James Jakob Liszka
James Jakób Liszka is Senior Scholar at the Institute of Ethics in Public Life and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, where he also served as provost from 2011 to 2017. He is also a professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2005 to 2011. His scholarly work encompasses various aspects of ethics, aesthetics, and semiotics. Liszka has made significant contributions to the field through his research and publications.
Editorial
In 1980, alongside Ron Spatz, he founded The Alaska Quarterly Review, a literary journal. Additionally, he has held the position of Associate Editor for the Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal and actively participates on various editorial boards.Books
- The Philosopher's Alaska, 2023.
- Charles Peirce on Ethics, Esthetics and the Normative Sciences, Routledge, 2021.
- Pragmatist Ethics: A Problem-Based Approach to What Matters, State University of New York Press, 2021.
- Moral Competence, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
- A General Introduction to the Semeiotic of Charles Sanders Peirce, Indiana University Press, 1996.
- The Semiotic of Myth, Indiana University Press, 1989.