Randall Roy Dipert (; 1951–2019) was an American
philosopher
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and professor of philosophy at the
State University of New York at Fredonia
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, the
United States Military Academy
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, and the
University at Buffalo
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where he retired as the
C. S. Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce ( ; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American philosopher, logician, mathematician and scientist who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism".
Educated as a chemist and employed as a scientist for t ...
Chair of American Philosophy.
Works
Books
*1985. (with William Rapaport and Morton Schagrin) ''Logic: A Computer Approach''. McGraw-Hill. ,
*1993. ''Artifacts, Art Works, and Agency''. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ,
References
1951 births
2019 deaths
State University of New York at Fredonia faculty
United States Military Academy faculty
University at Buffalo faculty
University of Michigan alumni
Indiana University alumni
Philosophers of logic
20th-century American philosophers
21st-century American philosophers
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