Reminiscences of Herbert Wallace Schneider and John P. Diggins, 1976

Biographical Note

Professor of philosophy

Scope and Contents

Family background and education; psychological testing for Army Medical Corps; teaching at Columbia from 1919: Contemporary Civilization course, philosophy curriculum; impressions of George Santayana, John Dewey, other philosophers; UNESCO: Southeast Asian tour, publications; American Philosophical Association representative to France, 1950; lectures on political philosophy, anaylytical ontology; first director, Blaisdell Institute; HISTORY OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY; pragmatism and American philosophy

Subjects

• Columbia University.
• Diggins, John P.
• Diggins, John P., interviewee.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Myers, Constance, interviewer.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Philosophers--Interviews.
• Philosophy.
• Pragmatism.
• Schneider, Herbert W. (Herbert Wallace), 1892-1984--Interviews.
• Teaching.
• Unesco.
• United States--Intellectual life.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980