Ralph Barton Perry
Ralph Barton Perry | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 3, 1876 Poultney, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 1957 (aged 80) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Burial place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
| Spouse |
Rachel Berenson (m. 1905) |
| Children | 2 |
Ralph Barton Perry (July 3, 1876 – January 22, 1957) was an American philosopher. He was a strident moral idealist who stated in 1909 that, to him, idealism meant "to interpret life consistently with ethical, scientific, and metaphysical truth." Perry's viewpoints on religion stressed the notion that religious thinking possessed legitimacy should it exist within a framework accepting of human reason and social progress.