Brand Blanshard

Brand Blanshard
Born(1892-08-27)August 27, 1892
Fredericksburg, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 19, 1987(1987-11-19) (aged 95)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Merton College, Oxford
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAmerican rationalism
American idealism
Epistemological idealism[1]
Epistemic coherentism[2]
Coherence theory of truth[3]
Doctoral advisorC. 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]
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox philosopher with unknown parameter "influences"
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox philosopher with unknown parameter "influenced"

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.

  1. ^ Dorothy Emmet, The Nature of Metaphysical Thinking, Springer, 2015, p. 73 n. 1.
  2. ^ Coherentist Theories of Epistemic Justification (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
  3. ^ a b The Coherence Theory of Truth (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)