John Deely

American philosopher and semiotician

John Deely (April 26, 1942 – January 7, 2017) was an American philosopher and semiotician.[1] He was a Professor of Philosophy at Saint Vincent College and Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He was at the Center for Thomistic Studies of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

John Deely in 2009

Deely died in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on January 7, 2017 from cancer, aged 74.[2]

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  1. See Paul Cobley’s remark, in Realism for the 21st Century: A John Deely Reader (ed. Cobley), p. 3: “While Charles Sanders Peirce is acknowledged as the greatest American philosopher, John Deely, in his wake, is arguably the most important living American philosopher.” Cf. in same volume the multifarious and world-spanning recommendations of Deely’s work from countries as diverse as Africa, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the US.
  2. "John Deely: The Loss of a Dear Friend". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.