Knowledge and Value: Essays in Honor of Harold N. Lee (Tulane Studies in Philosophy, 21)

Harold N. Lee retired from Tulane University in June 1970. At first the event was too incredible for us to react. Harold N. Lee is a "character" in the best sense of the term. Surely he would never leave us. He was too much an institution for our institution to proceed without him. But he had attained the mandatory retirement age of seventy, as he himself informed us, and we could not refute the calendar. When at last we came to acknowledge the event, we - his colleagues, profession­ al friends, and former students - realized that we wanted to honor him in a manner more permanent than dinners and parties. So the idea of the present collection of essays dawned. Harold N. Lee taught philosophy at Tulane University for forty-five years. As professor of philosophy at Newcomb College, the undergraduate women's division of Tulane, and head of the Newcomb philosophy department, he carried a heavy burden of teaching and administration. He introduced many of the courses that are now a basic part of the curriculum, such as the courses in aesthetics and symbolic logic. Shortly after World War II he became chairman of the then newly­ formed university department of philosophy and played a major role in the establishment of the doctoral program in philosophy. Throughout the decades he also continued his philosophical researches, and he has published and continues to publish important articles and books at regular intervals. Harold N. Lee retired from Tulane University in June 1970. At first the event was too incredible for us to react. Harold N. Lee is a "character" in the best sense of the term. Surely he would never leave us. He was too much an institution for our institution to proceed without him. But he had attained the mandatory retirement age of seventy, as he himself informed us, and we could not refute the calendar. When at last we came to acknowledge the event, we - his colleagues, professionƯ al friends, and former students - realized that we wanted to honor him in a manner more permanent than dinners and parties. So the idea of the present collection of essays dawned. Harold N. Lee taught philosophy at Tulane University for forty-five years. As professor of philosophy at Newcomb College, the undergraduate women's division of Tulane, and head of the Newcomb philosophy department, he carried a heavy burden of teaching and administration. He introduced many of the courses that are now a basic part of the curriculum, such as the courses in aesthetics and symbolic logic. Shortly after World War II he became chairman of the then newlyƯ formed university department of philosophy and played a major role in the establishment of the doctoral program in philosophy. Throughout the decades he also continued his philosophical researches, and he has published and continues to publish important articles and books at regular intervals Front Matter....Pages n1-VIII Monism, Logos, Fire, and Flux....Pages 1-11 Kant’s Theory of Symbolism....Pages 13-21 Dualisms in William James’s....Pages 23-38 Charles Peirce and the Firstness of Process....Pages 39-50 The Meaning of Sameness or Family Resemblance in the Pragmatic Tradition....Pages 51-62 Pragmatics and Definite Descriptions....Pages 63-84 Distinguishing Presupposition in Epistemology....Pages 85-100 Verification in Metaphysics....Pages 101-113 Gentzen’s Cut Elimination Theorem for Non-Logicians....Pages 115-126 The Aesthetics of Harold N. Lee: A Reconsideration....Pages 127-137 On the Phenomenon of Obligation....Pages 139-157 Positivistic Paths to Value....Pages 159-190 Back Matter....Pages 191-193