Talk:Charles Hartshorne

Hartshorne's influences
The additions of Arnold and Emerson come from the Hartshorne essay, "How I Got That Way" in Existence and Actuality. He said reading Arnold's criticism of Christianity was a "decisive event". He said Emerson's essays "changed my life substantially", and on page 12 of the book called Emerson his first philosophical hero, while Royce was his second. Rufus Jones was his teacher at Haverford, and continuing mentor. He did not mention Bergson in his essay, so I moved him to the second rank. Hartshorne also noted here that his idealism, and rejection of materialism and dualism came not from studies but from his experiences, particularly his time in the army medical corps. He stated that his philosophical stance was already formed by the time he came into contact with Pierce and Whitehead, and that they mainly contributed to the "technical matters of method and definition." --Blainster 17:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Sentence
This sentence, "While Hartshorne acknowledges the importance of Whitehead's philosophy on his own ideas, he did not entirely agree with Whitehead." Seems out of place given the paragraph it is placed it. The statement is true enough, but it begins a paragraph that has nothing to do with Hartshorne's disagreements with Whitehead. I don't know how I would change it, but someone should. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigatkinson (talk • contribs) 11:07, July 17, 2006

He was a Unitarian and that mattered
Much of what is written under "Criticisms," especially in the last 2 paragraphs, flows from a simple cause: Hartshorne was a passionate Unitarian. Hence honest orthodox Christians will reject his notions of God and moral theology.

It is very curious that Hartshorne, who is very much linked to Whitehead, finished his studies before Whitehead landed in Cambridge. From 1928 to 1934, Hartshorne was deeply immersed in editing Charles Peirce's Collected Papers. How did this influence his subsequent thought?

I very much look forward to reading the eventual Hartshorne biography. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.181.160.42 (talk • contribs) 16:38, August 20, 2006

I'm told that Charles was a member of the Universalist Church when the Universalists and Unitarians merged. Apparently the perspectives were a bit different - so "passionate Universalist" might be better than "passionate Unitarian" The Tetrast (talk) 18:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC).

Father of mathematician Robin Hartshorne?
was he the father of the mathematician Robin Hartshorne? 19:39, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

As I recall, Charles had a single child, a daughter who is a lawyer. But I'll ask. Robin is definitely not the child of Charles's brother Richard (the geographer). But the brothers were many, and the Hartshorne family goes back further than that. I heard from a mathematician that there's a mathematician Hartshorne who pronounces the name "hart-shorn" instead of "harts-horn," maybe that's Robin. Charles and his sibs pronounced it "Harts-horn." (Richard was my maternal grandfather.) The Tetrast (talk) 00:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Update 9/15/2009: Robin is neither son nor nephew nor grand-nephew of Charles, but is very likely related. His full name is "Robin Cope Hartshorne" and the Hartshornes of Charles's & Richard's branch are related to the Copes. The Tetrast (talk) 18:12, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Titles?
The headings "Intellectual influences" and "Philosophy and theology" appear to be misplaced under "Notes". I have moved them to the body of the text. If this is not an error, please undo changes made at this date and time. TechsysPete (talk) 23:49, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

It was a code typo. I fixed it. TechsysPete (talk) 23:56, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Can we not get a picture?
Professor Hartshorne had a striking visage which would serve this very texty article well. I would suggest in fact a picture of the Professor, and perhaps a book cover from one amongst his more popular works? DeistCosmos (talk) 15:48, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

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