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.Library of Congress Authority File
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",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".WorldCat item entry
Abelson died in June 2017 at the age of 95.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 WorldCat author entry Abelson, Raziel." Common Sense Morality." New York: Global Scholarly Publications 2015
See also
Lionel Abel New York University Department of Philosophy
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