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Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons: The Correspondence, 1922-1945 (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Charles Hartshorne
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Description for Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons: The Correspondence, 1922-1945 (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Hardcover. For 23 years, philosophers Charles Hartshorne and Edgar Sheffield Brightman carried out an intensive correspondence. This volume presents their letters, along with material that follows their lives and interactions after 1945, when Brightman's ill-health prevented him from corresponding. Series: The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
In 1922 Charles Hartshorne, then an aspiring young philosopher, wrote to Edgar Sheffield Brightman, a preeminent philosopher of religion and one of the earliest members of the Boston School of Personalism. For twenty-three subsequent years, the two carried out an unusually rich and intensive correspondence, and, remarkably, almost every letter was preserved. They are presented here along with additional material that follows the philosophers' lives and interactions after 1945, when Brightman's ill health prevented him from continuing the correspondence. Hartshorne (1897-) has been called ""the world's greatest living metaphysician."" But when the correspondence began, he was just a graduate student, ... Read more
In 1922 Charles Hartshorne, then an aspiring young philosopher, wrote to Edgar Sheffield Brightman, a preeminent philosopher of religion and one of the earliest members of the Boston School of Personalism. For twenty-three subsequent years, the two carried out an unusually rich and intensive correspondence, and, remarkably, almost every letter was preserved. They are presented here along with additional material that follows the philosophers' lives and interactions after 1945, when Brightman's ill health prevented him from continuing the correspondence. Hartshorne (1897-) has been called ""the world's greatest living metaphysician."" But when the correspondence began, he was just a graduate student, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826513762
SKU
V9780826513762
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About Charles Hartshorne
Randall E. Auxier is associate professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is the editor of the journal Personalist Forum and is a frequent contributor to academic books and journals. Mark Y. A. Davies is assistant professor and chair of the department of philosophy at Oklahoma City University. He has written widely on personalism and is review editor ... Read more
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