Samuel Alexander
Samuel Alexander · Philosophy & Social Sciences
British philosopher of emergent evolution, author of 'Space, Time, and Deity'
1859, Sydney, Australia — 1938, Manchester, United Kingdom
Australia · United Kingdom
Samuel Alexander is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — British philosopher of emergent evolution, author of 'Space, Time, and Deity'
Samuel Alexander was a British philosopher who developed a systematic metaphysics of 'emergent evolution' in his major work 'Space, Time, and Deity' (1920), arguing that mind and deity emerge from lower levels of reality. He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college and a longtime professor at Manchester. He was born into a Jewish family in Australia.
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British philosopher of emergent evolution, author of 'Space, Time, and Deity'
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