Name Marvin Farber | Role Philosopher | |
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Books The Foundation of Phenomenology Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada | ||
An Interview in Starbucks
Marvin Farber (December 14, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American philosopher and educator.
Contents
- An Interview in Starbucks
- Early life and education
- Career
- Honors and awards
- Personal life and demise
- References
Early life and education
He was born in Buffalo, New York to Jewish parents Simon and Matilda (Goldstein) Farber. He was the oldest of their 14 children. One of his brothers was pathologist and cancer researcher Sidney Farber.
Initially a music student at the University of Buffalo, but he transferred in 1920 to Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude with his bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1922. He earned his Ph.D. in 1925 at Harvard. He also attended German universities in Berlin, Heidelberg, and Freiburg, studying under Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Heinrich Rickert, and Ernst Zermelo, among others.
Career
Farber taught for a year at Ohio State University between his studies in Germany. He then taught at his initial alma mater, the University at Buffalo, from 1927-1961 and 1964-1974; during the interim, he was Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. After his first year at University of Buffalo, he was appointed Assistant Professor. He founded the journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research in 1940 and was its editor until 1980. He was Chairman of the Department of Philosophy from 1937 to 1961. He was designated Professor Emeritus in 1974 and retired in 1977.
Honors and awards
Personal life and demise
He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota after months of serious illness. He was survived by his loving wife Lorraine and three children, Lawrence, Roger and Carol.