Josiah Royce

Josiah Royce

writer
historian
university teacher
philosopher
🇺🇸United States
Idealism
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Josiah Royce was an American pragmatist and objective idealist philosopher and the founder of American idealism. His philosophical ideas included his joining of pragmatism and idealism, his philosophy of loyalty, and his defense of absolutism.

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1855 – 1916
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Grass Valley
Educated at
University of California, BerkeleyJohns Hopkins University
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 George Sylvester Morris
Doctoral Students
📖 Q178577📖 Clarence Irving Lewis📖 William Ernest Hocking📖 Henry M. Sheffer

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  • 1855

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    Birth
  • 1916

    Died

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