- Addison Webster Moore
Addison Webster Moore (
30 July 1866 -25 August 1930 ) was a U.S. pragmatistphilosopher . He was president of theWestern Philosophical Association in 1911 and president of theAmerican Philosophical Association in 1917.He was born in
Plainfield, Indiana , U.S.; graduated fromDePauw University (A.B., 1890; A.M., 1893); studied at Cornell (1893-94); and took his Ph.D. in 1898 at theUniversity of Chicago , attracted byJohn Dewey 's arrival there. When Dewey went toColumbia University in 1904, Moore took over theMetaphysics andLogic courses at Chicago, and becameprofessor of philosophy in 1909.Moore was a supporter of Dewey's instrumentalist version of pragmatism. In 1910, he published "Pragmatism and Its Critics", consisting of one chapter explaining pragmatism and four chapters addressing criticisms directed towards this doctrine. He was the author of:
* "Functional versus Representational Theories of Knowledge inJohn Locke 's Essay" (1902)
* "Existence, Meaning, and Reality in Locke's Essay and in PresentEpistemology " (1903)External links
* [http://www.pragmatism.org/genealogy/moore.htm Moore at the Pragmatist Cybrary] . Includes a short biography and a list of Moore's writings.
* [http://www.thoemmes.com/american/moore_intro.htm Introduction to "The Collected Writings of Addison W. Moore"] , by John Shook. (Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2003)
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