biography
| name: |
Creighton, James Edwin
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pronunciation:
[kriytn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1861–1924)
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| biography:
| Philosopher, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. He studied in Germany, then earned a doctorate from Cornell University (1892) and joined the faculty of Cornell's new Sage School of Philosophy (1889–1924). He was also co-editor and (from 1902) editor of the new Philosophical Review, American editor of Kant-Studien (from 1896), and a co-founder and first president (1902–3) of the American Philosophical Association. His own philosophy was idealistic, and a volume of his essays appeared posthumously (1925). |
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