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Jerold J . Abrams, PhD

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Jerold J . Abrams, PhD

Professor

Academic Appointments

  • Department: Philosophy
  • Position: Professor

Articles

  • “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” In 101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die. Ed. Steven Schneider. New York: Penguin,, Quintessence, 2009
  • “Aesthetics and Ethics: Santayana, Nietzsche, and Shusterman.”, The Modern Schoolman: A Quarterly Journal of Philosophy, 233-266, 2004
  • “Philosophy After the Mirror of Nature: Rorty, Dewey, and Peirce on Pragmatism and Metaphor.”, Metaphor and Symbol, 17:3, 227-42, 2002

Awards and Honors

  • Teacher of the Week, Delta Zeta, 2008
  • Teacher of the Month, Pi Kappa Alpha, 2005
  • The 2004 Annual Order of Omega Teaching Award, The Greek Community of Creighton University, 2004

 

Teaching Interests

  • American Philosophy

Department

Philosophy

Position

Professor

Articles

  • Quintessence
    “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” In 101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die. Ed. Steven Schneider. New York: Penguin, 2009
  • The Modern Schoolman: A Quarterly Journal of Philosophy
    “Aesthetics and Ethics: Santayana, Nietzsche, and Shusterman.” , p. 233-266 2004
  • Metaphor and Symbol
    “Philosophy After the Mirror of Nature: Rorty, Dewey, and Peirce on Pragmatism and Metaphor.”
    17:3, p. 227-42 2002

Awards

  • Teacher of the Week
    Delta Zeta
  • Teacher of the Month
    Pi Kappa Alpha
  • The 2004 Annual Order of Omega Teaching Award
    The Greek Community of Creighton University
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