Raziel Abelson
{{short description|American academic}}
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.[http://viaf.org/processed/LC%7Cn%20%2082152804 Library of Congress Authority File]{{cite book|title=Who's who in American Jewry|date=1980|publisher=Standard Who's Who|location=Los Angeles|page=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",[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27327668 WorldCat item entry] 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".[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24877807 WorldCat item entry]
Abelson died in June 2017 at the age of 95.[http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=raziel-abelson&pid=186013759&referrer=0&preview=True RAZIEL ABELSON Obituary]
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[http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n82152804 WorldCat author entry]
- Abelson, Raziel." Common Sense Morality." New York: Global Scholarly Publications 2015
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