Avrum Stroll
Encyclopedia
Avrum Stroll is a research professor at the University of California, San Diego
. He is a distinguished philosopher
and a noted scholar in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of language
, and twentieth-century analytic philosophy
.
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
. He is a distinguished philosopher
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and a noted scholar in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of language
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the philosophy of language for analytic philosophers is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition, and the relationship between language...
, and twentieth-century analytic philosophy
Analytic philosophy
Analytic philosophy is a generic term for a style of philosophy that came to dominate English-speaking countries in the 20th century...
.
Books
- The emotive theory of ethics. University of California Press, 1954
- Introduction to philosophy. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961 (1972, 1979)
- Epistemology. Harper & Row, 1967 (Greenwood Press, 1979)
- Philosophy and the human spirit. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973
- Philosophy and Contemporary Problems. Richard H. Popkin, Avrum Stroll, Holt Rinehart & Winston, February 1984
- Surfaces. University of Minnesota PressUniversity of Minnesota PressThe University of Minnesota Press is a university press that is part of the University of Minnesota.Founded in 1925, the University of Minnesota Press is best known for its books in social and cultural thought, critical theory, race and ethnic studies, urbanism, feminist criticism, and media...
, 1988 - Philosophy (Made Simple Books) by Richard H. Popkin, Avrum Stroll, Made Simple, September 8, 1986 (1993)
- Moore and Wittgenstein on certainty. Oxford University Press, 1994
- Introductory Readings In Philosophy. Avrum Stroll, Richard H. Popkin, Harcourt Brace* Co, November 1997
- Skeptical Philosophy for Everyone. Richard H. Popkin, Avrum Stroll. Prometheus BooksPrometheus BooksPrometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by Paul Kurtz, who also founded the Council for Secular Humanism and co-founded the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is currently the chairman of all three organizations. Prometheus Books publishes a range of books, including many...
, January 2002 Hardcover - Wittgenstein (Oneworld Philosophers). Oneworld Publications, July 2002 (2007)
- Did My Genes Make Me Do It? Oneworld Publications, August 25, 2004 Hardcover
- Sketches of Landscapes. The MIT Press, December 5, 1997 Hardcover
- Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy. Columbia University PressColumbia University PressColumbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, history, social work, sociology,...
, September 15, 2001 Paperback - Philosophy. Richard Popkin, Avrum Stroll
- Much Ado About Nonexistence. A.P. MartinichA.P. MartinichAloysius P. Martinich is an analytic philosopher and is the Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor of Philosophy and Professor History at University of Texas at Austin. His area of interest is the nature and practice of interpretation; history of modern philosophy; the philosophy of language and...
, Avrum Stroll. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., June 28, 2007 Hardcover - Informal philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009
Articles
- Proper Names, Names, and Fictive Objects, The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 95, No. 10 (Oct., 1998), pp. 522–534
- Wittgenstein and the Dream Hypothesis. Philosophia 37 (4) http://www.springerlink.com/content/p78x6216504533g3/fulltext.pdf