The Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, founded in 1980, is the representation of the phenomenological orientation of Duquesne University. The Philosophy and Psychology departments at Duquesne University share a tradition of work in phenomenology.
The Simon Silverman Collection at Gumberg Library acquires books in all fields where a phenomenological approach is used or criticized:
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Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center at Duquesne University
The Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center (SSPC) is (1) an archive; (2) a special collection library; and (3) a live center. It is dedicated to the study, creation, facilitation, promotion, and dissemination of historical and contemporary phenomenological scholarship, especially in the fields of psychology, philosophy, and theology, by Duquesne University faculty, students, scholars in residence, and alumni as well as by visiting scholars who visit Duquesne from national and international locations to use SSPC resources. This Collection Development Policy reflects this mission.[1]
[1] In developing and formulating this Collection Development Policy, I corresponded and spoke with Mr. William J. Shepherd, University Archivist and Head of Special Collections the Catholic University of America Libraries; Dr. Patrick Byrne, Director, and Dr. Mary Elliot, Assistant Director, of the Lonergan Institute at Boston College; and Ms. Kaitlyn Dugan, Managing Director of the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. I am gratefully indebted to these individuals and their institutions for their assistance and insights and for some of the language used in this policy.