Ralph Tyler Flewelling (1871–1960) was an American philosopher.

Biography

Early life

He was born on November 23, 1871, near De Witt,

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, and educated at the

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, Alma College (Mich.). the

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(Evanston, Ill.), and

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Career

He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1896, holding

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s from 1903 to 1917, and in the latter year becoming

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and head of the department of philosophy in the

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. In 1918 he was at the

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, and was appointed head of the department of philosophy at the American Expeditionary Force University at

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. He wrote four books. He also contributed to the '' Hastings Encyclopœdia of Religion and Ethics'' (1917), and founded and edited ''

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'' (1920). In 1919–1920 he was president of the Celtic Club. He died on March 31, 1960, in Glendale,

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Bibliography

* ''Christ and the Dramas of Doubt'' (1913) * ''Personalism and the Problems of Philosophy'' (1915) * ''Philosophy and the War'' (1918) * ''Bergson and Personal Realism'' (1919) * ''The Survival of Western Culture'' (1942)

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* 20th-century American philosophers American Methodist clergy Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist philosophers People from DeWitt, Michigan Philosophers from California Philosophers from Michigan University of Michigan alumni Alma College alumni Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary alumni Academic staff of the University of Paris University of Southern California faculty Boston University alumni 1871 births American Methodists 1960 deaths Year of death unknown {{US-philosopher-stub