Jacob Howland
educator philosopher author
Howland began his career as an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Tulsa in 1988. Six years later he took a position of an associate professor of philosophy at the same university. Since 2002 Jacob has been McFarlin Professor of philosophy at the University of Tulsa. Also he was a chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at that university. He specializes in ancient Greek philosophy and political philosophy. Howland has also taught on nineteenth-century German philosophy, ethics and logic. He has written and lectured on the work of Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon and Kierkegaard, as well as on the Hebrew Scriptures and the Talmud.
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Howland received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College in 1981.
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Howland earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1987
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The Republic: The Odyssey of Philosophy
(Twayne's Masterwork Studies.)
Twayne's Masterwork Studies.
https://www.amazon.com/Republic-Odyssey-Philosophy-Jacob-Howland/dp/1589880153
Kierkegaard and Socrates: A Study in Philosophy and Faith
(This volume is a study of the relationship between philos...)
This volume is a study of the relationship between philosophy and faith in Soren Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments. It is also the first book to examine the role of Socrates in this body of writings and it illuminates the significance of Socrates for Kierkegaard's thought in general.
https://www.amazon.in/Kierkegaard-Socrates-Study-Philosophy-Faith/dp/0521730368/?tag=prabook0b-20
Plato and the Talmud
(This innovative study sees the relationship between Athen...)
This innovative study sees the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem through the lens of the Platonic dialogues and the Talmud.
https://www.amazon.in/Plato-Talmud-Jacob-Howland/dp/0521193133/?tag=prabook0b-20
Glaucon's Fate: History, Myth, and Character in Plato's Republic
(In the Republic, Socrates seeks to convince Plato's broth...)
In the Republic, Socrates seeks to convince Plato's brother Glaucon that the just life of philosophy is preferable to the unjust life of tyranny.
https://www.amazon.in/Glaucons-Fate-History-Character-Republic/dp/1589881346/?tag=prabook0b-20
The Paradox of Political Philosophy
(In engaging five of Plato's dialogues - Theaetetus, Euthy...)
In engaging five of Plato's dialogues - Theaetetus, Euthyphro, Cratylus, Sophist, and Statesman - and by paying particular attention to Socrates' intellectual defense in the "philosophic trial" by the Stranger from Elea, Jacob Howland illuminates Plato's understanding of the proper relationship between philosophy and politics.
https://www.amazon.in/Paradox-Political-Philosophy-Socrates-Philosophic/dp/084768976X/?tag=prabook0b-20
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Jacob Howland is an American educator, philosopher and author. He is McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa.
Howland was born on November 23, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; the son of Howard Chase Howland and Bette Sotonoff Howland.
Howland received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College in 1981. Six years later he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Pennsylvania State University.
Howland began his career as an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Tulsa in 1988. Six years later he took a position of an associate professor of philosophy at the same university. Since 2002 Jacob has been McFarlin Professor of philosophy at the University of Tulsa. Also he was a chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at that university.
He specializes in ancient Greek philosophy and political philosophy. Howland has also taught on nineteenth-century German philosophy, ethics and logic. He has written and lectured on the work of Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon and Kierkegaard, as well as on the Hebrew Scriptures and the Talmud.
Howland won the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award in 1993. In 2009, he was awarded an NEH Enduring Questions Course Development Grant for an interdisciplinary course on "Mortality and Meaning, God and Suffering".
On June 27, 1981 Jacob Howland married Jennifer Bryant Hayes. They have two children.
Howard Chase
Bette Sotonoff Howland
Spouse:
Jennifer Bryant Hayes
Abraham Howland
Nathaniel Howland
Swarthmore College , Bachelor of Arts Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania State University , Doctor of Philosophy State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Assistant professor , University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Associate professor , University of Tulsa
McFarlin Professor , University of Tulsa
University Outstanding Teacher Award, United States
1998, by the University of Tulsa