The Department of Philosophy is an academic department within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Harvard College, pictured in 1767, was originally an institution of religious training with philosophical instruction focusing on moral philosophy and logic.
William James, founder of pragmatism and American psychology, is condsidered one of the most influential American philosophers.
American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that while it lacks a "core of defining feat
Samuel Johnson
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800
Henry David Thoreau, 1856