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Alan Olding. (Tribute).(Obituary)
ALAN OLDING, who died in Katoomba Hospital on 21st August, was above all a philosopher; a critical and creative thinker, insatiable in his quest for nderstanding. He pursued that quest with amazing steadiness, through many vicissitudes. It is impossible to imagine him engaged in any other vocation. His passionate commitment to philosophical inquiry informed all his actions and, especially, his relations with others: he tried to live an authentic life. It is that completed life which--in the spirit of Socrates--I now venture to examine.
Alan was born in London on 30th March 1937, the second of three children; he had an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, ...
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- Magazine article from: Quadrant FLYNN, JAMES R. June 1, 2001 700+ words
...speaking on behalf of Julius Caesar ALAN OLDING'S generous review (Quadrant, April...points that should not be attributed to Alan. However, his repeated references...an operationalisable scenario. As Alan states, I do indeed reject the notion...
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- Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics Olding, Alan March 1, 1993 700+ words
...and so on--that should prove independently interesting to students of philosophical psychology and the philosophy of biology. His book might encourage some peering over garden fences.--Alan Olding, Macquarie University, Australia.
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- Newspaper article from: The People (London, England) Earls, John January 25, 1998 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: New York Thompson, Gabriel April 17, 2006 700+ words
ON SATURDAYS, when Alan's father works a twelve-hour shift...cold they sprawl out on the mattress in Alan's bedroom, which he shares with his...in Brooklyn--so they are inside, and Alan's 9-year-old face, normally gentle...
- Alan Pritsker's multifaceted career: theory, practice, education,...
- Magazine article from: IIE Transactions WILSON, JAMES R. GOLDSMAN, DAVID March 1, 2001 700+ words
...for the special issue of IIE Transactions honoring Alan Pritsker, we summarize Alan's most significant contributions to the fields...career as an industrial engineer over 45 years ago, Alan Pritsker made seminal contributions to many areas...
- Why Alan can never forget the evil eyes of Saddam...(News)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Hughes, Lorna February 22, 1998 700+ words
...just shorts and a T-shirt, frightened Alan Barnett had just asked the Iraqi despot...Saddam held the world to ransom once again, Alan told for the first time the amazing story...as I live, I'll never forget it." Alan, then 15, was one of a group of youngsters...
- Alan went out to buy a pizza and was knifed to death in the street by crazed...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) January 26, 2005 700+ words
...the blade four times into groom-to-be Alan McMillan - a man he had never met. The...was already wanted by police, smirked at Alan's distraught family as he was convicted...guilty of carrying a knife. And yesterday, Alan's grieving fiancee called for thugs caught...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) May 14, 2000 700+ words
SCOTS adventurer Alan MacLean - reported dead in a pirate attack - may be...hospital after a pirate attack around the same time as Alan's boat was allegedly boarded. And yesterday Alan's parents, Neil and Dorothea, welcomed the new development...