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| Full name | John Lachs |
| Era | 19th century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Continental Philosophy |
| Main interests | Human Nature Ethics · Metaphysics · Philosophy of Mind · Pragmatism · German Idealism · Political Philosophy · American philosophy |
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John Lachs is the Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, where he has taught since 1967. Dr. Lachs received his PhD from Yale University in 1961. His primary focus is on American philosophy (he has written a book and several articles on George Santayana) and German idealism.
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Dr. John Lachs has been a member of the Vanderbilt faculty since
1967. He has written a number of books and countless articles over
this period and before. He is also recognized as an outstanding
teacher at Vanderbilt faculty, recently receiving the Graduate
Teaching Award (2000) and the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching
Freshmen Award (1999). He was earlier awarded the Madison Sarratt
Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1972). His style is
highly accessible as Lachs is committed to making philosophical
questions and their discussion something within the grasp of all
his audiences. Dr. Lachs is a pragmatist in the tradition of
William James and Josiah Royce.
His philosophical interests center on human nature. This takes him into metaphysics, philosophy of mind, political philosophy, and ethics. He has continuing research interests in American philosophy and in German Idealism, along with research and teaching interests in medical and business ethics.
John Lachs is general editor of Encyclopedia of American Philosophy
(Garland). An issue of The Journal of Speculative Philosophy will
be devoted to his essay "Both Better Off and Better: Moral Progress
Amid Continuing Carnage," with responses from a half dozen
philosophers, 2001.
He is also chair of the American Philosophical Association's Centennial Committee, charged with celebrating the private value and social usefulness of philosophy. Plans are being made for activities throughout the country, ranging from radio programs to book signings and coffee house conversations, designed to show the relevance of philosophy to life.
A recipient of the Herbert Schneider Award for Lifetime
Contributions to American Philosophy in 1997, Dr. Lachs is also the
author of the following books, among others*[1]:
Intermediate Man. Hacket Publishers, Indianapolis, © 1981,
paperback © 1983;
Mind and Philosophers. Vanderbilt University Press, © 1987;
The Relevance of Philosophy to Life, Vanderbilt University Press, ©
1995;
In Love with Life, Vanderbilt University Press, © 1998;
Thinking in the Ruins: Wittgenstein and Santayana. Vanderbilt
University Press, © 2000
A Community of Individuals. Routledge, © 2003.
The Philosophy of William Ernest Hocking (ed. with Micah Hester),
Vanderbilt University Press 2001.
"Human Natures," Proceedings of the American Philosophical
Association, 1990.
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