Brand Blanshard

Percy Brand Blanshard (August 27, 1892 – November 19, 1987) was an American philosopher known primarily for his defense of reason. A powerful polemicist, by all accounts he comported himself with courtesy and grace in philosophical controversies and exemplified the "rational temper" he advocated. Blanshard was born in Fredericksburg, Ohio. His parents were Francis, a Congregational minister, and Emily Coulter Blanshard, both Canadians by birth an... more

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  • Aug 27, 1892

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  • Nov 19, 1987 (age 95 years)

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