John Lachs
John Lachs | |
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| Born | July 17, 1934 |
| Died | November 14, 2023 (aged 89) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental Philosophy |
| Main interests | |
John Lachs (July 17, 1934 – November 14, 2023) was a Hungarian-born American philosopher. He was Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, where he began teaching in 1967. Lachs received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1961. His primary focus was on American philosophy (most prominently George Santayana) and German Idealism.