Jack Meiland

Jack Meiland

Jack W. Meiland (1934-1998) was an American philosopher. He is best known for comments on cognitive relativism, and a salvage operation from the "paradox of relativism": the claim that relativists fall into being absolute about relativism.

He taught at the University of Michigan from 1962 to 1997 [ [http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=1799 Professor Jack Meiland retires ] ] .

Works

*"Scepticism and Historical Knowledge" (1965)
*"Talking About Particulars" (1970)
*"Nature of Intention" (1970)
*"College Thinking: How to Get the Best Out of College" (1981)
*"Relativism, Cognitive and Moral" (1982), editor with Michael Krausz

References

* [http://www.ur.umich.edu/9899/Nov16_98/12.htm 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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