William Pepperell Montague (11 November 1873 – 1 August 1953) was a

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of the New Realist school. Montague stressed the difference between his philosophical peers as adherents of either "objective" and " critical realism". Montague was born in

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. He was professor of philosophy at

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between 1899 and 1903, and at

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from 1903 to 1947. He was president of the

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's eastern division in the years 1923–1924. He died in

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Works

"PROFESSOR ROYCE'S REFUTATION OF REALISM"
''Philosophical Review'' 11 (1902): 43–55. * Holt, Edwin B; Marvin, Walter T; Montague, William P; Perry, Ralph B; Pitkin, Walter B; Spaulding, Edward G
''The New Realism: Cooperative Studies in Philosophy''
(1912) *''The Ways of Knowing or the Methods of Philosophy'' (1925) *''Belief Unbound, a Promethean Religion for the Modern World'' (1930) *WP Montague and GP Adams, eds. ''Contemporary American Philosophy: Personal Statements'' (1930). Two Volumes
Vol II
*''The Chances of Surviving Death'' (1934)Thurman, Howard. (1934)
''The Chances of Surviving Death by William Pepperell Montague''
'' The Journal of Religion'' 14 (4): 485.
''The Ways of Things: A Philosophy of Knowledge, Nature and Value''
(1940) *''Great Visions of Philosophy'' (1950)

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20th-century American philosophers Columbia University faculty Writers from Chelsea, Massachusetts 1873 births 1953 deaths {{US-philosopher-stub

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