Maurice Mandelbaum

Maurice Mandelbaum (December 9, 1908, in Chicago – January 1, 1987, Hanover, New Hampshire) was an American philosopher and phenomenologist.^[1] He was professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University with stints at Dartmouth College and Swarthmore College.^[1] He held two degrees from Dartmouth and a PhD from Yale University.^[1] He was known for his work in phenomenology, epistemology, philosophy of perception (especially critical realism),^[2] and the history of ideas.

Works

He wrote many books, including:

• The Problem of Historical Knowledge, 1938
• The Phenomenology of Moral Experience, 1955
• Philosophy, Science and Sense Perception, 1964
• History, Man, and Reason: A study in Nineteenth Century Thought, 1971
• The Anatomy of Historical Knowledge, 1977
• Philosophy, History, and the Sciences, 1984