George James Allan, also known as George J Allan or just George Allan, (born 1935) is an American philosopher and former Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the College at Dickinson College. He is also a former president of the Metaphysical Society of America (2000-2001).[1]
George James Allan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1935 |
| Education | Yale University (Ph.D.) Grinnell College (B.A.) |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Dickinson College |
Works
His body of works are:[2]
The Importances of the Past: A Meditation on the Authority of Tradition(1985)
The Realizations of the Future :An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis(1990)
The Patterns of the Present :Interpreting the Authority of Form(2001)
Higher Education in the Making Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon(2004)
Comments on Ferré's "The Practicality of Metaphysics"(2005)
Modes of Learning: Whitehead's Metaphysics and the Stages of Education(2013)