Jordan Howard Sobel
| Jordan Howard Sobel | |
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| Born |
September 22, 1929 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | March 26, 2010 (aged 80) Toronto, Ontario |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Nationality | American, Canadian (dual-citizen) |
| Other names | J.H. Sobel, Howard Sobel |
| Education | Hyde Park High School |
| Alma mater |
University of Illinois University of Iowa University of Michigan |
| Notable work | Logic and Theism |
| Spouse(s) | Willa Sobel (nee Freeman) |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
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Jordan Howard Sobel (22 September 1929 – 26 March 2010) was a Canadian-American philosopher specializing in ethics, logic, and decision theory. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada. In addition to his areas of specialization, Sobel made notable contributions in the fields of philosophy of religion, and value theory.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Sobel was a graduate of Hyde Park High School in Chicago before going on to study at the University of Illinois, where he earned a B.S. in Commerce and Law in 1951. He went on to earn an M.A. in Philosophy at the University of Iowa, followed by a doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Michigan in 1961. His dissertation, titled "What if everyone did that?" was supervised by Richard Cartwright and William Frankena.
Sobel's teaching career starting at Monteith College, Wayne State University (1960–1961), before holding positions at Princeton University (1961–1963), UCLA (1963–1969), University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1968–1969). The same year he joined the University of Toronto, where he taught for 28 years until his retirement in 1997.
Sobel has enjoyed a close relationship with the University of Uppsala, Sweden, holding two visiting professorships in 1986, 1991, 1997–1998, and then onwards until 2004. In 2003, the University of Uppsala bestowed an honorary doctorate on Sobel. He also held visiting professorships at Dalhousie University in 1988, and the University of Umeå in 1995.
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