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He was a frequent visitor to the [[Adirondack Mountains]] of [[New York]], and in [[1875]] was among the first recorded to make an ascent of the peak later named [[Porter Mountain]] in his honor. Noah Porter was the older brother of [[Sarah Porter]], founder of [[Miss Porter's School]], a prestigious college preparatory school for girls. |
He was a frequent visitor to the [[Adirondack Mountains]] of [[New York]], and in [[1875]] was among the first recorded to make an ascent of the peak later named [[Porter Mountain]] in his honor. Noah Porter was the older brother of [[Sarah Porter]], founder of [[Miss Porter's School]], a prestigious college preparatory school for girls. |
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His best-known work is ''The Human Intellect'', with an ''Introduction upon Psychology and the Human Soul'' ([[1868]]), comprehending a general history of philosophy, and following in part the "common-sense" philosophy of the Scottish school, while accepting the [[Immanuel Kant|Kantian]] doctrine of intuition, and declaring the notion of design to be ''[[A priori and a posteriori (philosophy)|a priori]]''. |
His best-known work is ''The Human Intellect'', with an ''Introduction upon Psychology and the Human Soul'' ([[1868]]), comprehending a general history of philosophy, and following in part the "common-sense" philosophy of the Scottish school, while accepting the [[Immanuel Kant|Kantian]] doctrine of intuition, and declaring the notion of design to be ''[[A priori and a posteriori (philosophy)|a priori]]''. Of great importance were two other works, ''Elements of Intellectual Science'' ([[1871]]) and ''Elements of Moral Science'' ([[1885]]). |
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He died in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]]. |
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Noah Porter (December 14, 1811 - March 4, 1892), American educationalist and philosophical writer, was born in Farmington, Connecticut.
He graduated from Yale College in 1831 and was employed as a Congregational minister in Connecticut and Massachusetts from 1836 to 1846. He was elected professor of moral philosophy and metaphysics at Yale in 1846, and from 1871 to 1886 he was president of the college. He edited several editions of Webster's Dictionary, and wrote on education. Influenced by the German refugee writer and philosopher Francis Leiber, Porter opposed slavery and integrated an antislavery position with religious liberalism.
He was a frequent visitor to the Adirondack Mountains of New York, and in 1875 was among the first recorded to make an ascent of the peak later named Porter Mountain in his honor. Noah Porter was the older brother of Sarah Porter, founder of Miss Porter's School, a prestigious college preparatory school for girls.
His best-known work is The Human Intellect, with an Introduction upon Psychology and the Human Soul (1868), comprehending a general history of philosophy, and following in part the "common-sense" philosophy of the Scottish school, while accepting the Kantian doctrine of intuition, and declaring the notion of design to be a priori. Of great importance were two other works, Elements of Intellectual Science (1871) and Elements of Moral Science (1885).
He died in New Haven.
Quotations
"What you believe depends strongly on what you are."
Writings available on-line
- Civil Liberty: A Sermon, from the Antislavery Literature Project
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
