Jack W. Meiland (1934–1998) was an
American philosopher
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and educator. As a philosopher, Meiland is best known for his analyses of
relativism
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, particularly on
cognitive relativism
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. Meiland is also known for a "salvage operation" from the "paradox of relativism", the claim that relativists are absolutists about relativism.
From 1962 to 1997, Meiland taught at the Philosophy Department at the
University of Michigan
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, where he was appointed Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in 1988.
In the
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LS&A), Meiland served as Director of th
Honors Programand then as the Associate
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Curriculum
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and Long-Range Planning.
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Works
*''Scepticism and Historical Knowledge'' (1965)
*''Talking About Particulars'' (1970)
*''Nature of Intention'' (1970)
*''First Time in London'' (1979)
*''College Thinking: How to Get the Best Out of College'' (1981)
*''Relativism, Cognitive and Moral'' (1982), editor with Michael Krausz
See also
* American philosophy
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* List of American philosophers
This is a list of American philosophers; of philosophers who are either from, or spent many productive years of their lives in the United States.
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References
Obituary
*Louis E. Loeb, "Jack W. Meiland, 1934-1998", ''Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association'', Vol. 73, No. 2 (November 1999), pp. 124–126
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1934 births
1998 deaths
20th-century American philosophers
University of Michigan faculty