Howard G. Callaway

Born on 30 December 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He studied philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University and at Temple University, writing a Master’s Thesis under the supervision of Douglas Greenlee on the theme of internal relations (1974) and his Ph.D. dissertation, under Monroe Beardsley, on Brentano, intentionality, and realism in relation to contemporary scientific oriented philosophy and Quine in particular (1976). Dr. Callaway has published over 50 articles and reviews in European, American, and International journals, including Logique et Analyse, Dialectica, Erkenntnis, Grazer Philosophische Studien, Reason Papers, The Journal of Value Inquiry, and the Transactions of the C.S. Peirce Society. He has published two prior books: »Context for Meaning and Analysis, A Critical Study in the Philosophy of Language« (Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, 1993) and (with Guy W. Stroh) »American Ethics, A Sourcebook from Edwards to Dewey« (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000).

Prof. Callaway is currently editor of the »Central-European Value Studies«, associate editor of the »Value Inquiry Book Series«, has served as a referee for the »Journal of Value Inquiry«, as a member of the Board of Consulting Editors of the Swiss journal »Dialectica«, and on the Adjunct Faculty of the Humanist Institute. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, in 1988-89 at Erlangen, and again in 1994 at the University of Mainz. He has taught at The Pennsylvania State University, Ohio University, Florida State University, Rider University, at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and at the University of Erlangen and the University of Mainz in Germany. He teaches a wide range of courses in philosophy, with special interests in philosophy of language, ethics, and American philosophy. Current research interests include the revival of American pragmatism, language and philosophical pluralism, and the relations of European and American philosophy.