main interests | Ontology |
Marvin Farber (December 14, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American philosopher and educator.
Early life and education
Farber was born in Buffalo, New York, to Jewish parents Simon and Matilda (Goldstein) Farber.[1] He was the second oldest of their 14 children.[1] One of his brothers was pathologist and cancer researcher Sidney Farber.
Initially a music student at the
University of Heidelberg, and the University of Freiburg, studying under Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Heinrich Rickert, and Ernst Zermelo.[2]
Career
Farber taught for a year at
Professor Emeritus in 1974 and retired in 1977.[2]
Death
He died in Minneapolis after months of serious illness.[1] He was survived by his wife Lorraine and three children.
Honors and awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1944–45[2]
- Docteur de l'Universitė de Lille, 1955[1]
- President, American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), 1963[1]
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-87395-036-4
- ISBN 0-06-131295-9
- The Search for an Alternative: Philosophical Perspectives of Subjectivism and ISBN 0-8122-7921-2
- The Foundation of Phenomenology: ISBN 0-202-30853-7
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