Crawford Elder

Crawford Latterner Elder (born 1949) is an American professor emeritus of philosophy at University of Connecticut.

Life Elder received his B.A. in philosophy Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa in 1970, and his PhD in 1975 both from Yale University, receiving the Tew Award. The title of his dissertation was Towards a Revised Hegelian Theory of Nature which was defended under the direction of J. N. Findlay and David Carr (phenomenologist). He joined University of Connecticut as an instructor in 1974 where he became an assistant professor in 1976, associate professor in 1980 and full professor in 1987. He was head of the philosophy department from 1994 until July 2012 and subsequently became retired in December 2012. He became professor emeritus in January 2013.

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