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person1860-1944

George Stout

Disciplines:
psychology
philosophy of mind

Summary

British philosopher and psychologist who contributed to early analytic philosophy of mind and developed an early version of trope theory.

Core Contribution

Argued that qualities are abstract particulars (tropes) — the whiteness of this page is distinct from the whiteness of that page. This early version of trope theory influenced D.C. Williams.

Notable Works & Achievements

Analytic Psychology

Mind and Matter

Historical Influences

Franz Brentano William James

Intellectual Lineage

British Empiricism Analytic Philosophy

Contemporaries & Peers

William James G.E. Moore

Minds Influenced

D.C. Williams Keith Campbell

Intellectual Posterity

Trope Theory

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