Ambrose, Alice (1906–2001)
Ambrose, Alice (1906–2001)
American philosopher. Name variations: Alice Lazerowitz. Born Nov 25, 1906; died Jan 25, 2001, in Northampton, Massachusetts; Millikin University, BA (1928); University of Wisconsin, MA (1929), PhD (1932); attended Cambridge University, 1932–35; m. Morris Lazerowitz.
Author of the "Blue and Yellow Books" based on Wittgenstein's lectures, was an assistant professor at Smith College (1943–51), professor (1951–64), Sophia and Austin Smith professor of philosophy (1964–72), and professor emeritus (1972–); edited the Journal of Symbolic Logic (1953–68).
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