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John J. McDermott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University, has died.
Professor McDermott was known for his work on American Philosophy. Prior to coming to Texas A&M, he taught at Queens College (CUNY). He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at Fordham University.
In 2016, Professor McDermott was awarded the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the William James Society. We was a past president of that group, as well as of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
Michael Young, the president of Texas A&M, writes of Professor McDermott:
He believed in the centrality of the humanities as a means to a great education because it defines what it means to be human. John McDermott never lost sight of our core mission of teaching what it means to live a good life and how to live it… Dr. McDermott’s writings and teaching not only influenced people, but also literally saved lives. I know of stories • University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University, McDermott taught for more than sixty years. Pedagogically, his concentration was 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 bygd the University of Virginia Press in 12 volumes, 1992-2004. • American philosopher and professor (1932–2018) John J. McDermott United States John Joseph McDermott (January 5, 1932 – September 30, 2018)[1] was an American philosopher and a professor at Texas A&M University. He was a distinguished professor at Texas A&M since 1981 and held the Melbern G. Glasscock Chair in the Humanities. McDermott was born in New York City to John J. and Helen Kelly McDermott.[2] He was the first of eight children in a lower-middle class family.[3] He earned an undergraduate degree in 1953 at St. Francis College. He went to Fordham University to complete a master's degree and a Ph.D. in 1959. (Dissertation title: "Experience is Pedagogical: the genesis and essence of the American nineteenth century notion of experience"). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Union Theolog
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