Henry Augustus Pearson Torrey
Henry Augustus Pearson Torrey (1837–1902) (also known as "HAP" or "Happy" Torrey)[1] was an American professor of philosophy at the University of Vermont.[2]
Torrey was a great-grandson of
A "sound philosopher",[3] Torrey was an Intuitionist, as well as possessing a strong interest in Immanuel Kant, having "cut his philosophical teeth" on the Critique of Pure Reason.[4] Nevertheless, Torrey did not follow any single philosophical system, and as a result he encouraged his students towards inquiry over the following of a particular approach.[1]
Torrey taught John Dewey both when Dewey was a student at the University of Vermont and later in one-on-one sessions, in particular when Dewey returned to Vermont in the early 1880s to teach in a private academy.[5][6] This period of private tuition was a considerable influence on Dewey, as it was this period when Torrey pointed Dewey towards a career in philosophy.[3] Torrey's interest in Kant and the emphasis he placed on Kant's writings in his teaching influenced Dewey's early work, as evidenced in Dewey's first four publications.[4]
In 1865 he married Sarah Paine Torrey, a daughter of his uncle Joseph Torrey, and thus his first cousin.[2]
References
- ^ JSTOR 2707890.
- ^ JSTOR 2710173.
- ^ S2CID 144535331.
- ^ JSTOR 40319969.
- ^ Menand, Louis (2002). The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- JSTOR 2707718.
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