Brand Blanshard
| Brand Blanshard | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 27, 1892 Fredericksburg, Ohio, U.S. | 
| Died | November 19, 1987 (aged 95) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | 
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Merton College, Oxford | 
| Doctoral advisor | C. I. Lewis | 
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy | 
| Region | Western philosophy | 
| School | American rationalism American idealism Epistemological idealism Epistemic coherentism Coherence theory of truth | 
| Main interests | Epistemology * Ethics * Metaphilosophy * Philosophy of Psychology * Philosophy of Religion * Philosophy of Education | 
| Notable ideas | Contemporary formulation of the coherence theory of truth | 
Percy Brand Blanshard (/ˈblænʃərd/ BLAN-shərd; August 27, 1892 – November 19, 1987) was an American philosopher known primarily for his defense of rationalism and idealism.