Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge
Encyclopedia
Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (1867, New York - 1940, New York) was a teacher at various American universities. Woodbridge considered himself a naïve realist
, deeply impressed with Santayana
. He spent much of his career at Columbia University
, where a residence hall and a professorship in philosophy are named in his honor.
Naïve realism
Naïve realism, also known as direct realism or common sense realism, is a philosophy of mind rooted in a common sense theory of perception that claims that the senses provide us with direct awareness of the external world...
, deeply impressed with Santayana
Santayana
The surname Santayana may refer to*George Santayana, an American philosopher*Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana, a Spanish Lieutenant General best known for repelling Admiral Nelson's attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797...
. He spent much of his career at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, where a residence hall and a professorship in philosophy are named in his honor.
Works
- The Purpose of History (1916)
- The Realm of Mind (1926)
- The Son of Apollo: Themes of Plato (1929)
- Nature and Mind: Selected Essays (1937)
- An Essay on Nature (1940)
- Aristotle's Vision of Nature (ed. John H. Randall Jr., 1965)