F. C. S. Schiller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

F. C. S. Schiller

German-born British pragmatist philosopher

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1864

Place of Birth: Ottensen, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1937

Profession: university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About F. C. S. Schiller

  • Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller (16 August 1864 – 6 August 1937), usually cited as F.
  • C.
  • S.
  • Schiller, was a German-British philosopher.
  • Born in Altona, Holstein (at that time member of the German Confederation, but under Danish administration), Schiller studied at the University of Oxford, later was a professor there, after being invited back after a brief time at Cornell University.
  • Later in his life he taught at the University of Southern California.
  • In his lifetime he was well known as a philosopher; after his death his work was largely forgotten. Schiller's philosophy was very similar to and often aligned with the pragmatism of William James, although Schiller referred to it as "humanism".
  • He argued vigorously against both logical positivism and associated philosophers (for example, Bertrand Russell) as well as absolute idealism (such as F.
  • H.
  • Bradley). Schiller was an early supporter of evolution and a founding member of the English Eugenics Society.

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