Paul Weiss (philosopher)
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Paul Weiss (/waɪs/; May 19, 1901 – July 5, 2002) was an American philosopher. He was the founder of The Review of Metaphysics and the Metaphysical Society of America.
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Born | (1901-05-19)May 19, 1901 New York City, US |
Died | July 5, 2002(2002-07-05) (aged 101) Washington, D.C., US |
Education | City College of New York (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Process philosophy |
Institutions | Yale University Catholic University of America |
Thesis | The Nature of Systems (1929) |
Doctoral advisor | Alfred North Whitehead |
Doctoral students | Alvin Plantinga Richard Rorty Robert Spitzer |
Main interests | Metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Being consists of a plurality of individuals that are unified by universality, which gives a structure to all there is |
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