Chauncey Wright
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[Revised entry by Jean De Groot on September 3, 2026.
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Chauncey Wright was an American philosopher of science of the second half of the nineteenth century and an early proponent of Darwinism in the United States. Sometimes cited as a founder of pragmatism, he is more appropriately remembered as an original thinker in the tradition of J. S. Mill's utilitarianism.[1] Wright's primary interest and originality lay in philosophy of science, but his in
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Chauncey Wright was an American philosopher of science of the second half of the nineteenth century and an early proponent of Darwinism in the United States. Sometimes cited as a founder of pragmatism, he is more appropriately remembered as an original thinker in the tradition of J. S. Mill's utilitarianism.[1] Wright's primary interest and originality lay in philosophy of science, but his in
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