Robert C. Priddy
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| Robert Crichton Priddy | |
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| Born | September 25, 1936 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Genres | non-fiction, biography |
| Subjects | Sathya Sai Baba |
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www.saibaba-x.org.uk |
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Robert Priddy (born 25 September 1936) is a British academic and author.
He has researched and taught philosophy and sociology at the University of Oslo 1968–1985. While at the University of Oslo, Priddy translated an academic paper by Hjalmar Hegge from the original Norwegian.[1]
Priddy is now retired but has been active for ten years as a critic of the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba, whose recent death has aroused significant media activity and renewed public discussion.
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[edit] Academic works
- Objectivity and the Study of Human Society: thesis dealing with the epistemological problems of the main social sciences. Oslo University 1968 (133 pages)
- Behaviour, Intention & Meaning — Study of Research Principles on Meaningful Human Behaviour. Institute of Social Research, Oslo 1969 (62 pages )
- Forskningsorienteringer i Norsk Samfunnsvitenskap (Research Orientations in Norwegian Social Science): conclusions of a research project in the sociology of knowledge into Norwegian social research during the 1960s. Institute of Sociology. University Of Oslo, 1972 (20 pages )
- Communication & Understanding: textbook in semantical and logical analysis and the philosophy of science. Oslo University 1982 New Eds. 1983, 1985. (216 pages)
- Empirisme og byråkrati Hovedtendenser Hovedtendenser i norsk samfunnsforskning i 60-årene. Yearbook of Sociology pp 11–34. ([Sosiologisk Årbok 2000.1] ISSN 0808-288X.
[edit] Comments on Priddy’s Research on Sathya Sai Baba
Srinivas, Tulasi, Winged Faith: Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism Through the Sathya Sai Movement, New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.
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[edit] References
- ^ Transcending Darwinism in the Spirit of Goethe's Science: A Philosophical Perspective on the Works of Adolf Portmann, Newsletter of the Society for the Evolution of Science (Summer 1996 issue, Vol. 12, No 2, pp 1–26)
