Guide to the Richard L. Tieszen Papers MSS-2019-02-05
Jacob Rabinowitz
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
June 2019
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
special.collections@sjsu.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Richard L. Tieszen Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS-2019-02-05
Physical Description:
9 boxes
(11.4375 linear ft.)
Date (inclusive): 1974-2017
Abstract: This collection consists of professional and academic works, notes, publications, books, reviews, drafts, papers, class materials,
and correspondence produced and collected by Richard L. Tieszen between 1974-2017. Subjects covered include philosophy, phenomenology,
intuitionism, logic, mathematics, set theory, and other various topics relating to philosophy, logic, and mathematics. Material
formats consist of manuscript notes, printed email correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, news clippings, printed articles/papers,
and parcel/letters.
Arrangement
Series I., II., and III. are arranged chronologically; Series IV. and V. are arranged alphabetically.
Biographical / Historical
Richard L. Tieszen (1951-2017) was born in Mitchell, South Dakota, moving to Pico Rivera, California shortly after where he
lived until graduating high school. Tieszen attended Rio Hondo Junior College in Whittier, California after high school. He
earned his B.A. in philosophy with honors from Colorado State University in 1975, his M.A. in philosophy from the New School
for Social Research in 1978, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University in 1986.
Tieszen taught philosophy at San José State University as assistant professor 1989-1993, associate professor 1993-1998, and
professor of philosophy from 1998-2014 in addition to being associate chair of the philosophy department 1992-1999 and 2005-2009.
He also held teaching appointments and visiting positions at Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris in
2009; at Archives Henri Poincaré/CNRS/Université Nancy 2, France in 2007; at the Institut d'histoire et de philosophie des
sciences et des techniques (IHPST/CNRS), Paris in 2007; at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands in 2001; at Stanford University
in 1998; and again at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands in 1994. Some of Tieszen's research interests included: phenomenology,
intuitionism, logic, the philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, Kurt Gödel, Edmund Husserl, and Immanuel Kant.
Throughout his academic and professional career Tieszen received many awards and fellowships for his outstanding work, research,
and teaching, including: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar Fellowship in 1988, the Meritorious Performance
and Professional Promise Award from SJSU in 1990, the Faculty Development Assigned Time Award from SJSU in 1991, the Dutch
National Science Foundation (NWO) Fellowship from Utrecht University in 1995, the Outstanding Research Award from SJSU in
2002, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship in 2007, and the University President's Scholar from SJSU in
2008.
Tieszen authored 4 books; Phenomenology, Logic, and the Philosophy of Mathematics; After Gödel: Platonism and Rationalism
in Mathematics and Logic; Mathematical Intuition: Phenomenology and Mathematical Knowledge; and Simply Gödel. He also was
the co-editor of several philosophy books, and published over 50 articles in various philosophy journals including Continental
Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophia Mathematica, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
Additionally, Tieszen was an editorial board member of Philosophia Mathematica, on the advisory board for Comparative Philosophy,
on the scientific board for Metodo: International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy, a referee for the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH), and a project member for Kurt Gödel: From Logic to Cosmology.
After battling multiple myeloma for 8 years, Richard L. Tieszen passed away in March 2017 at the Zen Hospice in San Francisco.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission
to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections & Archives. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions
also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
Preferred Citation
Richard L. Tieszen Papers, MSS-2019-02-05, San Jose State University Library, Special Collections & Archives
Processing Information
Processed by Jacob Rabinowitz, June 2019
Scope and Contents
The Richard L. Tieszen papers were collected and created by Tieszen throughout his academic and professional career, which
began in 1974 and ended with his death in 2017. Tieszen's study of philosophy began while he was a student at Colorado State
University and some of the papers, drafts, and assignments he wrote during these years as well as when he was a student at
the New School for Social Research, and Columbia University are included in this collection. After graduation, Tieszen taught
philosophy for more than twenty years at San José State University in addition to holding various visiting positions at other
colleges/universities, and many papers from those years are included in this collection. They include documents related to
classes he taught such as class activity materials, lecture notes and outlines, and paper and test prompts. He also kept copies
of correspondence he had with students, colleagues, publishers, and other associations relating to his teaching and research
activities. Many correspondences and articles in this collection are printed on the backs of other correspondence and records
produced and collected by Tieszen.
