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James Hayden Tufts
1862–1942
A leading American philosopher of the early University of Chicago, he helped shape pragmatist ethics and linked academic philosophy to public life in Chicago. His long career joined teaching, writing, and civic work in ways that still make him interesting today.
3 Audiobooks
Ethics
by John Dewey, James Hayden Tufts
Creative Intelligence: Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
by John Dewey, Boyd Henry Bode, Harold Chapman Brown, Horace Meyer Kallen, George H. Mead, Addison Webster Moore, Henry Waldgrave Stuart, James Hayden Tufts
The Ethics of Coöperation
by James Hayden Tufts
About the author
Born in 1862, James Hayden Tufts studied at Amherst College and Yale, then continued his education in Germany, earning a PhD from the University of Freiburg in 1892. He soon joined the University of Chicago, where he spent most of his career as a professor of philosophy.
Tufts became an important figure in American pragmatism and ethics. He is especially remembered for collaborating with John Dewey on Ethics, and for helping build the philosophy department at Chicago, which he chaired for many years before retiring in 1930.
His work was not limited to the classroom. Sources also describe his involvement in civic and social efforts in Chicago, including public service and reform-minded organizations, which fits well with the practical, socially engaged spirit of his philosophy. He died in 1942.