Arthur Oncken Lovejoy

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
Born(1873-10-10)October 10, 1873
Berlin, Germany
DiedDecember 30, 1962(1962-12-30) (aged 89)
Baltimore, Maryland
Education
Academic advisorsWilliam James
Josiah Royce
Notable ideas
History of ideas

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the discipline known as the history of ideas with his book The Great Chain of Being (1936), on the topic of that name, which is regarded as 'probably the single most influential work in the history of ideas in the United States during the last half century'.[1] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1932.[2] In 1940, he founded the Journal of the History of Ideas.

  1. ^ Simo Knuuttila (ed.) Reforging the Great Chain of Being: Studies of the History of Modal Theories, Springer Science & Business Media, 2013 p.3
  2. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-06-30.