Richard S. Robin

[irvanellis]

Forwarded From Robert Lane to peirce-l and the Charles Peirce Society


I am sad to report that Richard Robin has died. He passed away
peacefully at his home on Monday night. I have not yet received any
information about arrangements but if I do I will send it along.

For those who may not know much about Dick and his many
contributions
to Peirce scholarship and to American philosophy generally, I share
a
brief excerpt of an essay that Peter Hare wrote for the 2002 issue
of
the Transactions honoring Dick's work:

"Richard S. Robin was present at the creation - more exactly, at
many
creations, including the creation of these Transactions and of the
Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. With deep roots
in
the American tradition as a student of Ralph Barton Perry and C. I.
Lewis, Robin has played a major role in the development of
scholarship
in the history of American philosophy. I shudder to think of how
many
scholars would have wandered helplessly in the wilderness of
Peirce's
papers if his celebrated Catalogue had not been published. And for
almost 40 years his Studies in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders
Peirce, co-authored and co-edited with Edward Moore, has served as a
touchstone of Peirce scholarship. No less influential has been his
meticulous work as editor since 1971 of this journal. With quiet,
self-deprecating discernment, Dick has nurtured hundreds of aspiring
Peirce scholars from all over the globe. Never has a mind as sharp
as
a tack been matched so well with a warm heart."


Sincerely,
Robert Lane
--
Robert Lane, Ph.D.
Secretary-Treasurer, Charles S. Peirce Society
Associate Professor and Director of Philosophy
Department of English and Philosophy
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA 30118