モーティマー・アドラー

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モーティマー・ジェローム・アドラー（Mortimer Jerome Adler, 1902年12月28日 - 2001年6月28日）は、アメリカ合衆国の哲学者、教育者である。

**経歴**
ニューヨーク生まれ。1920年代にコロンビア大学教授のJohn Erskine (educator)が行っていたセミナーから大きな影響を受けた。これは教師が一方的に教えるのではなく、学生と共に古典を読むものであった。アドラーは社会人のサークルなどで、この方式を進めた。
シカゴ大学学長のRobert Maynard Hutchinsと出会い、1930年代からシカゴ大学をベースに、グレートブックス運動を展開していった。
アドラーは1949年から『ブリタニカ百科事典』編集委員、1965年から同書第15版（1974年刊行）の編集企画の責任者、1974年からは編集委員長を務めた。
ハッチンスとアドラーは西洋の主要な古典をまとめた叢書「グレートブックス・オブ・ザ・ウェスタン・ワールド」（Great Books of the Western World）（54巻、ブリタニカ社、1952年）を編集、刊行した。アドラーはこの叢書の編集の中で、重要なIdea（概念）を102個挙げ、これをGreat Ideasと呼んだ。
グレートブックス運動は、Great Books Foundation、シカゴの哲学研究所の設立、Aspen Executive SeminorやPaideia Projectなど、多方面に展開した。

**著作**
 Dialectic (1927)- The Nature of Judicial Proof: An Inquiry into the Logical, Legal, and Empirical Aspects of the Law of Evidence (1931, with Jerome Michael)- Diagrammatics (1932, with Maude Phelps Hutchins)- Crime, Law and Social Science (1933, with Jerome Michael)- Art and Prudence: A Study in Practical Philosophy (1937)- What Man Has Made of Man: A Study of the Consequences of Platonism and Positivism in Psychology (1937)- St. Thomas and the Gentiles (1938)- The Philosophy and Science of Man: A Collection of Texts as a Foundation for Ethics and Politics (1940)- How to Read a Book: The Art of Getting a Liberal Education (1940), 1966 edition subtitled A Guide to Reading the Great Books, 1972 revised edition with Charles Van Doren, The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading: 0-671-21209-5
*:C.V.ドーレン共著、外山滋比古、槇未知子訳『本を読む本』ブリタニカ、1978年／講談社、1997年- A Dialectic of Morals: Towards the Foundations of Political Philosophy (1941)-  url=http://www.maebrussell.com/Articles%20and%20Notes/How%20To%20Mark%20A%20Book.html- How to Think About War and Peace (1944)- The Revolution in Education (1944, with Milton Mayer)
*:ミルトン・メイヤー共著、荘司雅子ほか訳『教育革命：岐路に立つ20世紀の教育』刀江書院、1961年- oclc=752682744 -  year = 1958 .- The Capitalist Manifesto (1958, with Louis O. Kelso) 0-8371-8210-7
*:ルイス・O・ケルソ共著、稲本国雄・訳『資本主義宣言』時事通信社、1958年- The New Capitalists: A Proposal to Free Economic Growth from the Slavery of Savings (1961, with Louis O. Kelso)- The Idea of Freedom: A Dialectical Examination of the Controversies about Freedom (1961)- Great Ideas from the Great Books (1961)- The Conditions of Philosophy: Its Checkered Past, Its Present Disorder, and Its Future Promise (1965)- The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes (1967)- The Time of Our Lives: The Ethics of Common Sense (1970)- The Common Sense of Politics (1971)- The American Testament (1975, with William Gorman)- Some Questions About Language: A Theory of Human Discourse and Its Objects (1976)- Philosopher at Large: An Intellectual Autobiography (1977)- Reforming Education: The Schooling of a People and Their Education Beyond Schooling (1977, edited by Geraldine Van Doren)- Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy (1978) 0-684-83823-0
*:下島連、若林彰訳『アリストテレス・フォー・エブリボディー：やさしく書かれた知の体系』日本ブリタニカ、1979年- How to Think About God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan (1980) 0-02-016022-4- Six Great Ideas: Truth–Goodness–Beauty–Liberty–Equality–Justice (1981) 0-02-072020-3- The Angels and Us (1982)
*:稲垣良典訳『天使とわれら』講談社、1997年- The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto (1982) 0-684-84188-6
*:佐藤三郎著『教育改革宣言』教育開発研究所、1984年- How to Speak / How to Listen (1983) 0-02-500570-7- Paideia Problems and Possibilities: A Consideration of Questions Raised by The Paideia Proposal (1983)- A Vision of the Future: Twelve Ideas for a Better Life and a Better Society (1984) 0-02-500280-5- The Paideia Program: An Educational Syllabus (1984, with Members of the Paideia Group) 0-02-013040-6- Ten Philosophical Mistakes: Basic Errors In Modern Thought - How they came about, their consequences, and how to avoid them. (1985) 0-02-500330-5- A Guidebook to Learning: For a Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom (1986)- We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution (1987). 0-02-500370-4- Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind (1988, edited by Geraldine Van Doren)- Intellect: Mind Over Matter (1990)- Truth in Religion: The Plurality of Religions and the Unity of Truth (1990) 0-02-064140-0- Haves Without Have-Nots: Essays for the 21st Century on Democracy and Socialism (1991) 0-02-500561-8- Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough (1991)- A Second Look in the Rearview Mirror: Further Autobiographical Reflections of a Philosopher At Large (1992)- The Great Ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought (1992)- Natural Theology, Chance, and God (The Great Ideas Today, 1992)
*isbn=0-02-500574-X- Art, the Arts, and the Great Ideas (1994)-  year = 1995 .- How to Think About The Great Ideas (2000) 0-8126-9412-0- How to Prove There is a God (2011) 978-0-8126-9689-9

**アドラーが編集したアンソロジー、コレクション、サーヴェイ**
 Scholasticism and Politics (1940)- Great Books of the Western World (1952, 52 volumes), 2nd edition 1990, 60 volumes- A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas (1952, 2 volumes), 2nd edition 1990- The Great Ideas Today (1961–77, 17 volumes), with Robert Hutchins, 1978–99, 21 volumes- The Negro in American History (1969, 3 volumes), with Charles Van Doren- Gateway to the Great Books (1963, 10 volumes), with Robert Hutchins- The Annals of America (1968, 21 volumes)- Propædia: Outline of Knowledge and Guide to The New Encyclopædia Britannica 15th Edition (1974, 30 volumes)- Great Treasury of Western Thought (1977, with Charles Van Doren) 0412449900

**参考文献**
須賀由紀子「Great Books Seminarの理念と方法」（実践女子大学生活科学部紀要42、2005年）

**注釈**

**関連項目**
メタ哲学
*グレート・ブックス