Daniel E. Little (born 1949) is professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and professor of sociology and public policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He previously served as the Chancellor for the University of Michigan-Dearborn (2000-2018).

Biography

Daniel Little earned two undergraduate degrees in

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

and

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from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1971 and a Ph.D in philosophy from Harvard University in 1977. After his time at Harvard University, Little served in faculty positions at the

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Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

, and Bucknell University. He served as vice president for academic affairs at Bucknell University between 1996 and 2000. His areas of specialization and competence include the philosophy of social sciences, social and political philosophy, and

Asian studies Asian studies is the term used usually in North America and Australia for what in Europe is known as Oriental studies. The field is concerned with the Asian people, their cultures, languages, history and politics. Within the Asian sphere, Asian ...

. He is an active scholar and has written and lectured extensively on the foundations of the social sciences. His 2003 book is ''The Paradox of Wealth and Poverty'', a discussion of the ethical issues raised by economic development in the third world. More recent books include ''New Contributions to the Philosophy of History'' (2010) and ''New Directions in the Philosophy of Social Science'' (2016). He is actively involved in the metropolitan Detroit community and served on non-profit boards in Michigan concerned with civil rights, race relations, and improving inter-group understanding. He currently serves on the boards of the Michigan League for Public Policy and the Michigan College Access Network, with previous board service with New Detroit, City Year Detroit, the Detroit Urban League, Detroit Public Television, and the Detroit Zoological Society. He is a core faculty of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program through the University of Michigan

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, often referred to as the Ford School, is the public policy school at the University of Michigan. Founded in 1914 to train municipal administration experts, the school was named after University of Mi ...

Publications

* 1986 ''The Scientific Marx'' * 1989 ''Understanding Peasant China'' * 1991 ''Varieties of Social Explanation'' * 1995 ''On the Reliability of Economic Models'' (edited) * 1998 ''Microfoundations, Method, and Causation'' * 2003 ''The Paradox of Wealth and Poverty'' * 2010 ''New Contributions to the Philosophy of History'' * 2010 ''Future of Diversity: Academic Leaders Reflect on American Higher Education'' (edited with Satya Mohanty) * 2016 ''New Directions in the Philosophy of Social Science''

Notable articles

Philosophy of Economics
Daniel Little's entry in the ''Routledge Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Science''
Philosophy of History
(entry in the ''Standard Encyclopedia of Philosophy'')
Analytical Sociology and the Rest of Sociology
(''Sociologica'' 2012)

References

External links

Understanding Society
blog
University of Michigan-Dearborn
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