Ontology and Analysis: Essays and Recollections About Gustav Bergmann

Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987) was arguably the greatest ontologist of the twentieth century in pursuing the fundamental questions of first philosophy as deeply as any philosopher of any time. In 2006 and 2007, international conferences devoted solely to his work were held at the University of Iowa in the USA, Universit de Provence (France), and Universit degli Studi Roma Tre (Italy). The papers in this volume were presented at the first of these conferences, in Iowa City, where he taught for nearly four decades after escaping from Europe, following the dissolution of the Vienna Circle of which he had been the youngest member.
Laird Addis is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Iowa. Greg Jesson is completing his Ph.D. degree at the University of Iowa with a dissertation on Husserl and the ontology of knowledge. Erwin Tegtmeier is professor of philosophy at University of Mannheim (Germany).