Arthur Edward Murphy (September 1, 1901 – May 11, 1962) was an

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.Staff report (May 13, 1962). Dr. Arthur Murphy, taught philosophy. ''

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Life and career

Murphy was born in

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. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from

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in 1923, then went on to earn a doctorate there. He took an appointment at

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in 1927, then went to

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in 1928 before returning to Chicago in 1929. He took a position as full professor at

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in 1931. In 1939 he became department chair at

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, and then served in the same position at Cornell University from 1946 to 1953. That year, he took the same position at

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. In 1957, he came to

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as a visiting professor before being appointed chair in 1958. Murphy had a long-term serious cardiac condition, and he died in

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at age 60.

Selected works

*The Theory of Practical Reason *The Uses of Reason ( Carus Lecture Series) *Reason, Reality, and Speculative Philosophy *Reason and the Common Good *Philosophy in American Education

References

External links

A Guide to the Arthur E. Murphy PapersIn memoriam: Arthur Edward Murphy
1901 births 1962 deaths 20th-century American philosophers People from Ithaca, New York {{US-philosopher-stub