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　Judge Not By Race To the Editor: How generous, how fair, how broad-minded of the Forty Acres Club that it will admit official guests of the University, no matter what their physical characteristics! Seriously speaking, a little sense is better than total nonsense. How much longer can any club, especially any in a university community,… Continue reading Four Letters to the Editor by Charles Hartshorne

In 1991 Charles Hartshorne wrote an “Open Letter” to Carl Sagan that was published in The Journal of Speculative Philosophy. Hartshorne’s letter follows in this Post, followed by Sagan’s Reply and Hartshorne’s Reply to Sagan. This is followed in turn by an “Open Letter” to Hartshorne by Yale University professor John. E. Smith and Hartshorne’s… Continue reading Charles Hartshorne’s Open Letter to Carl Sagan

Letter from Charles Hartshorne to David M. Armstrong1January 14, 1974 Dear Professor Armstrong,             I have been reading two of your books, the one on bodily sensations and A Materialist Theory of Mind. I have been doing this partly for a course I am about to teach and partly because I hope to be in… Continue reading Letter from Charles Hartshorne to David M. Armstrong

Charles Hartshorne, who is recognized as a leading figure in process philosophy, was at the University of Louvain [in Belgium] in the autumn of 1978 as a guest professor. He has written several books and articles setting out and developing a concept of God which has been quite influential in recent theology. In the following… Continue reading Charles Hartshorne Interviewed by Santiago Sia

Charles Hartshorne Interviewed by Larry GeibelMarch, 1979 LG: How did you first become interested in philosophy? Was there a special experience from life that originally stimulated you to become involved with it or that propelled you in this direction? Hartshorne: It was a series of four or five experiences. I was brought up to be… Continue reading Charles Hartshorne Interviewed by Larry GeibelMarch, 1979