Abraham Cornelius Benjamin
{{Short description|American philosopher of science}}
Abraham Cornelius Benjamin (25 August 1897 – 19 October 1968) was an American philosopher of science who taught at University of Chicago and University of Missouri.{{citation
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| series = American Philosophical Association Centennial Series
| title = Presidential Addresses of The American Philosophical Association 1981–1990
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A. C. Benjamin was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, graduating with a B.A. in 1920. Continuing there, he studied "the logical atomism of Bertrand Russell", submitted his thesis on the topic, graduating Ph.D. in 1924.
The University of Illinois employed him as assistant professor of philosophy from 1925 to 1932. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1930. Then University of Chicago employed him similarly until 1945 when he became department chairman in philosophy at University of Missouri.
While in Chicago he wrote three books, first positing a logical structure to science, then a beginning description of the philosophy of science, and a course on values, methods, and concepts. In 1950 he presented "a history of philosophical systems" for an anthology on philosophy of the sciences. He described operationalism in a book in 1955, and a decade later a consideration of sciences related to human values and technology.
Benjamin retired from the department chair in 1956 and from teaching in 1966. He died 19 October 1968 in Columbia, Missouri.
Works
- 1936: The Logical Structure of ScienceReviews of The Logical Structure of Science:
- {{citation | last = Davis | first = H. T. | date = November 1938 | issue = 2 | journal = Isis | jstor = 225510 | pages = 461–464 | title = none | volume = 29}}
- {{citation | last = Dennes | first = William R. | date = September 1938 | doi = 10.2307/2181204 | issue = 5 | journal = The Philosophical Review | jstor = 2181204 | pages = 534–538 | title = none | volume = 47}}
- {{citation | last = Guirdham | first = A. | date = September 1937 | doi = 10.1192/bjp.83.346.575-b | issue = 346 | journal = Journal of Mental Science | pages = 575 | title = none | volume = 83}}
- {{citation | last = Malisoff | first = William Marias | date = July 1937 | doi = 10.1086/286470 | issue = 3 | journal = Philosophy of Science | jstor = 184450 | pages = 385–387 | title = The anatomy of science | volume = 4| s2cid = 124997992 }}
- {{citation | author = E. N. | date = May 13, 1937 | doi = 10.2307/2017104 | issue = 10 | journal = The Journal of Philosophy | jstor = 2017104 | pages = 271–273 | title = none | volume = 34}}
- {{citation | last = Schmidt | first = Karl | date = October 1938 | issue = 1 | journal = Ethics | jstor = 2988787 | pages = 110–113 | title = none | volume = 49| doi = 10.1086/290056 }}
- 1937: [https://archive.org/details/introductiontoph00benj/page/n7/mode/2up Introduction to the Philosophy of Science] via Internet ArchiveReviews of An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science:
- {{citation | last = Brown | first = G. Burniston | date = April 1939 | doi = 10.1017/S0031819100011451 | issue = 54 | journal = Philosophy | jstor = 3746012 | pages = 224–225 | title = none | volume = 14| s2cid = 145221043 }}
- {{citation | last = Davis | first = H. T. | date = November 1938 | issue = 2 | journal = Isis | jstor = 225511 | pages = 464–469 | title = none | volume = 29}}
- {{citation | last = Good | first = Carter V. | date = March 1938 | issue = 7 | journal = The Journal of Educational Research | jstor = 27526444 | pages = 541–542 | title = none | volume = 31}}
- {{citation | author = E. N. | date = October 28, 1937 | doi = 10.2307/2017699 | issue = 22 | journal = The Journal of Philosophy | jstor = 2017699 | page = 611 | title = none | volume = 34}}
- {{citation | last = Von Zeppelin | first = Amethe | date = September 1938 | doi = 10.1038/142413a0 | issue = 3592 | journal = Nature | pages = 413–415 | title = none | volume = 142| s2cid = 186242834 }}
- 1940: Methods, Values and Concepts course
