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