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Jack Kaminsky
Jack Kaminsky (1922-2000) was an American philosophy educator.
Born in New York City on March 19, 1922, the son of Rubin Kaminsky and Lena (Goldstein) Kaminsky, he was assigned to...visualizza altroJack Kaminsky (1922-2000) was an American philosophy educator.
Born in New York City on March 19, 1922, the son of Rubin Kaminsky and Lena (Goldstein) Kaminsky, he was assigned to Corporal Infantry in the U.S. Army between 1943-1946 and was decorated with the Bronze Star. He was educated at the City University of New York, where he received his B.S.S. in 1943, and New York University, earning his M.A. in 1947 and his Ph.D. in 1950. He worked as assistant instructor at NYU from 1949-1950 and, after receiving his doctorate in 1950, was promoted to serve as instructor at the University of Akron, Ohio and at City University of New York from 1952-1953. He then joined the Philosophy Department at State University of New York-Binghamton, where he served as Chairman from 1953-1965 and Assistant to the Professor of Philosophy from 1953-1992. He became Emeritus Professor in 1992.
Prof. Kaminsky served as planning commissioner for the Planning Commission in Cortland, New York from 1979-1986. He was a member of the ethics committee at the Cortland Memorial Hospital from 1984-1988. He was a fellow of the American Council Learned Societies (1951-1952) and a State University of New York Summer fellow (1963-1966, 1967). He was also a Member of the American Philosophical Association (member fund drive since 1983) and president of the New York State Philosophical Association from 1961-1962.
He was the author of Hegel on Art (1962) and Essays in Linguistic Ontology (1982)
He married Alice Richkin (1923-2009) in October 1947, and the couple were married for over 50 years, until he passed away on July 3, 2000 at the age of 78.visualizza meno