Wilmon Henry Sheldon (1875–1980) was a twentieth-century American philosopher.
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| Born | April 4, 1875 Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | February 26, 1980 (aged 104) Pittsford, Vermont, US |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| School | Process philosophy |
Life and career
editWilmon Henry Sheldon was born in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts on April 4, 1875.[1]
He was educated at Harvard University and taught at Yale.[2]
He died in Pittsford, Vermont on February 26, 1980, and was interred at the Central Burying Grounds in Hamden, Connecticut.[3]
Major works
edit- Strife of Systems and Productive Duality: An Essay in Philosophy. Harvard University Press. 1918.
- America's Progressive Philosophy. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 1942.
- Process and Polarity (Woodbridge Lectures, Columbia University). 1944.
- God and Polarity: A Synthesis of Philosophies. 1954.
References
edit- ^ Harvard College Class of 1895 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Report. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1920. pp. 438–439. Retrieved October 2, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Nicholas Rescher, Process Metaphysics: An Introduction to Process Philosophy, SUNY Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7914-2817-7, pp. 23-24.
- ^ "Man, 104, Dies". Rutland Daily Herald. Pittsford, Vermont. February 27, 1980. p. 4. Retrieved October 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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