Brand Blanshard
Percy Brand Blanshard (/ˈblænʃərd/ BLAN-shərd; August 27, 1892 – November 19, 1987) was an American philosopher known primarily for his defense of reason and rationalism.
Brand Blanshard | |
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| Born | August 27, 1892 Fredericksburg, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 19, 1987 (aged 95) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Merton College, Oxford |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | American rationalism American idealism Epistemological idealism Epistemic coherentism Coherence theory of truth |
| Doctoral advisor | C. I. Lewis |
Main interests | Epistemology * Ethics * Metaphilosophy * Philosophy of Psychology * Philosophy of Religion * Philosophy of Education |
Notable ideas | Contemporary formulation of the coherence theory of truth |
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