摘要：A great philosopher of the social sciences retired a few years ago, but hardly anybody noticed. Paul Diesing is not listed in Who’s Who in America; his name does not appear in Current Biography; he is not to be found in American National Biography; you will find no reference to him in the Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy or in the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and his name is not in the American Political Science Association’s 2001 Centennial Biographical Directory of Members. However, he does appear in the 2001 edition of Who’s Who in the World. Although Diesing published six important books during his career, none became particularly famous. Nor did he teach in one of the top universities in the United States.
