About Howard Kainz
Born 1933. Howard Kainz is an American philosopher.
Howard Paul Kainz (born 1933) is professor emeritus at Marquette University, Milwaukee. He was a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for 1977–1978, and Fulbright fellowships in Germany for 1980-1981 and 1987–1988. Kainz advocates aspects of the philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel.
Books
"Active and Passive Potency" in Thomistic Angelology (1972);
Hegel's Phenomenology, Part I: Analysis and Commentary (1976); Ethica Dialectica: A Study of Ethical Oppositions (1979); The Unbinding of Prometheus: Towards a Philosophy of Revolution (1980); The Philosophy of Man (1981); Hegel's Phenomenology, Part II: The Evolution of Ethical and Religious Consciousness to the Absolute Standpoint (1983); Philosophical Perspectives on Peace (1987); Ethics in Context: Toward the Definition and Differentation of the Morally Good (1988); Paradox, Dialectic, and System: A Reconstruction of the Hegelian Problematic (1988); Democracy and the "Kingdom of God" (1993); Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit: Selections Translated and Annotated by Howard P. Kainz (1994); An Introduction To Hegel: The Stages Of Modern Philosophy (1996); GWF Hegel: The Philosophical System (1996); Politically Incorrect Dialogues (1999); Natural Law: an Introduction and Reexamination (2004); The Philosophy of Human Nature (2008) The Existence of God and the Faith-Instinct (2010). Paradox, Dialectic, and System (Choice Distinguished Scholarly Book award)
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