E. M. Adams papers, 1937-1997 [manuscript].

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E. M. Adams papers, 1937-1997 [manuscript].

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Correspondence, writings, interviews, and other material of E. Maynard Adams, chiefly documenting his professional life as a philosopher and faculty member at the University of North Carolina, but also including letters from Adams to his parents, 1937-1983. The collection contains Adamsâ‚‚s professional correspondence and drafts of his writings as well as interviews with Adams by professors and students, films, and photographs of Adams. The interviews are primarily about Adams's ideas about important philosophical issues. Included are discussions of humanism, naturalism, metaphysics, logic, language, religion, morality, ethics, and Adams's criticisms of the economic system and ideas about structuring a humanistic economic system. Some interviews also discuss his life and the history of the University of North Carolina and its Department of Philosophy. Also included are 90 audiocassettes of philosophy classes taught by Adams.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Adams, E. M. (Elie Maynard), 1919-2003

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Elie Maynard Adams, philosopher; assistant professor-Kenan Professor of Philosophy, 1948-1979; and chair of the faculty, 1976-1979, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From the description of E. M. Adams papers, 1937-1997 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 35923003 Personal: Born 29 December 1919, Clarkton, Va. Parents: Wade Hampton and Bessie Calloway Adams. Married Phyllis Margaret Stevenson, 22 December 1942....

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Philosophy

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Philosophy in one form or another has been taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since its opening in 1795. The modern Department of Philosophy dates to the 1880s, when it was established as the School of Metaphysics. The school was soon transformed into the Department of Mental and Moral Science, which became the Department of Philosophy around 1895. The department has become nationally recognized and offers both undergraduate and graduate curricula. In 1967 it began sponsor...