)- ▁The ▁Set ▁( 1 9 7 3 ) ▁... ▁( n arr ative ▁script ) ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 2 0 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 9 9 ▁death s ▁Category : B rit ish ▁television ▁edit ors ▁Category : B rit ish ▁television ▁writers ▁Category : B rit ish ▁television ▁direct ors <0x0A> </s> ▁Maurice ▁Stanley ▁Fried man ▁( Dec ember ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁– ▁September ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 ) ▁was ▁an ▁inter dis cipl inary , ▁inter rel ig ious ▁phil os opher ▁of ▁dialog ue . ▁His ▁intellectual ▁career ▁- ▁sp anning ▁fifty ▁years ▁of ▁study , ▁teaching , ▁writing , ▁transl ating , ▁travel ing , ▁ment oring , ▁and ▁co - found ing ▁the ▁Institute ▁for ▁Dialog ical ▁Psych other apy ▁- ▁has ▁prompt ed ▁a ▁language ▁of ▁genu ine ▁dialog ue . ▁With ▁ill umin ating ▁range , ▁he ▁has ▁applied ▁Martin ▁B uber ’ s ▁philosophy ▁of ▁dialog ue ▁to ▁the ▁human ▁sciences . ▁After ▁receiving ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁religion ▁and ▁history ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁Fried man ▁had ▁a ▁long ▁career ▁of ▁teaching ▁and ▁publishing . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Fried man ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Tul sa , ▁Oklahoma . ▁His ▁father , ▁Samuel ▁Fried man , ▁was ▁a ▁life - ins urance ▁sales person . ▁His ▁mother , ▁F ann ie , ▁a ▁Rab bi ’