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Josiah Royce and the American idealist movement (c. 1876–1916)

Josiah Royce and the American idealist movement (c. 1876–1916)

  1. Royce publishes early work in Hegelian journal

    Labels: Journal of, Friedrich Schiller

  2. Royce earns Johns Hopkins PhD in philosophy

    Labels: Johns Hopkins, PhD Royce

  3. Royce begins teaching at UC Berkeley

    Labels: UC Berkeley, Josiah Royce

  4. Moves to Harvard as William James’s replacement

    Labels: Harvard University, William James

  5. Develops “Absolute Knower” insight about truth and error

    Labels: Absolute Knower, Argument from

  6. Publishes *The Religious Aspect of Philosophy*

    Labels: The Religious, Josiah Royce

  7. Publishes *California: A Study of American Character*

    Labels: California book, Cultural critique

  8. Publishes *The Spirit of Modern Philosophy* lectures

    Labels: The Spirit, Lecture series

  9. Becomes Harvard Professor of History of Philosophy

    Labels: Harvard Professorship, History of

  10. Publishes *The Conception of God* debate volume

    Labels: The Conception, Debate volume

  11. Delivers Aberdeen Gifford Lectures, later *World and Individual*

    Labels: Gifford Lectures, The World

  12. Gives Ingersoll Lecture on immortality and individuality

    Labels: Ingersoll Lecture, Immortality

  13. Publishes *The Philosophy of Loyalty*

    Labels: The Philosophy, Ethics

  14. William James dies; Royce later responds in religion lectures

    Labels: William James, Religion lectures

  15. Publishes *The Sources of Religious Insight*; suffers stroke

    Labels: The Sources, Stroke 1912

  16. Publishes *The Problem of Christianity* on “Beloved Community”

    Labels: The Problem, Beloved Community

  17. Publishes *The Hope of the Great Community* amid World War I

    Labels: The Hope, World War

  18. Royce dies, marking an endpoint for Harvard idealism

    Labels: Death Josiah, Harvard idealism