Paul Edwards
Paul Edwards · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher, editor-in-chief of the 'Encyclopedia of Philosophy'
1923, Vienna, Austria — 2004, New York City, New York, United States
Austria · United States (New York)
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Paul Edwards was an Austrian-American philosopher who served as editor-in-chief of the eight-volume Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1967), a landmark reference that became a standard resource for students and scholars of philosophy. A specialist in the philosophy of religion and a noted critic of psychoanalysis and belief in immortality, he taught at Brooklyn College and the New School. He was born into a Jewish family in Vienna and fled Nazi Austria as a teenager.
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Philosopher, editor-in-chief of the 'Encyclopedia of Philosophy'
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