Stephen A. Erickson is an American

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. He is an

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professor of philosophy at

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in Claremont, California, where he held the E. Wilson Lyon Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy title. He is known for his lectures in

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titled "Philosophy as a Guide to Living". He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from

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Bibliography

* ''Language and Being: An Analytic Phenomenology'', 1970 * ''The (Coming) Age of Thresholding'', 1999 * ''Human Presence & Boundaries'', Mercer University Press, 1984 * ''Philosophy as a Guide to Living'', two parts, 2006

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