Bowne, Borden Parker
Bowne, Borden Parker
(1847-1910) His influence was not merely confined to the theological world of his religious communion as a teacher of philosophy at Boston University. His philosophy was conspicuous for the combination of theism with an idealistic view which he termed “Personalism” (q.v.). He mainly discussed issues of philosophy which had a bearing on religion, ethics, and epistemology. Main worksMetaphysics, 1882; Philosophy of Theism, 1887; Theory of Thought and Knowledge, 1897; Personalism, 1908; Kant and Spencer, 1912. — H.H.