Brand Blanshard

Brand Blanshard
Born(1892-08-27)August 27, 1892
DiedNovember 19, 1987(1987-11-19) (aged 95)
Education
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Merton College, Oxford
Doctoral advisorC. I. Lewis
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAmerican rationalism
American idealism
Epistemological idealism
Epistemic coherentism
Coherence theory of truth
Main interestsEpistemology * Ethics * Metaphilosophy * Philosophy of Psychology * Philosophy of Religion * Philosophy of Education
Notable ideasContemporary 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.