Hubert Griggs Alexander (1909-1998) was professor of philosophy at The University of New Mexico.
He was the son of Hartley Burr Alexander, Professor of Philosophy at The University of Nebraska and Scripps College, Claremont. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy from Yale University in 1934 and he did post doctorate work in Paris at the Sorbonne.
Philosophy appointments being scarce in the Depression, he worked for a year (1934-35) as an archeologist in New Mexico excavating Jemez cave, near Jemez Springs. He was hired at the University of New Mexico as an instructor in 1935, attaining the rank of full professor and serving the Philosophy Department there as chair (1948-65), except for two years spent at Yale as visiting professor. At The University of New Mexico he developed one of the earliest broadcast programs in philosophy for KNME-TV, "Humanities."
This was offered as a distance-learning course and was a two-semester survey of the "ideas and ideals" of western and eastern civilizations. Guest scholars, whom Alexander engaged in interdisciplinary conversation, were a regular feature.
Alexander also developed the Taos Aesthetics Institute. This was held for one week in June at the Harwood Foundation in Taos, New Mexico, with evening sessions and lodging being at the D.H. Lawrence Ranch, which had been acquired by The University of New Mexico.
The Institute had several invited lecturers, including artists of all sorts, who focused on a given theme in aesthetics for the week. Again, the dominant feature was interdisciplinary dialogue, not only between the faculty but also between the faculty and students.
Alexander's dissertation was devoted to the problem of time, revised and published as Time as Dimension and History (1945), and followed by Language and Thinking (1967), Meaning in Language (1969), and The Language and Logic of Philosophy (1972). Alexander was active in establishing The New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, and was a lifelong organizer for the local chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, the national honor society in philosophy.
He retired in 1975, but continued his support of the local Philosophy Club, Phi Sigma Tau, and the New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society up to his death from congestive heart failure in 1998.
Husband of Mildred Botts Alexander
He was the son of Hartley Burr Alexander, Professor of Philosophy at The University of Nebraska and Scripps College, Claremont. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy from Yale University in 1934 and he did post doctorate work in Paris at the Sorbonne.
Philosophy appointments being scarce in the Depression, he worked for a year (1934-35) as an archeologist in New Mexico excavating Jemez cave, near Jemez Springs. He was hired at the University of New Mexico as an instructor in 1935, attaining the rank of full professor and serving the Philosophy Department there as chair (1948-65), except for two years spent at Yale as visiting professor. At The University of New Mexico he developed one of the earliest broadcast programs in philosophy for KNME-TV, "Humanities."
This was offered as a distance-learning course and was a two-semester survey of the "ideas and ideals" of western and eastern civilizations. Guest scholars, whom Alexander engaged in interdisciplinary conversation, were a regular feature.
Alexander also developed the Taos Aesthetics Institute. This was held for one week in June at the Harwood Foundation in Taos, New Mexico, with evening sessions and lodging being at the D.H. Lawrence Ranch, which had been acquired by The University of New Mexico.
The Institute had several invited lecturers, including artists of all sorts, who focused on a given theme in aesthetics for the week. Again, the dominant feature was interdisciplinary dialogue, not only between the faculty but also between the faculty and students.
Alexander's dissertation was devoted to the problem of time, revised and published as Time as Dimension and History (1945), and followed by Language and Thinking (1967), Meaning in Language (1969), and The Language and Logic of Philosophy (1972). Alexander was active in establishing The New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, and was a lifelong organizer for the local chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, the national honor society in philosophy.
He retired in 1975, but continued his support of the local Philosophy Club, Phi Sigma Tau, and the New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society up to his death from congestive heart failure in 1998.
Husband of Mildred Botts Alexander
Hubert Griggs Alexander (1909-1998) was professor of philosophy at The University of New Mexico.
He was the son of Hartley Burr Alexander, Professor of Philosophy at The University of Nebraska and Scripps College, Claremont. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy from Yale University in 1934 and he did post doctorate work in Paris at the Sorbonne.
Philosophy appointments being scarce in the Depression, he worked for a year (1934-35) as an archeologist in New Mexico excavating Jemez cave, near Jemez Springs. He was hired at the University of New Mexico as an instructor in 1935, attaining the rank of full professor and serving the Philosophy Department there as chair (1948-65), except for two years spent at Yale as visiting professor. At The University of New Mexico he developed one of the earliest broadcast programs in philosophy for KNME-TV, "Humanities."
This was offered as a distance-learning course and was a two-semester survey of the "ideas and ideals" of western and eastern civilizations. Guest scholars, whom Alexander engaged in interdisciplinary conversation, were a regular feature.
Alexander also developed the Taos Aesthetics Institute. This was held for one week in June at the Harwood Foundation in Taos, New Mexico, with evening sessions and lodging being at the D.H. Lawrence Ranch, which had been acquired by The University of New Mexico.
The Institute had several invited lecturers, including artists of all sorts, who focused on a given theme in aesthetics for the week. Again, the dominant feature was interdisciplinary dialogue, not only between the faculty but also between the faculty and students.
Alexander's dissertation was devoted to the problem of time, revised and published as Time as Dimension and History (1945), and followed by Language and Thinking (1967), Meaning in Language (1969), and The Language and Logic of Philosophy (1972). Alexander was active in establishing The New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, and was a lifelong organizer for the local chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, the national honor society in philosophy.
He retired in 1975, but continued his support of the local Philosophy Club, Phi Sigma Tau, and the New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society up to his death from congestive heart failure in 1998.
Husband of Mildred Botts Alexander
He was the son of Hartley Burr Alexander, Professor of Philosophy at The University of Nebraska and Scripps College, Claremont. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy from Yale University in 1934 and he did post doctorate work in Paris at the Sorbonne.
Philosophy appointments being scarce in the Depression, he worked for a year (1934-35) as an archeologist in New Mexico excavating Jemez cave, near Jemez Springs. He was hired at the University of New Mexico as an instructor in 1935, attaining the rank of full professor and serving the Philosophy Department there as chair (1948-65), except for two years spent at Yale as visiting professor. At The University of New Mexico he developed one of the earliest broadcast programs in philosophy for KNME-TV, "Humanities."
This was offered as a distance-learning course and was a two-semester survey of the "ideas and ideals" of western and eastern civilizations. Guest scholars, whom Alexander engaged in interdisciplinary conversation, were a regular feature.
Alexander also developed the Taos Aesthetics Institute. This was held for one week in June at the Harwood Foundation in Taos, New Mexico, with evening sessions and lodging being at the D.H. Lawrence Ranch, which had been acquired by The University of New Mexico.
The Institute had several invited lecturers, including artists of all sorts, who focused on a given theme in aesthetics for the week. Again, the dominant feature was interdisciplinary dialogue, not only between the faculty but also between the faculty and students.
Alexander's dissertation was devoted to the problem of time, revised and published as Time as Dimension and History (1945), and followed by Language and Thinking (1967), Meaning in Language (1969), and The Language and Logic of Philosophy (1972). Alexander was active in establishing The New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, and was a lifelong organizer for the local chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, the national honor society in philosophy.
He retired in 1975, but continued his support of the local Philosophy Club, Phi Sigma Tau, and the New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society up to his death from congestive heart failure in 1998.
Husband of Mildred Botts Alexander
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