Paul Edwards (philosopher)

Paul Edwards
Born(1923-09-02)September 2, 1923
Vienna, Austria
DiedDecember 9, 2004(2004-12-09) (aged 81)
New York
EducationBA, MA in philosophy (University of Melbourne, 1949)
PhD (Columbia University, 1951)[1]
OccupationPhilosopher
Employer(s)New York University, Brooklyn College, New School for Social Research
Known forEditor-in-chief of MacMillan's Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Paul Edwards (September 2, 1923 – December 9, 2004) was an Austrian-American moral philosopher. He was the editor-in-chief of MacMillan's eight-volume Encyclopedia of Philosophy from 1967, and lectured at New York University, Brooklyn College and the New School for Social Research from the 1960s to the 1990s.[2]

  1. ^ Wreen, Michael. "Paul Edwards, 1923–2004", Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 78, No. 5 (May, 2005), pp. 166-168.
  2. ^ Bayot, Jennifer. Edwards' obituary at wasm.us "Paul Edwards, Professor and Editor of Philosophy, dies at 81" Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, December 16, 2004.