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IN MEMORIAM: Alden Fisher

IN MEMORIAM: Alden Fisher IN MEMORIAM: Alden Fisher Of the minority of American psychologists who lean toward a phenomenological approach, the number who can claim compe- tence in the European literature is small enough; and of these, in turn, only a fraction have had access to phenomenology's sources in Continental psychology and philosophy. Al Fisher was one of this very small number. His background was further en- riched by training in contemporary Thomistic thought and by years of professional contact with current theory and practice iu psychoanalysis. He received his doctorate in psychology at the University of Louvain, where he studied with Alphonse de Wael- hens and where he first met Merleau-Ponty, whose translator he was later to become. Following his return to the United States, he came to St. Louis University where he was attached to both the Philosophy Department and the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical School. This joint appointment summed up Al's major interests and indicates the thrust of his professional activities: he had devoted his efforts toward effecting a rapprochement between the fields of psychology, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. To this end he was an ac,ive figure in contemporary American Catholic thought, a commentator on European developments in phenomenology, a theoretician and synthesizer in psychoanalysis and psychology, a translator of Merleau-Ponty's Tfco Structure of Beliavior and editor of a volume of his papers, and a leading American proponent of Paul Ricoeur's notable work in creating a fusion of phenomenol- ogy, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. Understandably, he was one of the original consulting editors of this Journal. His sudden death in November, 1970, was a blow to American scholarly endeavors in philosophy and psychology, and a painful loss to his friends. -Joseph Lyons http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

IN MEMORIAM: Alden Fisher

Lyons, Joseph
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 1 (2): 137 – Jan 1, 1971
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© 1971 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0047-2662
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1569-1624
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IN MEMORIAM: Alden Fisher Of the minority of American psychologists who lean toward a phenomenological approach, the number who can claim compe- tence in the European literature is small enough; and of these, in turn, only a fraction have had access to phenomenology's sources in Continental psychology and philosophy. Al Fisher was one of this very small number. His background was further en- riched by training in contemporary Thomistic thought and by years of professional contact with current theory and practice iu psychoanalysis. He received his doctorate in psychology at the University of Louvain, where he studied with Alphonse de Wael- hens and where he first met Merleau-Ponty, whose translator he was later to become. Following his return to the United States, he came to St. Louis University where he was attached to both the Philosophy Department and the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical School. This joint appointment summed up Al's major interests and indicates the thrust of his professional activities: he had devoted his efforts toward effecting a rapprochement between the fields of psychology, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. To this end he was an ac,ive figure in contemporary American Catholic thought, a commentator on European developments in phenomenology, a theoretician and synthesizer in psychoanalysis and psychology, a translator of Merleau-Ponty's Tfco Structure of Beliavior and editor of a volume of his papers, and a leading American proponent of Paul Ricoeur's notable work in creating a fusion of phenomenol- ogy, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. Understandably, he was one of the original consulting editors of this Journal. His sudden death in November, 1970, was a blow to American scholarly endeavors in philosophy and psychology, and a painful loss to his friends. -Joseph Lyons

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