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John J. McDermott

Education

B.A., Philosophy Cum Laude, St. Francis College, 1953,
M.A., Philosophy, Fordham University, 1954,
Ph.D., Philosophy With Great Distinction, Fordham University, 1959,
Post-Doctoral Fellow: Union Theological Graduate School, 1964-1965, American Studies 
L.L.D., Honoris Causa for Contribution to Higher Education, University of Hartford, 1970

Areas of Interest

Classical American Philosophy
Philosophy of Culture
Philosophy of Medicine
Existentialism

 

University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University and holder of the Melbern G. Glasscock Chair in the Humanities, McDermott has been teaching for more than sixty years. Pedagogically, his concentration is on the philosophy of culture, of literature, of medicine and classical American philosophy. In addition to books and essays on matters philosophical, educational and aesthetic, McDermott was the General Editor of the Critical Edition of The Correspondence of William James, published by the University of Virginia Press in 12 volumes, 1992-2004.