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F. H. Bradley
1846 - 1924
- British idealist and critic of empiricism whose works cover metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and logic
- Spent entire academic career at Oxford
- Influenced by Hegelian and Kantian philosophy as well as by Utilitarianism and Pragmatism
- Numerous essays; books included Principles of Logic (1883), Appearance and Reality (1893), and Essays on Truth and Reality (1914)
- Very influential in late-19th and early-20th-century Anglo-American philosophy
- Students included G. E. Moore and Brand Blanshard
- (T. S. Eliot wrote his dissertation on Bradley's work but never made his oral defence.)
- After his death, his work fell into disuse with the rise of analytic philosophy and logical positivism
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