Matthews, Gareth B(lanc)

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MATTHEWS, Gareth B(lanc)

MATTHEWS, Gareth B(lanc). American (born Argentina), b. 1929. Genres: Philosophy. Career: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, assistant professor, 1960-61; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, assistant professor, 1961-64, associate professor, 1964-69; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, professor of philosophy, 1969-; writer. Visiting lecturerat US colleges and universities. Publications: Philosophy and the Young Child, 1980; Dialogues with Children, 1984; (trans. with S.M. Cohen) Ammonius' Commentary on Aristotle's "Categories," 1991; Thought's Ego in Augustine and Descartes, 1992; The Philosophy of Childhood, 1994; (ed. with S. Turner) The Philosopher's Child, 1998; (ed.) The Augustinian Tradition, 1999; Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy, 1999. Address: Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, U.S.A. Online address: matthews@philos.umass.edu

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