Eliot Deutsch

Eliot Sandler Deutsch (January 8, 1931 – June 28, 2020) was an American philosopher, teacher, and writer who made significant contributions to the understanding and appreciation of Eastern philosophies in the West. He held the position of Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. After earning his doctorate from Columbia University, Deutsch served as an associate professor and chair of the Philosophy Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1960 to 1967. During the summer of 1966, he was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. In 1967, he joined the University of Hawaiʻi, where he also served as editor of the international journal *Philosophy East and West* from 1967 to 1987. He was the director of the Sixth Eastern Philosophers conference and a past president of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy. Deutsch was a visiting professor at Harvard University in the fall of 1985 and held the directorship for the Sixth East-West Philosophers' Conference from 1987 to 1989. From 1991 to 1996, he was the graduate chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi. He was a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, from July to December 1998, and was elected a Life Member in 1999. Throughout his career, Deutsch authored 16 books, including *On Truth: An Ontological Theory*, *Advaita Vedanta: A Philosophical Reconstruction*, and *Persons and Valuable Worlds: A Global Philosophy*. He also published over 100 articles and reviews and was an invited lecturer at numerous universities globally. His work has been translated into several languages. Deutsch received numerous accolades, including fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and was awarded the University of Hawaiʻi's Regent's Medal of Distinction.