Curt John Ducasse lived from 1881 to 1969 and was a French-born American philosopher, an early champion of analytic philosophy inspired by the methods of the sciences, who worked in philosophy of mind and aesthetics and held a noted interest in parapsychology. He served as president of the American Philosophical Association from 1939 to 1940 and founded the Association for Symbolic Logic, serving as its first president from 1936 to 1938, and he is known for his work on causation theory and the adverbial theory of perception.
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Defining MomentFounding member and first president, 1936 to 1938, of the Association for Symbolic Logic 1 Notable PublicationCausation and the Types of Necessity 1 Office HeldPresident, Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association, 1939 to 1940 1 Death PlaceProvidence, Rhode Island 1 TraditionAnalytic philosophy with a mystical strand 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Curt John Ducasse - Wikipedia
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July 7, 1881
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July 7, 1881
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Angouleme, France
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September 3, 1969
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September 3, 1969
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Providence, Rhode Island
Lead paragraph (tradition)
an early champion of analytic philosophy inspired by the methods of the sciences, albeit with a mystical streak
Books section
Causation and the Types of Necessity
Career section (APA presidency)
president of the Eastern division of the American Philosophical Association (1939-40)
Career section (ASL founding)
founding member and first president (1936-1938) of the Association for Symbolic Logic
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