Andreas Teuber
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Andreas Teuber is Associate Professor of Philosophy
at Brandeis University
. He studied under Paul Grice
at Oxford University and at Harvard University
with philosophers John Rawls
and Robert Nozick
. Teuber is also a Member and Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study
in Princeton, NJ.
In an earlier career, Teuber was an actor. As an Oxford University student, he performed opposite Richard Burton
and Elizabeth Taylor
in the 1967 film Doctor Faustus, where he garnered favorable reviews as Mephistopheles
in a production that saw few good marks. He also guest-starred on the TV series I Spy and The Big Valley
.
Among his academic works are:
He has also published a number of more general popular works, including
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
. He studied under Paul Grice
Paul Grice
Herbert Paul Grice , usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H...
at Oxford University and at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
with philosophers John Rawls
John Rawls
John Bordley Rawls was an American philosopher and a leading figure in moral and political philosophy. He held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University....
and Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an American political philosopher, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a professor at Harvard University. He is best known for his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia , a right-libertarian answer to John Rawls's A Theory of Justice...
. Teuber is also a Member and Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...
in Princeton, NJ.
In an earlier career, Teuber was an actor. As an Oxford University student, he performed opposite Richard Burton
Richard Burton
Richard Burton, CBE was a Welsh actor. He was nominated seven times for an Academy Award, six of which were for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and was a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Awards for Best Actor. Although never trained as an actor, Burton was, at one time, the highest-paid...
and Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age...
in the 1967 film Doctor Faustus, where he garnered favorable reviews as Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles is a demon featured in German folklore...
in a production that saw few good marks. He also guest-starred on the TV series I Spy and The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley is an American television Western which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969, which starred Barbara Stanwyck, as a California widowed mother. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman...
.
Academic Work
Teuber holds a B.A. and a Ph.D from Harvard University.Among his academic works are:
- Teuber, A, "Justifying Risk," Daedalus 119 (4): 235-254 Fall 1990
- Teuber, A, "Spheres of Justice" Political Theory 12 (1): 118-123 1984
- Teuber, A, " Kantian perspectives", Political theory, 11 (3): 369-392 1983
- Teuber, A, "Simone WeilSimone WeilSimone Weil , was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist.-Biography:Weil was born in Paris to Alsatian agnostic Jewish parents who fled the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. She grew up in comfortable circumstances, and her father was a doctor. Her only sibling was...
: Equality as Compassion," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 43 (2): 221-237 1982
- Teuber, A, The Relevant Reasons for Distributing Healthcare" Southern Journal of Philosophy, 19 (4): 517-530 1981
He has also published a number of more general popular works, including
- Teuber, Andreas. Twenty One Legal Puzzlers: A Series of Short Takes and Murder Mysteries in Criminal, Civil and Constitutional Law Complete with Commentaries. Focus Publishing, 2005.
- Teuber, Andreas. "Christopher MarloweChristopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian, next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his mysterious death.A warrant was issued for Marlowe's arrest on 18 May...
's Dr. Faustus in Performance." Shakespeare and the Classroom XIII. 1 (2005). - Teuber, Andreas. "Dr. Faustus on Stage and Film." Marlowe's Dr. Faustus. Ed. Lake, James & Ribner, Irving. Pullins and Company, 2004