Brand Blanshard

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Brand Blanshard was an American philosopher best known for his rigorous defense of rationalism and coherence theory of truth in the 20th century analytic tradition.

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instanceOf American philosopher
human
philosopher
almaMater Harvard University NERFINISHED
Oxford University NERFINISHED
University of Michigan NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1892-08-27
dateOfDeath 1987-11-19
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University

University of Michigan
employer Yale University
familyName Blanshard NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork epistemology
ethics
metaphysics
philosophy
gender male
givenName Brand NERFINISHED
influenced 20th-century analytic rationalists
influencedBy F. H. Bradley NERFINISHED
G. W. F. Hegel NERFINISHED
Josiah Royce NERFINISHED
knownFor critique of empiricism
defense of coherence theory of truth
rigorous defense of rationalism
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Yale University faculty NERFINISHED
movement analytic philosophy
rationalism NERFINISHED
name Brand Blanshard NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableIdea coherence theory of truth
defense of rationalism
notableWork Reason and Analysis NERFINISHED
Reason and Belief NERFINISHED
Reason and Goodness NERFINISHED
The Nature of Thought NERFINISHED
occupation philosopher
university teacher
philosophicalSchool coherentism
idealism
placeOfBirth Fredericksburg, Ohio NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED
workLocation New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED

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Josiah Royce influenced Brand Blanshard