American rationalism American idealism Epistemological idealism[1] Epistemic coherentism[2] Coherence theory of truth[3]
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[3]
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Percy Brand Blanshard (/ˈblænʃərd/BLAN-shərd; August 27, 1892 – November 19, 1987) was an American philosopher known primarily for his defense of rationalism and idealism.
^Dorothy Emmet, The Nature of Metaphysical Thinking, Springer, 2015, p. 73 n. 1.
^Coherentist Theories of Epistemic Justification (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
^ abThe Coherence Theory of Truth (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Percy BrandBlanshard (/ˈblænʃərd/ BLAN-shərd; August 27, 1892 – November 19, 1987) was an American philosopher known primarily for his defense of rationalism...
Blanshard may refer to: Places: Blanshard, Manitoba, rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada Blanshard Peak, distinctive rock...
defended epistemic idealist arguments include Ludwig Boltzmann and BrandBlanshard. Thus, metaphysical idealism holds that reality itself is non-physical...
have significantly contributed to and defended the theory, primarily BrandBlanshard (who gave the earliest characterization of the theory in contemporary...
his twin brother Brand were born in Fredericksburg, Ohio, where their father, Francis, was a Congregational minister. Reverend Blanshard and his wife, Emily...
On Philosophical Style is a short book by the American philosopher BrandBlanshard. It originated in 1953 as the Adamson Lecture, given at the University...
stanford.edu. 1995. Retrieved 6 April 2024. Blanshard, in Paul Arthur Schilpp, ed., The Philosophy of BrandBlanshard, Open Court, 1980, p. 88, quoting a private...
Hertz. A contemporary representative of epistemological idealism is BrandBlanshard. J. T. Blackmore, Ludwig Boltzmann: His Later Life and Philosophy,...
handful of his less famous contemporaries. The American rationalist BrandBlanshard was strongly influenced by Bradley, Bosanquet, and Green (and other...
Marcus Berquist Steven Best Nalini Bhushan Cristina Bicchieri Max Black BrandBlanshard Ned Block Benjamin Paul Blood Allan Bloom Albert Blumberg George Boas...
station officer at Soho Fire Station, killed in the King's Cross fire. BrandBlanshard, 95, American philosopher. Lee Byung-chul, 77, South Korean businessman...
Carnap (1963) Martin Buber (1967) C. I. Lewis (1968) Karl Popper (1974) BrandBlanshard (1980) Jean-Paul Sartre (1981) Gabriel Marcel (1984) W. V. Quine (1986)...
significantly contributed to epistemic coherentism include: A. C. Ewing, BrandBlanshard, C. I. Lewis, Nicholas Rescher, Laurence BonJour, Keith Lehrer, and...
literature W. H. Auden (poet), literature Monroe Beardsley, philosophy BrandBlanshard, philosophy Daniel J. Boorstin, history Richard Brandt, philosophy...
of Adelaide Magdalen 1912 Australia Cricketer and rules footballer BrandBlanshard University of Michigan Merton 1913 United States Philosopher Henry...
Truthiness Unity of the proposition Verisimilitude Augustine of Hippo BrandBlanshard Hartry Field Gottlob Frege Paul Horwich Harold Joachim Karl Popper...
of Sciences. Retrieved March 10, 2015. Walsh, F. Michael (2005). "Blanshard, Brand (1887–1949)". In Shook, John R. (ed.). Dictionary of Modern American...
(metallurgist) (LaRue) Richard C. Banks (ornithologist) (Steubenville) BrandBlanshard (philosopher) (Fredericksburg) Michael Brooks (historian, journalist)...
Civilisation 1949–50 Herbert James Paton The Modern Predicament 1951–53 BrandBlanshard Reason, Belief and Goodness 1953–55 C. A. Campbell On Selfhood and...
CSI fellows not included in the Pantheon of Skeptics. Edoardo Amaldi BrandBlanshard Vern Bullough Bette Chambers Daniel Cohen John R. Cole Eric Dingwall...
virologist and Nobel Prize winner in medicine (born in Ann Arbor) BrandBlanshard, Yale University rationalist philosopher (born in Fredericksburg, Ohio;...
James Birx (professor of anthropology and sociology, Canisius College) BrandBlanshard (professor emeritus of philosophy, Yale) Joseph L. Blau (Professor...
Eduard Bernstein, (1850–1932)[d] Nathan Birnbaum, (1864–1937) BrandBlanshard, (1892–1987)[b][c] Ernst Bloch, (1885–1977)[a][b][c][d] Maurice Blondel...
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