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Émile-Auguste Chartier ( French: [ʃaʁtje]; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain ( [alɛ̃] ), was a French philosopher, journalist, essayist, pacifist, and teacher of philosophy. Early life and teaching. Alain was born in 1868 in Normandy, in the rural town of Mortagne-au-Perche, the son of a veterinary surgeon.
UK Scientists and Philosophers Advocate for a Wide, Diverse Approach to Knowledge Curation in Chemistry
Dec 2, 2019 · Credited with founding the Harlem Renaissance (which marks its centennial this year), Locke wrote extensively on philosophy, race, cultural pluralism, arts, and literature. Locke began as a pragmatist philosopher in the tradition of John Dewey and William James.
Feb 24, 2020 · This collection of essays by American philosopher Alain Locke (1885-1954) makes readily available for the first time his important writings on cultural pluralism, value relativism, and critical relativism.
Philosophy encourages critical and systematic inquiry into fundamental questions of right and wrong, truth and falsehood, the meaning of life, and the nature of reality, knowledge, and society. More than any other discipline, philosophy explores the core issues of the Western intellectual tradition.
“The Philosophy of Alain Locke: Harlem Renaissance and beyond,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed April 18, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003359. copy citation
History and Composition of the University of Kentucky Department of Philosophy. Starting in 1929, the UK Department of Philosophy consisted of a single Professor, Dr. John Kuiper. In 1946, it became a two-person department, and it continued to expand steadily throughout the next two decades.
