Raziel Abelson Explained

Raziel Abelson (24 June 1921  - 14 June 2017) was an American academic. He served as Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at New York University and was a proponent of the Ordinary Language School of Philosophy.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Rabbi Alter Abelson and Anna Goldina Schwartz. His brother was the playwright Lionel Abel (1910–2001).

He received a M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1950 with the thesis "Bertrand Russell's theory of truth",^[3] and a Ph.D. in 1960 from New York University with a thesis "An analysis of the concept of definition, and critique of three traditional philosophical views concerning its role in knowledge".^[4]

Abelson died in June 2017 at the age of 95.^[5]

Works

• Abelson, Raziel Ethics and Metaethics NY: St Martin's, 1963
• Abelson, Raziel. Lawless Mind. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988.
• Abelson, Raziel. Persons: A Study in Philosophical Psychology. New York: St. Martin's Press; London: Macmillan, 1977
• Abelson, Raziel, Marie-Louise Friquegnon, and Michael Lockwood. The Philosophical Imagination New York: St Martins, 1977.
• Abelson, Raziel, and Marie-Louise Friquegnon. Ethics for Modern Life. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1077 libraries^[6]
• Abelson, Raziel." Common Sense Morality." New York: Global Scholarly Publications 2015

See also

• Lionel Abel
• New York University Department of Philosophy

Notes and References

1. http://viaf.org/processed/LC%7Cn%20%2082152804 Library of Congress Authority File
2. Book: Who's who in American Jewry. 1980. Standard Who's Who. Los Angeles. 2.
3. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27327668 WorldCat item entry
4. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24877807 WorldCat item entry
5. http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=raziel-abelson&pid=186013759&referrer=0&preview=True RAZIEL ABELSON Obituary
6. http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n82152804 WorldCat author entry