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Herbert Wildon Carr (born 16 January 1857) was a British philosopher.
Life edit
He was Professor of Philosophy, King's College, London from 1918 to 1925, and Visiting Professor at the University of Southern California from 1925 until his death on 8 July 1931 in Los Angeles, California, United States.[citation needed]
He was a student at King's College London where he was awarded the Jelf Medal.[further explanation needed].
Works edit
- Henri Bergson: the philosophy of change, London: Jack, 1911
- The Problem of Truth, New York: Dodge, 1913
- The Philosophy of Benedetto Croce, London: Macmillan, 1917
- The General Principle of Relativity in Its Philosophical and Historical Aspect, London: Macmillan, 1922
- L'Énergie spirituelle, Translated by H. Wildon Carr as Mind-Energy: Lectures and Essays, London: Macmillan, 1920
- A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity, London: Macmillan, 1922
- Scientific Approach to Philosophy: Selected Essays and Reviews, London: Macmillan, 1924
- Changing Backgrounds in Religion and Ethics: A Metaphysical Meditation, New York: Macmillan, 1927
- The Unique Status of Man, in, American Journal of Sociology, 1928
- The Freewill Problem, London: Benn Ltd., 1928
- Leibniz, Boston: Little Brown, 1929
References edit
- http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v128/n3220/abs/128098b0.html
- ‘CARR, Herbert Wildon’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 15 Feb 2012 (subscription required)
- Pierfrancesco Basile, "Herbert Wildon Carr" in Michel Weber, ed., Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought, Volume II (2008) pages 383-4
- "Carr, Herbert Wildon" in Brown, ed., Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers
- Richard T. Hull, Presidential Addresses of The American Philosophical Association, 1921-1930, pages 439-440
External links edit
- Works by H. Wildon Carr at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about H. Wildon Carr at Internet Archive
- Works by H. Wildon Carr at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)