Roderick M. Chisholm (1916–1999)

Author of Theory of knowledge

About the Author

An analytic philosopher, Roderick M. Chisholm is a meticulous epistemologist, although he also addresses historical figures and basic issues in metaphysics. He was born in Massachusetts, educated at Brown and Harvard universities, and in 1947 returned to Brown, where, with the exception of many show more visiting appointments, he has spent his academic career. Three important influences on Chisholm were Thomas Reid, Franz Brentano, and George Moore whose close attention to detail he owes something of his own style. All three were deeply concerned with perception, which is a major theme of Chisholm's work. His 1957 book, Perceiving, is a discussion of philosophical puzzles of perception and an attempt to resolve them. He also has written important studies of Brentano and of abstract concepts in philosophy of mind. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: R. M. Chisholm, Chisholm Roderick M., Roderick M. Chisholm, Roderick Milton Chisholm

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There is another, unrelated Roderick Chisholm - please do not combine the two.

Works by Roderick M. Chisholm

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Theory of knowledge (1977) 211 copies, 1 review

Person and Object: A Metaphysical Study (Muirhead Library of Philosophy) (1976) 45 copies

Realism and the Background of Phenomenology (1981) 45 copies, 1 review

Perceiving: A Philosophical Study (1957) 43 copies, 1 review

The Foundations of Knowing (1982) 43 copies

The First Person: An Essay on Reference and Intentionality (1981) 26 copies

A Realistic Theory of Categories: An Essay on Ontology (1996) 25 copies

Empirical knowledge; readings from contemporary sources (1973) — Editor — 24 copies

The Problem of the Criterion (The Aquinas Lecture, 1973) (1973) 23 copies

On Metaphysics (1989) 20 copies

Brentano and Intrinsic Value (1986) 19 copies

Philosophy (1965) 14 copies

Brentano and Meinong Studies (1982) 8 copies

Teoria del conocimiento / Roderick m. chishom ; traducción de Vicente peris mingueza (1982) 1 copy

The Theory of Knowledge 1 copy

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Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings (2002) — Contributor — 323 copies, 1 review

Epistemology: An Anthology (2000) — Contributor — 219 copies

The Linguistic Turn: Essays in Philosophical Method (1970) — Contributor — 217 copies, 1 review

Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology (2000) — Contributor — 86 copies

Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology (2004) — Contributor — 76 copies

Agents, Causes, and Events: Essays on Indeterminism and Free Will (1995) — Contributor — 45 copies

Intention and Intentionality: Essays for G. E. M. Anscombe (1979) — Contributor — 17 copies

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Legal name: Chisholm, Roderick Milton
Birthdate: 1916
Date of death: 1999-01
Gender: male
Education: Harvard University (PhD)
Brown University
Occupations: Professor of Philosophy, Brown University (deceased)
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Organizations: Brown University
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Disambiguation notice: There is another, unrelated Roderick Chisholm - please do not combine the two.
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wirkman 359 reviews

Realism and the Background of Phenomenology by Roderick M. Chisholm

This is an important book, not least because it reprints (or, rather, offers the first English translation of) Alexius Meinong’s most-cited essay on object-theory. It is a collection of important work developing a kind of realism starting with Franz Brentano and stretching out through Husserl and beyond, and then back to G.E. Moore’s common sense.

When I read every last essay, then I will come back here and review the book properly. But for now, take my advice: if you are interested in show more the work of Meinong, and its place in the history of philosophy, this is the book to start with. show less

Jan 21, 2020

RDGlibrary 79 reviews

Theory of Knowledge (Prentice-Hall Foundations of Philosophy Series) by Roderick M. Chisholm