Aron Edidin
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Aron Edidin is a noteworthy contemporary American philosopher in the Analytic tradition. He holds the position of Professor of Philosophy at New College of Florida. Edidin left a tenured position at the University of Notre Dame to return to his alma mater. He graduated from New College in 1973 with degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy. He then received a ph.D in Philosophy from Princeton University. His published articles in the field of epistemology are standard reading at the undergraduate and graduate levels at many of the world's most elite colleges and universities, including Harvard and Oxford. He resides (as of 2006) in Sarasota, Florida with his wife Robin, daughter Rachel, and cat Taru.
Dr. Edidin loves to play ping pong, and he can often be found playing ping pong with many of his students at the New College of Florida student center when not in the class room.
Edidin was the 2000 president of the Florida Philosophical Association. He delivered the presidential address, "A Little Philosophy is a Dangerous Thing," in blank verse. see Edidin (2001)
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Edidin, Aron, 2001, "A Little Philosophy is a Dangerous Thing," Florida Philosophical Review: The Journal of the Florida Philosophical Association 1: 6-15
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