Among the materials in this collection are notes related to ideas about his professional and academic interests/associations.
Tieszen's papers include speech drafts and outlines for various colloquia, seminars, conferences, and presentations that he
attended and presented at over the years. He also collected articles related to his research interests and notes in this collection
include Tieszen's personal musings on various philosophy/mathematics topics as well as notes and ideas for various papers/articles/books.
Among the papers related to articles and books Tieszen authored are draft manuscripts with annotations of both published and
unpublished works as well as correspondence with publishers and colleagues related to these writings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Philosophy -- Research
Phenomenology -- Research
Lectures and lecturing -- Philosophy
San José State University -- Faculty
Scholarly publishing -- Philosophy
Philosophy -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 -- Research
Gödel, Kurt -- Research
San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives
Series I. Academic Activities
1974-1986
Scope and Contents
Series I consists of Richard L. Tieszen's academic career with bulk dates between 1975-1986. Materials relate to Tieszen's
schoolwork while he earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University in 1986, his M.A. in Philosophy from the New School
for Social Research in 1978, and his B.A. in Philosophy from Colorado State University in 1975.
The materials in this series consist of handwritten notes, printed articles, graded assignments, papers, essays, drafts, and
other notes/thoughts on subjects such as logic, linguistics, philosophy, mathematics, and physics that Tieszen produced during
his academic career.
Arrangement
Series I is arranged chronologically.
Subseries 1. Undergraduate Work
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Notes, papers, writings and articles relating to Richard L. Tieszen's undergraduate work at Colorado State University.
Box 1, Folder 1
Physics Theory - Undergrad Class
Subseries 2. Graduate Work
1975-1978
Scope and Contents
Notes, papers, writings and articles relating to Richard L. Tieszen's graduate work at the New School for Social Research.
Box 1, Folder 3
Grad School - Intersubjectivity
Box 1, Folder 4
Grad School Papers & Writings
Box 1, Folder 5
Grad School Papers & Writings
Box 1, Folder 6
Grad School Papers & Writings
Box 1, Folder 7
Grad School Papers & Writings
Box 1, Folder 8
Grad School Papers & Writings
Box 1, Folder 9
Grad School Papers & Writings
Box 1, Folder 10
Kant - New School Grad Work
Subseries 3. Doctoral Work
1978-1986
Scope and Contents
Notes, papers, writings and articles relating to Richard L. Tieszen's doctoral work at Columbia University. Materials include
drafts and notes relating to Tieszen's Ph.D. thesis.
Series II. Teaching Activities
1985-2017
Scope and Contents
Series II consists of materials relating to Richard L. Tieszen's teaching career. Tieszen held various positions teaching
philosophy classes at San Jose State University from 1989 to 2014, and was also a visiting professor at: Ecole des hautes
études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris, Archives Henri Poincaré/CNRS/Université Nancy 2, France, Institut d'histoire et
de philosophie des sciences et des techniques (IHPST/CNRS), Paris, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, and Stanford University.
Materials in this series consist of lecture outlines, class materials/activities, assignments, paper prompts, notes and articles
on various math, philosophy and logic topics relating to courses taught, correspondences with students and colleagues, seminar
outlines, and academic sponsorship/scholarship programs Tieszen was involved with.
Arrangement
Series II is arranged chronologically.
Subseries 1. Courses Taught
1985-2014
Box 1, Folder 16
Advanced Logic - 1985 Queens College
Box 1, Folder 17
Kant Seminar - 1993 SJSU
Scope and Contents
Material ranges from 1977 to 2002 pertaining to German philosopher Immanuel Kant, with bulk of materials relating to 1993
SJSU class taught.
Box 1, Folder 18
Logical Theory - 1995 - Notes, Thoughts & Articles
Box 1, Folder 19
Student Evaluations - 1998 Stanford
Box 1, Folder 20
Logical Theory Seminar - 1999
Box 1, Folder 21
Infinity & the Mind #1
Scope and Contents
Materials here relate to philosophy classes Tieszen taught in 2001 at Utrecht University, NL, and 2002 at San Jose State University.
Box 1, Folder 22
Infinity & the Mind #2
Scope and Contents
Materials here relate to philosophy classes Tieszen taught in 2001 at Utrecht University, NL, and 2002 at San Jose State University.
