Howard Kainz
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Howard P. Kainz (born 1933) is professor emeritus at
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, Milwaukee. He was a recipient of a
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fellowship for 1977-1978, and
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fellowships in Germany for 1980-1981 and 1987-1988. Kainz advocates aspects of the philosophy of
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. Kainz is a founding member of the
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Books

His major publications include ''"Active and Passive Potency" in Thomistic Angelology'' (1972); ''Hegel's Phenomenology, Part I: Analysis and Commentary'' (1976); ''Ethica Dialectica: A Study of Ethical Oppositions'' (1979); ''The Philosophy of Man'' (1981); ''Hegel's Phenomenology, Part II: The Evolution of Ethical and Religious Consciousness to the Absolute Standpoint'' (1983); ''Philosophical Perspectives on Peace'' (1987); ''Ethics in Context: Toward the Definition and Differentation of the Morally Good'' (1988); ''Paradox, Dialectic, and System: A Reconstruction of the Hegelian Problematic'' (1988); ''Democracy and the "Kingdom of God"'' (1993); ''Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit: Selections Translated and Annotated by Howard P. Kainz'' (1994); ''An Introduction To Hegel: The Stages Of Modern Philosophy'' (1996); ''GWF Hegel: The Philosophical System'' (1996); ''Politically Incorrect Dialogues'' (1999); ''Natural Law: an Introduction and Reexamination'' (2004); and ''The Philosophy of Human Nature'' (2008) and ''The Existence of God and the Faith-Instinct'' (2010). His ''Paradox, Dialectic, and System'' received the ''Choice'' Distinguished Scholarly Book award for 1988.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kainz, Howard P. Living people American philosophy academics Hegelian philosophers 20th-century American philosophers 21st-century American philosophers 1933 births