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Name
  
William Montague


Role
  
Philosopher

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Died
  
August 1, 1953, New York City, New York, United States

Books
  
The Ways of Knowing or the Met, The Ways Of Things, The chances of surviving, Belief unbound, Great visions of philosophy

William Pepperell Montague (11 November 1873 – 1 August 1953) was a philosopher of the New Realist school. Montague stressed the difference between his philosophical peers as adherents of either "objective" and "critical realism".

Montague was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley between 1899 and 1903), and in Columbia from 1903 to 1947. He was president of the American Philosophical Association's eastern division in the years 1923–1924. He died in New York City.

Works

  • "PROFESSOR ROYCE'S REFUTATION OF REALISM", Philosophical Review 11 (1902): 43–55.
  • Holt, Edwin B; Marvin, Walter T; Montague, William P; Perry, Ralph B; Pitkin, Walter B; Spaulding, Edward G. The New Realism: Cooperative Studies in Philosophy, (1912)
  • The Ways of Knowing or the Methods of Philosophy (1925)
  • Belief Unbound, a Promethean Religion for the Modern World (1930)
  • WP Montague and GP Adams, eds. Contemporary American Philosophy: Personal Statements (1930). Two Volumes. Vol II
  • The Chances of Surviving Death (1934)
  • The Ways of Things: A Philosophy of Knowledge, Nature and Value (1940)
  • Great Visions of Philosophy (1950)

    • References

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