Box 1, Folder 23
Infinity & the Mind #3
Scope and Contents
Materials here relate to philosophy classes Tieszen taught in 2001 at Utrecht University, NL, and 2002 at San Jose State University.
Box 1, Folder 24
Logical Theory Seminar - 2003
Box 1, Folder 25
Intermediate Logic - 2004
Box 1, Folder 26
Logical Theory Seminar - 2005
Box 1, Folder 27
Intermediate Logic - 2008
Box 2, Folder 1
Epistemology & Metaphysics Seminar - 2012
Box 2, Folder 2
Husserl's Logical Works Class - 2013
Subseries 2. Notes & Thoughts
2008
Scope and Contents
Extensive outlines of thoughts, ideas, arguments, and printed papers for various SJSU classes taught circa 2008, although
some notes span late 1970's to after 2008.
Box 2, Folder 5
Notes & Thoughts for Teaching - 2008 & Much Earlier
Box 2, Folder 6
Notes, Thoughts, Teaching & Other - Early
Box 2, Folder 7
Notes, Thoughts, Teaching & Other - 2008 & Before
Box 2, Folder 8
Notes, Thoughts, Teaching & Other - 2008 & Before
Box 2, Folder 9
Notes, Thoughts, Teaching & Other - 2008 & Before
Subseries 3. McNair Scholarship
2006
Scope and Contents
Richard L. Tieszen mentored several SJSU students through this program to help students with disatvantged backgrounds.
Box 2, Folder 10
McNair Scholarship Mentor - Circa 2006
Subseries 4. He Haoping Sponsorship
2013
Scope and Contents
Richard L. Tieszen sponsored a scholar visiting from China to study philosophy at SJSU. Materials include correspondeces,
articles, notes and documents relating to Tieszen's sponsorhip of Haoping.
Box 2, Folder 11
He Haoping Visiting Scholar - Review
Box 2, Folder 12
He Haoping Visiting Scholar
Box 2, Folder 13
He Haoping Visiting Scholar
Subseries 5. Miscellaneous Teaching Materials
1988-1997
Scope and Contents
Assorted notes, articles, teaching materials and class activities Richard L. Tieszen created for use in philosophy and logic
classes including logic puzzles, paradoxes, and other exercises.
Box 2, Folder 15
Euclidean Fun Book - Teaching
Subseries 6. Correspondence - Academic
1990-2017
Scope and Contents
Various correspondences Richard L. Tieszen had throughout his teaching career with colleagues, students, and others relating
to courses and interests of his. Includes correspondence shortly before Tieszen's death.
Box 2, Folder 17
Correspondence - Academic 1990-2012
Box 2, Folder 18
Correspondence - Academic 2012-2017
Series III. Professional Activities
Scope and Contents
Series III consists of materials relating to Richard L. Tieszen's professional career in the academic and publishing world.
He was involved in various groups, organizations, and circles relating to his philosophical, mathematical, and logical interests,
and contributed editorial work, referee work, and wrote many articles as well as several books on these topics.
Materials included in this series are correspondences with colleagues/publishers, extensive notes and drafts on various philosophy
topics, notes and other ephemera relating to various conferences and presentations attended by Tieszen, articles by and reviews
of Tieszen's work, and several drafts of books/articles published and unpublished by Tieszen and colleagues of his. Also includes
Tieszen's CV and Development Summary.
Subseries 1. Papers, Books, and Writings
Box 2, Folder 20
Logic Textbook Chapter - 1991
Box 3, Folder 1
Encyclopedia of Philosophy Entry - 1995
Box 3, Folder 2
Papers - Reprints & Unpublished
Box 3, Folder 11
Papers - Translated Foreign Languages
Box 3, Folder 12
Mathematical Problem Solving Paper
Box 3, Folder 14
After Gödel - Business, Correspondence & Revisions
Scope and Contents
After Gödel Oxford University Press correspondece, referee reports, outside reviews, and revisions for paperback edition.
Subseries 2. Reviews: by Richard L. Tieszen
Scope and Contents
Various articles, books, and papers on philosophy, logic, mathematics, and other topics reviewed by Richard L. Tieszen.
