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Ledger Wood

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Ledger Wood
BornSeptember 4, 1901
Pueblo, Colorado
DiedDecember 7, 1970
Columbus, Georgia
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy

Ledger Wood (September 4, 1901 – December 7, 1970) was a twentieth-century American philosopher.

Life and career

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Wood received his doctorate from Cornell University in 1926 and was appointed assistant professor of philosophy at Princeton University in 1927. He remained a member of the Princeton Philosophy Department for 43 years, serving as departmental chair from 1952 to 1960. After his retirement in 1970, he was appointed McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus.[1]

Major works

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Books

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  • The Analysis of Knowledge. 1941.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Dr. Ledger Wood, Princeton Teacher, 69" (obituary), New York Times, 9 Dec. 1970, p. 38