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David J. Griesedieck
David J. Griesedieck. BA from St. Benedicts College (Kansas) in 1964. MA in philosophy from Princeton (1967). MA in mathematics from UMSL (1988).
Member of the UMSL Philosophy Department since Fall 1970. "My chief scholarly interest has alwaysbeen the study of Oriental philosophy in its various forms. It is a tremendous challenge to try to bring out the meaning of these ancient philosophical texts. The subject matter and the methodology are often quite different from what we are used to in Western philosophy. I believe that if one can get a clear idea of just what is so different about Indian or Chinese philosophy, one will then have an insight into the most basic questions of philosophy and life. For example, by studying Eastern conceptions of freedom and bondage, we can gain new and decisive perspectives on the classic Western problem of freedom of the will."