Charles Hartshorne | |
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 Hartshorne c. 1990 | |
| Born | June 5, 1897 Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 2000 (aged 103) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Process philosophy |
| Doctoral students | John B. Cobb |
Main interests | Metaphysics, philosophy of religion |
Notable ideas | Process theology Modal proof of the existence of God Dipolar theism |
Charles Hartshorne (/ˈhɑːrtshɔːrn/; June 5, 1897 – October 9, 2000) was an American philosopher who concentrated primarily on the philosophy of religion and metaphysics, but also contributed to ornithology. He developed the neoclassical idea of God and produced a modal proof of the existence of God that was a development of Anselm of Canterbury's ontological argument. Hartshorne is also noted for developing Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy into process theology.