Samuel Alexander Summary

Alexander, Samuel(1859–1938) The British realist metaphysician Samuel Alexander was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. He came to England in 1877 on... Read more

The British philosopher Samuel Alexander (1859-1938) was a forceful exponent of metaphysics at a time when that subject had largely fallen into disrepute. His work shows a fine capacity for synthesis ... Read more

In the following essay, Haldane considers Alexander's Space, Time and Diety in the context of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. Prof. Alexander has written a book which ... Read more

In the following essay, Hartshorne explicates and identifies weaknesses in Alexander's arguments in Space, Time and Diety. George Herbert Mead was a great philosopher and certainly a humanis... Read more

In the following essay, which comprises the second installment of his analysis of Alexander's philosophy, Stout discusses Alexander's distinction between the ways objects and mental proc... Read more

In the following essay, Laird examines Alexander's views on the nature and existence of God. Alexander was, quite certainly, a theist in his own Alexandrian way, a way that was never insince... Read more

In the following essay, McCreary explicates Alexander's theological views, which posit the existence of God through the principle of emergence, or, the development of nature to successively hig... Read more