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William L. Reese (1921 - September 22, 2017) was a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy,
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. He was born in
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. Reese gained his PhD from the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the ...
in 1947. From 1967 to 1999 he was Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany, and since 1999 has been professor emeritus and research professor in philosophy at the university.


Works

*''Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion: Eastern and Western Thought'', New Jersey: Humanities Press Inc., 1980. "The Ascent from Below: An Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry," Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1959. No ISBN "Philosophers Speak of God" with Charles Hartshorne, Humanity Books, 2nd Ed. 2000.


See also

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American philosophy American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States. The ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' notes that while it lacks a "core of defining features, American Philosophy can nevert ...
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List of American philosophers This is a list of American philosophers; of philosophers who are either from, or spent many productive years of their lives in the United States. {, border="0" style="margin:auto;" class="toccolours" , - ! {{MediaWiki:Toc , - , style="text-al ...


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Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion
* American philosophers 1921 births 2017 deaths University of Chicago alumni University at Albany, SUNY faculty {{US-philosopher-stub