Morton White
Morton White · Philosophy & Social Sciences
American philosopher of holism and pragmatism
1917, New York City, United States — 2016, Skillman, New Jersey, United States
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Morton White was an American philosopher and historian of ideas who championed holistic pragmatism, extending W. V. O. Quine's rejection of the analytic–synthetic distinction to ethics and the social sciences. He taught at Harvard and spent decades at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was born to a Jewish family in New York City.
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American philosopher of holism and pragmatism
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