Box 3, Folder 15
Reviews of Others - Books
Box 3, Folder 16
Reviews of Others - Forcing in Modern Set Theory
Box 3, Folder 17
Reviews of Others - Late 80s Early 90s
Box 3, Folder 18
Reviews of Others - Books - Gödel
Box 3, Folder 19
Reviews of Others - Papers
Subseries 3. Reviews: of Richard L. Tieszen
Scope and Contents
Various reviews by other authors/academics of papers, articles, and books written/published by Richard L. Tieszen.
Box 3, Folder 21
Reviews of Phenomenology, Logic and the Philosophy of Mathematics
Box 3, Folder 22
Reviews of Rick's 1989 Book
Subseries 4. Conferences, Presentations, and Speeches
Scope and Contents
Notes, handouts, research, correspondences, and speech outlines of the various conferences relating to philosophy, logic,
and mathematics Richard L. Tieszen attended as well as many he presented at.
Box 3, Folder 25
Gödel: Minds & Machines - Papers & Presentation Notes
Box 3, Folder 26
Gödel: Minds & Machines - Paper & Notes
Box 3, Folder 28
Intention & Fulfillment in Mathematics & Logic - Talks & Notes
Box 4, Folder 1
Poincaré Institut - France 2007
Box 4, Folder 2
Poincaré Institut - Talk - France 2007
Box 4, Folder 3
Poincaré Institut - Paper & Presentation - France 2007
Box 4, Folder 4
Poincaré Institut - Impredicativity
Box 4, Folder 5
EHESS - Gödel: Phenomenology - Paris 2008
Box 4, Folder 6
EHESS - Gödel: Phenomenology - Paris 2008
Box 4, Folder 7
Gödel Conference - Paris 2010
Box 4, Folder 11
Philosophy of Mathematics - Tokyo 2014
Subseries 5. CV and Philosophical Development Summary
Box 4, Folder 13
Philosophical Development Summary - 2015
Series IV. Subject Files
Scope and Contents
Series IV is comprised of a wide variety of topics Tieszen was interested in, including assorted philosophical subjects and
related articles on them, papers by and about colleagues of Tieszen's, and papers relating to his various research interests.
Arrangement
Series IV is arranged alphabetically.
Box 4, Folder 15
Analytical and Continental Philosophy, Science, and Global Philosophy - Paper & Notes
Box 4, Folder 16
Anselm - Ontological Argument for God's Existence
Box 4, Folder 19
Brouwer: Brouwer Edition Project - Paper, Articles
Box 4, Folder 20
Brouwer - Collected Works
Box 4, Folder 21
Brouwer - Van Dalen - Van Atten
Box 4, Folder 22
Brouwer - Van Dalen - Van Atten
Box 4, Folder 23
Brouwer - Van Dalen - Van Atten
Box 4, Folder 24
Brouwer - Van Dalen - Van Atten
Box 4, Folder 25
Brouwer - Van Dalen - Van Atten
box 4, Folder 26
Brouwer - Van Dalen - Van Atten
Box 4, Folder 27
Brouwer - Van Dalen - Van Atten
Box 4, Folder 28
Causal Theory of Mathematical Content
Box 4, Folder 30
Continental Philosophy of Science
Box 4, Folder 32
Derrida - Origins of Geometry
Box 4, Folder 33
Essence in Phenomenology Family Resemblances
Box 5, Folder 3
Gödel - Absolutely Undecided
Box 5, Folder 5
Gödel - Concepts & Type Theory
Box 5, Folder 8
Gödel & Husserl - Centrone Vol. - 2016
Box 5, Folder 9
Gödel & Husserl - Consciousness of Abstract Objects
Box 5, Folder 10
Gödel & Husserl - Monads & Mathematics
Box 5, Folder 11
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems
Box 5, Folder 12
Gödel - Intuition of Concepts - MS & Notes
Box 5, Folder 13
Gödel, Leibniz, Husserl - Paper
Box 5, Folder 14
Gödel, Leibniz, Husserl - Talk
Box 5, Folder 17
Gödel - Special Edition: Philosophia Mathematica
Box 5, Folder 18
Gödel - Templeton Grant Proposal
Box 5, Folder 19
Gödel - Thoughts, Articles, Research
Box 5, Folder 20
