Eddy Zemach
Encyclopedia
Eddy M. Zemach is Ahad Ha'am Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ph.D., Yale University (1965). His main research interests are Aesthetics
, Metaphysics
, Epistemology, Philosophy of psychology
and Philosophy of language
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Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
, Metaphysics
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
, Epistemology, Philosophy of psychology
Philosophy of psychology
Philosophy of psychology refers to issues at the theoretical foundations of modern psychology. Some of these issues are epistemological concerns about the methodology of psychological investigation...
and Philosophy of language
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the philosophy of language for analytic philosophers is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition, and the relationship between language...
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Major works
- 1970: Analytic Aesthetics, Daga (in Hebrew).
- 1976: Aesthetics, Institute for Poetics & Semiotics (in Hebrew).
- 1992: The Reality of Meaning and the Meaning of 'Reality, Brown U. Press.
- 1992: Types: Essays in Metaphysics, E. J. Brill Publishers.
- 1997: Real Beauty, Penn State Press.
- 2001: Mind and Right, Magnes Press (in Hebrew).