Charles Hartshorne

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Charles Hartshorne (born June 5, 1897 in Kittanning , Pennsylvania , † October 9, 2000 in Austin , Texas ) was an American philosopher .

philosophy

The philosophy of Charles S. Peirce had a great influence on Hartshorne , which he made available to a wider public as co-editor of the "Collected Papers" 20 years after Peirce's death. He was an important developer and founder of process theology , whose merit lay primarily in interpreting and continuing the theological aspects and implications of Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy . Hartshorne agreed with panentheism and rejected deism , pandeism and pantheism .

According to ancient metaphysics, God is the immutable absolute. Hartshorne revealed this traditional conception of God in his 1941 work Man's Vision of God . He no longer understood God as an immutable being, but as love that reciprocates creatively. Despite his perfect nature, God is in progressive interaction with the world.

Especially in his work “Beyond Humanism” Hartshorne proves to be an important exponent of the panpsychistic worldview.

In 1975 Hartshorne was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . His younger brother was the well-known American geographer Richard Hartshorne .

Works

Beyond Humanism: Essays in the New Philosophy of Nature. Willett, Clark & ​​Co, Chicago / New York 1937. (also published as: Beyond Humanism: Essays in the Philosophy of Nature. University of Nebraska Press, 1968)

  • The Divine Relativity: A Social Conception of God. ( Terry Lectures ). Yale University Press, New Haven 1948. (Reprint: 1983, ISBN 0-300-02880-6 )
  • The Logic of Perfection and other essays in neoclassical metaphysics. Open Court, La Salle 1962. (Reprint: 1973, ISBN 0-87548-037-3 ).
  • with William L. Reese (Ed.): Philosophers Speak of God. University of Chicago Press, Amherst 1963. (Reprint: Humanity Books, 2000, ISBN 1-57392-815-1 )
  • Man's Vision of God and the Logic of Theism. Archon, Hamden 1964.
  • Anselm's Discovery. Open Court, La Salle 1965.
  • A Natural Theology for our Time. Open Court, La Salle 1967. (Reprint: 1992, ISBN 0-87548-239-2 )
  • The Philosophy and Psychology of Sensation. Kennikat Press, Port Washington, New York 1968.
  • Creative Synthesis and Philosophic Method. SCM Press, 1970, ISBN 0-334-00269-9 .
  • Reality as social process. Hafner, New York 1971.
  • Whitehead's Philosophy: Selected Essays, 1935-1970. University of Nebraska Press, 1972, ISBN 0-8032-0806-5 .
  • Aquinas to Whitehead: Seven Centuries of Metaphysics of Religion. Marquette University Publications, 1976, ISBN 0-87462-141-0 .
  • with Creighton Peden: Whitehead's View of Reality Pilgrim Press, New York 1981, ISBN 0-8298-0381-5 .
  • Insights and Oversights of Great Thinkers: An Evaluation of Western Philosophy. State University of New York Press, Albany 1983, ISBN 0-87395-682-6 .
  • Creativity in American Philosophy. State University of New York Press, Albany 1984, ISBN 0-87395-817-9 .
  • Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes. State University of New York Press, Albany 1984, ISBN 0-87395-771-7 .
  • Wisdom as moderation. State University of New York Press, Albany 1987, ISBN 0-88706-473-6 .
  • The Darkness and The Light: A Philosopher Reflects upon His Fortunate Career and Those Who Made It Possible. State University of New York Press, Albany 1990, ISBN 0-7914-0337-8 .
  • Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song. Indiana Univ. Press, 1992, ISBN 0-253-20743-6 .
  • with Mohammad Valady (Ed.): The Zero Fallacy: And Other Essays in Neoclassical Philosophy. Open Court, 1997, ISBN 0-8126-9324-8 .

literature

English-language literature

  • Randall E. Auxier, Mark YA Davies (Eds.): Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons: The Correspondence 1922-1945. Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville 2001.
  • John B. Cobb, Franklin I. Gamwell (Eds.): Existence and Actuality: Conversations with Charles Hartshorne. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1984, ISBN 0-226-11123-7 . (online edition)
  • William L. Reese, Eugene Freeman (Eds.): Process and Divinity: The Hartshorne Festschrift. Open Court, La Salle 1964.
  • DA Dombrowski: Hartshorne and the metaphysics of animal rights . State Univ of New York Pr, 1988.
  • Daniel A. Dombrowski: Divine beauty: the aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne . Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN 2004, ISBN 0-8265-1440-5 .
  • DA Dombrowski: Analytic theism, Hartshorne, and the concept of God . State Univ of New York Pr, 1996.

German-language literature

  • Julia Enxing : God in becoming. The process theology of Charles Hartshornes. Regensburg 2013.
  • Julia Enxing / Klaus Müller (eds.): Perfect changes. Charles Hartshorne's philosophy of religion. Regensburg 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Hartshorne, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Kittanning, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 2000
Place of death Austin (Texas)