Gödel - Thoughts, Articles, Research
Box 5, Folder 26
Husserl & Abstract Objects
Box 5, Folder 27
Husserl - Articles, Research
Box 5, Folder 28
Husserl Circle - Discussions
Box 5, Folder 29
Husserl - Concept of Pure Logic - Paper & Notes
Box 5, Folder 30
Husserl - Eidetic Results in Transcendental Phenomenology
Box 5, Folder 31
Husserl & Einstein - Musings
Box 5, Folder 33
Husserl & Frege - Notes & Writings
Box 6, Folder 1
Husserl - Geovariance & Space
Box 6, Folder 3
Husserl & Kant - Paper & Notes
Box 6, Folder 4
Husserl - Logic - Paper for Handbook of Philosophy - 2001
Box 6, Folder 5
Husserl - Math Realism & Phenomenology - Hartimo
Box 6, Folder 6
Husserl - Notes, Thoughts, Discussions
Box 6, Folder 7
Husserl & Philosophy of Mathematics - Cambridge Companion
Box 6, Folder 8
Husserl & Philosophy of Mathematics - Paper & Notes
Box 6, Folder 9
Husserl - Review of - 2006
Box 6, Folder 11
Intuitionism - Arithmetic, Mathematics, Intuition & Evidence
Box 6, Folder 13
Intuitionism - Brouwer & Weyl
Box 6, Folder 14
Intuitionism - Cerisy - France 2007
Box 6, Folder 20
Intuitionism, Intentionality & Computation
Box 6, Folder 21
Intuitionism, Intentionality & Proof in Mathematics
Box 6, Folder 22
Intuitionism - Literature
Box 6, Folder 23
Intuitionism - Notes & Musings
Box 6, Folder 24
Intuitionism - Paper - Drafts
Box 6, Folder 25
Intuitionism - Paper - Drafts
Box 6, Folder 26
Intuitionism - Philosophia Mathematica
Box 6, Folder 29
Logic & Nietzsche - Debate with Leddy
Box 6, Folder 31
Merleau - Ponty - Heidegger Notes
Box 6, Folder 32
Miscellaneous Articles, Papers, Books, Reference
Box 6, Folder 33
Miscellaneous Articles, Papers, Books, Reference
Box 6, Folder 34
Miscellaneous Articles, Papers, Books, Reference
Box 7, Folder 3
Phenomenology - California Phenomenology Circle
Box 7, Folder 4
Phenomenology & the Foundations of Logic & Mathematics - Book Draft
Box 7, Folder 5
Phenomenology & the Foundations of Logic & Mathematics - Book Draft
Box 7, Folder 6
Phenomenology & the Foundations of Logic & Mathematics - Book Draft
Box 7, Folder 8
Phenomenology & Mathematics - Finland
Box 7, Folder 9
Phenomenology Today - 2000
Box 7, Folder 10
Phenomenology - Weyl, Becker - Referee Report
Box 7, Folder 11
Philosophy of Mathematics - Götingen Conference - Notes & Thoughts
Box 7, Folder 12
Philosophy - Notes & Musings
Box 7, Folder 13
Philosophy of Mathematics - Notes for a Review
Box 7, Folder 14
Properties - Notes, Research, Articles
Box 7, Folder 17
Recursion Theory - Articles, Notes
Box 7, Folder 18
Recursive Functions - Notes
Box 7, Folder 21
Technological View of Being
Series V. Colleague Files
Scope and Contents
Series V consists of files pertaining to colleagues collected by Richard L. Tieszen, including articles, papers, drafts, notes,
and correspondence relating to different colleagues & affiliates of Tieszen's.
Arrangement
Series V is arranged alphabetically.
Box 8, Folder 8
Føllesdal, D. - Correspondence - Paper
Box 8, Folder 13
Friedman, M. - Kant Seminar - 2014
Box 8, Folder 33
Papers - Title Pages - Colleagues
Box 9, Folder 7
Roubach, M. - Promotion Evaluation
Box 9, Folder 20
Tragesser, R. - Book, Thesis, Comments
Box 9, Folder 24
Van Atten - Correspondence
Box 9, Folder 25
Van Atten - Correspondence
Box 9, Folder 26
Van Atten - Correspondence - Book Collaboration
Box 9, Folder 27
Van Atten - Correspondence with Tragesser
Box 9, Folder 28
Van Atten - Correspondence with Tragesser
Box 9, Folder 30
Van Atten - Review of Brouwer Book
