Eliot Deutsch
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Eliot Sandler Deutsch (January 8, 1931 – June 28, 2020) was a philosopher, teacher, and writer.[1] He made important contributions to the understanding and appreciation of Eastern philosophies in the West through his many works on comparative philosophy and aesthetics. He was a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[2]
After Deutsch received his doctorate from Columbia University he was an associate professor of Philosophy from 1960 to 1967 and was a chair in the Department of Philosophy at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In the summer of 1966, Deutsch was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. In 1967, Deutsch joined the University of Hawaiʻi as professor of philosophy. He was the editor (from 1967 to 1987) of the international journal Philosophy East and West, director of the Sixth Eastern Philosophers conference, as well as the past president of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy.[3] Fall of 1985 Deutsch was at Harvard University as a visiting professor there. In 1987 until 1989 he was the director as the Sixth East-West Philosophers' Conference. From 1991 through 1996, he held position as a graduate chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi. Deutsch was a visiting fellow at Clare Hall the University of Cambridge in England from July to December 1998 and was elected a Life Member in 1999. From 1967 through 2006 Deutsch has been a professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as well as spending some of those years as chair.[3]
Deutsch was the author of 16 books, including; On Truth: An Ontological Theory; Advaita Vedanta: A Philosophical Reconstruction; Studies in Comparative Aesthetics; Creative Being: The Crafting of Person and World; Religion and Spirituality; Essays on the Nature of Art; and Persons and Valuable Worlds.[3] Deutsch also had many publications as well as being an invited lecturer at numerous universities and colleges in Asia, Europe, and the Americas including Oxford, Lucknow University, Boston University, Fudan University (Shanghai), Madras University, the University of Rajasthan, Nanjing University, and the University of Chicago.[4] Professor Deutsch had been the recipient of Fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies, The American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was also a past president of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy.[4] Professor Deutsch recently was the recipient of the University of Hawaiʻi Regent's Medal of Distinction for exceptional contributions to his field.[3] Deutsch lived in Hawaii after retirement.