- 1950: "A History of Philosophical Systems"Vergilius Fern (editor), Philosophy of the Sciences, Benjamin's chapter pages 540 to 551
- 1955: [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b563950&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021 Operationism] via HathiTrustReviews of Operationism:
- {{citation | last = Bromberger | first = Sylvain | date = January 1957 | doi = 10.1086/287519 | issue = 1 | journal = Philosophy of Science | jstor = 184938 | pages = 89–90 | title = none | volume = 24}}
- {{citation | last = De Gortari | first = Eli | date = September 1957 | doi = 10.22201/iifs.18704913e.1957.3.1374 | issue = 3 | journal = Revista de filosofía Diánoia | page = 385 | publisher = Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | title = none | volume = 3| doi-access = free }}
- {{citation | last = Epstein | first = Joseph | date = December 6, 1956 | doi = 10.2307/2022528 | issue = 25 | journal = The Journal of Philosophy | jstor = 2022528 | pages = 820–825 | title = none | volume = 53}}
- {{citation | last = Isenberg | first = Arnold | date = December 1956 | doi = 10.2307/2104233 | issue = 2 | journal = Philosophy and Phenomenological Research | jstor = 2104233 | pages = 276–278 | title = none | volume = 17}}
- {{citation | last = Jensen | first = Howard E. | date = October 1956 | doi = 10.2307/2573123 | issue = 1 | journal = Social Forces | jstor = 2573123 | pages = 89–90 | title = none | volume = 35}}
- {{citation | last = Nogar | first = Raymond J. | doi = 10.5840/newscholas195630344 | issue = 3 | journal = New Scholasticism | pages = 380–382 | title = none | volume = 30 | year = 1956}}
- {{citation | last = Thompson | first = Manley | date = October 1956 | issue = 4 | journal = The Philosophical Review | pages = 556–560 | title = Review | url = https://www.pdcnet.org/phr/content/phr_1956_0065_0004_0556_0560 | volume = 65| doi = 10.2307/2182424 | jstor = 2182424 }}
- {{citation | last = Watling | first = John | issue = 36 | journal = Revue Internationale de Philosophie | jstor = 23936941 | title = none | volume = 10 | year = 1956}}
- {{citation | last = Winthrop | first = Henry | date = January 1956 | id = {{ProQuest | 1290486157}} | journal = Journal of General Psychology | pages = 291–298 | title = none | volume = 55}}
- {{citation | last = Wolf | first = William | date = January 1957 | doi = 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1957.11.1.173 | issue = 1 | journal = American Journal of Psychotherapy | pages = 173–174 | title = none | volume = 11}}
- 1965: Science, Technology and Human ValuesReviews of Science, Technology, and Human Values:
- {{citation | last = Harre | first = R. | date = Winter 1966 | issue = 4 | journal = Isis | jstor = 228523 | pages = 498–499 | title = none | volume = 57| doi = 10.1086/350168 }}
- {{citation | last = Hinshaw | first = Jr., Virgil | date = April 1966 | doi = 10.2307/1978994 | issue = 4 | journal = The Journal of Higher Education | jstor = 1978994 | pages = 236–238 | title = none | volume = 37}}
- {{citation | last = Keenan | first = C. W. | date = February 1966 | issue = 64 | journal = The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | jstor = 686839 | pages = 346–348 | title = none | volume = 16| doi = 10.1093/bjps/XVI.64.346 }}
- {{citation | last = Mohan | first = Robert Paul | doi = 10.5840/schoolman196744349 | issue = 3 | journal = The Modern Schoolman | pages = 264–265 | title = none | volume = 44 | year = 1967}}
- {{citation | last = Nieburg | first = H. L. | date = April 23, 1965 | doi = 10.1126/science.148.3669.490.a | issue = 3669 | journal = Science | jstor = 1715707 | page = 490 | series = New Series | title = A stocktaking summary | volume = 148| s2cid = 239811482 }}
- {{citation | last = Riepe | first = Dale | date = October 1967 | doi = 10.2307/3102138 | issue = 4 | journal = Technology and Culture | jstor = 3102138 | pages = 524–532 | title = none | volume = 8}}
References
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- Irving Anellis (2005) "Abraham Cornelius Benjamin" in The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers.
- [https://philpapers.org/s/cornelius%20benjamin A. Cornelius Benjamin] at PhilPapers
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