Lovejoy, Arthur O.
Lovejoy, Arthur O.
(1873-) Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Johns Hopkins University. He was one of the contributors to “Critical Realism.” He wrote the famous article on the thirteen pragmatisms (Jour. Philos. Jan. 16, 1908). Also critical of the behavioristic approach. His best known works are The Revolt against Dualism and his recent, The Great Chain of Being, 1936. The latter exemplified L’s method of tracing the history of a “unit-idea.” A. O. L. is the first editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas (1940-). He is an authority on Primitivism (q.v.) and Romanticism (q.v.). — L.E.D.