Frank Sargent Hoffman Explained

Frank Sargent Hoffman
Birth Date:	February 9, 1852
Death Date:	1928
Occupation:	Philosopher

Frank Sargent Hoffman (February 9, 1852 - 1928) was an American philosopher who wrote on psychology and religion.

Hoffman was born in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. In 1876 he graduated from Amherst College and obtained his PhD in 1896. He received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale University.^[1] He was Professor of Philosophy at Union College. He contributed to The North American Review and was a member of the American Philosophical Association, American Psychology Society and the Phi Beta Kappa Society.^[1]

Hoffman's Psychology and Common Life (1903) received mixed reviews, a criticism was its overemphasise on psychical research.^{[2] [3]}

Publications

Articles

• Hoffman, Frank Sargent. (1900). The Scientific Method in Theology. The North American Review 170 (521): 575-584.
• Hoffman, Frank Sargent. (1908). What Is Religion? The North American Review 187 (627): 231-239.

Books

• The Sphere of the State: Or, the People as a Body-Politic (1894)
• The Sphere of Science: A Study of the Nature and Method of Scientific Investigation (1898)^[4]
• Psychology and Common Life (1903)
• The Tales of Hoffman (1926)

Notes and References

1. [Andrew Van Vranken Raymond|Raymond, Andrew Van Vranken]
2. Pillsbury, W. B. (1904). Reviewed Work: Psychology and Common Life by Frank Sargent Hoffman. The Philosophical Review 13 (2): 254-255.
3. Urban, Wilbur M. (1904). Reviewed Work: Psychology and Common Life by Frank Sargent Hoffman. The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 1 (7): 183-184.
4. [Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge|Woodbridge, F. J. E]