Paul Arthur Schilpp

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Paul Arthur Schilpp (German: [ʃɪlp]; February 6, 1897 – September 6, 1993) was an American philosopher and educator.

Biography

A memorial to Schilpp on the SIU campus.

Schilpp was born in

UC Santa Barbara, University of the Pacific and spent the last years of his professional career teaching undergraduate philosophy courses at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Schilpp was president of the Western (now: Central) Division of the American Philosophical Association (1958–1959).[1]

A serious and driven teacher of moral decision and thought, often controversial, Schilpp came to Southern Illinois University in 1965 after he was considered "too old to teach at respectable universities." Southern Illinois University agreed with his condition that he be allowed to instruct undergraduate general studies courses in philosophy thus allowing him to reach the greatest number of what Schilpp called "malleable minds". He was known for his passionate teaching methods and highly energetic delivery.

Schilpp was for many years the editor of the Library of Living Philosophers. As editor he was able to convince such notable personalities as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel, Karl Popper, and Bertrand Russell to contribute to the library.

Schilpp died of respiratory failure at the age of 96 in

St. Louis, Missouri
.

Publications

  • Paul Arthur Schilpp, ed. (1974), The Philosophy of
    ISBN 0-87548-142-6
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  • Paul Arthur Schilpp (1929), Do We Need a New Religion?, New York: Henry Holt and Company
  • Paul Arthur Schilpp, ed. (1949), The Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer

References

  1. ^ APA Divisional Presidents and Addresses

Sources

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