William Pepperell Montague (1873–1953) was a philosopher of the New Realist

New realism (philosophy)

New realism was a philosophy expounded in the early 20th century by a group of six US based scholars, namely Edwin Bissell Holt , Walter Taylor Marvin , William Pepperell Montague , Ralph Barton Perry , Walter Boughton Pitkin and Edward Gleason Spaulding .The central feature of the new...

 school. Montague stressed the difference between his philosophical peers as adherents of either "objective" and "critical realism".

Montague was professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley between 1899 and 1903), and in Columbia from 1903 to 1947. He was president of the American Philosophical Association

American Philosophical Association

The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work...

's eastern division in the years 1923–1924.

Works

• PROFESSOR ROYCE'S REFUTATION OF REALISM, Philosophical Review 11 (1902): 43-55.
• Holt, Edwin B
  Edwin Holt
  Edwin Bissell Holt was a professor of philosophy and psychology at Harvard from 1901–1918. From 1926–1936 he was a visiting professor of psychology at Princeton University....
  
  ; Marvin, Walter T; Montague, William P; Perry, Ralph B
  Ralph Barton Perry
  Ralph Barton Perry was an American philosopher.-Career:...
  
  ; Pitkin, Walter B
  Walter B. Pitkin
  Walter Boughton Pitkin was an American lecturer in philosophy and psychology at Columbia University , and professor in the Columbia University School of Journalism...
  
  ; Spaulding, Edward G
  Edward Gleason Spaulding
  Edward Gleason Spaulding was an American philosopher in Burlington, Vermont. He co-wrote The New Realism...
  
  . The New Realism: Cooperative Studies in Philosophy, (1912)
• The Ways of Knowing or the Methods of Philosophy (1925)
• Belief Unbound, a Promethean Religion for the Modern World (1930)
• WP Montague and GP Adams, eds. Contemporary American Philosophy: Personal Statements (1930). Two Volumes. Vol II
• The Chances of Surviving Death (1934)
• The Ways of Things: A Philosophy of Knowledge, Nature and Value (1940)
• Great Visions of Philosophy (1950)