Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz Papers, 1957-2001
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topic: General-Reviews and Abstracts 1982, n.d.
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topic: "Causal and Logical Necessity" (University of Oregon) Apr 1993
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topic: "The Changing Face of Philosophy" (Engel Lecture, Smith) 1967
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topic: "Commanding a Clear View of Philosophy" (APA Meeting) Dec 1975
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topic: "Comparison of Moore’s and Wittgenstein’s Views on Dec 1975
subject: "Comparison of Moore’s and Wittgenstein’s Views on Dec 1975
topic: "Discourse on Method" (O.K. Bouwsma Conference, Drake U.) Oct 1990
subject: "Discourse on Method" (O.K. Bouwsma Conference, Drake U.) Oct 1990
topic: Existence, Knowledge, and Communication n.d.
subject: Existence, Knowledge, and Communication n.d.
topic: Lectures on Metaphysics (preface and other notes) ca. 1992
subject: Lectures on Metaphysics (preface and other notes) ca. 1992
topic: Logic, Reason, and Unreason in Philosophy n.d.
subject: Logic, Reason, and Unreason in Philosophy n.d.
topic: "Metaphysics and Semantic Analysis" (Out But Not Down Club) n.d.
subject: "Metaphysics and Semantic Analysis" (Out But Not Down Club) n.d.
topic: "Moore and Wittgenstein as Teachers" 1989
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topic: "On Certainty" (Logical Foundation) 1991
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topic: "Philosophy, Language, and Psychoanalysis" (Machetto Lecture, Brooklyn College)
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topic: "Recollections of Wittgenstein" ca. 1990
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topic: "Scepticism [sic] and Common Sense" 1990
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topic: "Scepticism [sic] of the Senses: Wittgenstein and Moore" (Drew University)
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topic: "Some Problems in the Western Philosophical Tradition" (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika)
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topic: "Transfinite Numbers" (Wittgenstein’s Intentions) 1993
subject: "Transfinite Numbers" (Wittgenstein’s Intentions) 1993
topic: "Two Philosophical Problems" (Brown University) ca. 1985-1986
subject: "Two Philosophical Problems" (Brown University) ca. 1985-1986
topic: "Wittgenstein and Linguistic Solipsism" (Roger Holmes Lecture, Mt. Holyoke)
subject: "Wittgenstein and Linguistic Solipsism" (Roger Holmes Lecture, Mt. Holyoke)
topic: Fundamentals of Symbolic Logic (rev. ed., 1962)
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topic: Fundamentos de Logica Simbolica (1968)
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scopecontent: Scope and Contents The Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz Papers contains biographical material, course syllabi, unpublished lectures, and publications spanning the later portions of Lazerowitz's career, with the majority of the collection consisting in the latter two types of material. These lectures and publications (1957-1996) are all on philosophical topics, except for some biographical writing on G. E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein. A number of the unpublished lectures are not dated. The Lazerowitz Papers includes three monographs, listed at the end of the folder listing. (Additional monographs written or edited by Lazerowitz are available in Neilson Library, Smith College.) The size of the collection is .33 feet (one box).
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body: Biographical Note Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz was born to Albert Lee and Bonnie Belle Ambrose on November 25, 1906, in Lexington, IL. She attended Millikin University as an undergraduate (1924-1928), and received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin in 1932. In 1932, she traveled to England to do post-doctoral research at Cambridge University, studying under perhaps the most important philosopher of the 21st century, Ludwig Wittgenstein. It is due to Lazerowitz and a few select others in the Cambridge philosophical community of the 1930s that The Blue Book (1933-1934) and The Brown Book (1934-1935), two central texts in the Wittgenstein canon, were written and published. Both books were published after the philosopher's death, and are essentially transcripts of Wittgenstein's lectures and dictations during those years. In a ca. 1990 document called "Recollections of Wittgenstein" and described as "preparatory materials for tape recording at E. Carolina University," Lazerowitz writes, Wittgenstein was demanding, of both himself and others. The ruling passion of his life was to do philosophy properly. The compelling force of his own values communicated itself, and with both himself and others there was no compromise with those values, whether intellectual, moral, or aesthetic. (p. 4) This passage not only vividly captures Wittgenstein's single-minded passion for philosophy, but also highlights the clarity, vigor, and accuracy of Lazerowitz's thought and prose. One could in all fairness say that, just as Lazerowitz was immensely fortunate to study with Wittgenstein, he was equally fortunate to have in her and her compatriots students capable not only of transcribing his words, but also of understanding and later teaching them to others. Lazerowitz received a second doctoral degree from Cambridge, and in 1935 she left England and accepted a teaching position at the University of Michigan, which she held for two years. In 1937, she came to Smith College …
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"Metaphysics and Semantic Analysis" (Out But Not Down Club) n.d.
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"Two Philosophical Problems" (Brown University) ca. 1985-1986
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