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The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce; Volume II, Logic; Loyalty; and Community

Year

2005

Publisher

Fordham University Press

Language

English

Pages

7

Link

Last Update

06-Nov-2024

Keywords

Language & Literature ; Philosophy

Description

For his times, Royce was a logician of the first rank. The quality of his work in logic becomes more extraordinary when considered in the context of his multiple achievements in areas of thought quite apart from that effort. Morton White, who is skeptical of Royce’s overall achievement, evaluates his contribution in this way.

For Royce was more than a metaphysical soothsayer, more than a philosopher of religion and of loyalty to loyalty: he was also a logician and a philosopher of science. He was one of the first American teachers of philosophy to recognize the importance of research in...

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