Ralph Barton Perry
American philosopher (1876-1957) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 80
Ralph Barton Perry was an American philosopher. He was a strident moral idealist who stated in 1909 that, to him, idealism meant "to interpret life consistently with ethical, scientific, and metaphysical truth."
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Perry's viewpoints on religion stressed the notion that religious thinking possessed legitimacy should it exist within a framework accepting of human reason and social progress.
Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1876 to 1957 · aged 80
