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(1925-2012) Author. Paul Kurtz was born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Amherst, New York.

Full Name

Paul Winter Kurtz

Locations

Erie

Author's Timeline


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Professor Kurtz taught at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

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Professor Kurtz taught at Union College in Schnectady, New York.

1925

BIRTH

Paul Winter Kurtz was born in Newark, New Jersey, on December 21, 1925.

1948

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Professor Kurtz graduated from New York University in 1948 and later earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University.

1965

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Professor Kurtz taught philosophy at the University at Buffalo from 1965 until 1991.

1969

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Professor Kurtz founded the publishing house, Prometheus Books, in 1969.

1978

LITWORK

Exuberance: An Affirmative Philosophy of Life
Prometheus Books
0-87975-293-9
Nonfiction.

1987

LITWORK

The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal
Prometheus Books
0879753625 / 978-0879753627
Nonfiction.

1997

LITWORK

The Courage to Become: The Virtues of Humanism
Praeger
0275958973 / 978-0275958978
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for New Planetary Humanism
Prometheus Books
157392783X / 978-1573927833
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

Affirmations: Joyful And Creative Exuberance
Prometheus Books
1591022657 / 978-1591022657
Nonfiction.

2007

LITWORK

What Is Secular Humanism?
Prometheus Books
1591024994 / 978-1591024996
Nonfiction.

2008

LITWORK

Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics Of Secularism
Prometheus Books
0879754540 / 978-0879754549
Nonfiction.

2010

LITWORK

Exuberant Skepticism
Prometheus Books
1591027780 / 978-1591027782
Nonfiction.

2012

DEATH

Paul Kurtz died at his home in Amherst, New York, on October 20, 2012.

2012

LITWORK

Meaning and Value in a Secular Age: Why Eupraxsophy Matters���The Writings of Paul Kurtz
Prometheus Books
1616142316 / 978-1616142315
Nonfiction.

2013

LITWORK

The Turbulent Universe


Nonfiction.

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