Donald Palmer Explained

Region:	American philosophy
Era:	Contemporary philosophy
Donald D. Palmer
Main Interests:	Philosophy education History of philosophy Existentialism
Books:	Looking at Philosophy, Does the Center Hold?, Kierkegaard for Beginners
Institutions:	College of Marin in Kentfield, North Carolina State University

Donald D. Palmer is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. He is known for writing introductory books on philosophy and philosophers which attempt to make philosophical ideas accessible to novices.^{[1] [2]} He also illustrates his own books.^[3] Currently he is visiting assistant professor of philosophy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.^[4]

Bibliography

• Looking At Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter (Mayfield Publications, 1988)
• Does the Center Hold? An Introduction to Western Philosophy (Mayfield Publications, 1991)
• Structuralism and Poststructuralism for Beginners (Writers and Readers, 1995)
• Sartre for Beginners (Writers and Readers, 1995)
• Kierkegaard for Beginners (Writers and Readers, 1996)
• Visions of Human Nature: An Introduction (Mayfield Publications, 2000)
• Why It's Hard to Be Good: An Introduction to Ethical Theory (McGraw-Hill, Summer 2005)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Finally, It's Philosophy Made Easy . 2013-06-15 . 2013-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230652/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-12-16/features/9003020988_1_philosophy-american-pragmatist-philosopher-encounter . dead .
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208081252/http://www.marin.edu/upm/april1998.html#anchor1488075 April 98 newsletter
3. http://www.latitude.org/latitude4.html Latitude Cultural Center (on Palmer)
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=uIKIGQAACAAJ Structuralism and Poststructuralism For Beginners