Region: | Western Philosophy |
Ledger Wood | |
Birth Date: | September 4, 1901 |
Birth Place: | Pueblo, Colorado |
Death Date: | December 7, 1970 |
Death Place: | Columbus, Georgia |
Ledger Wood (September 4, 1901 – December 7, 1970) was a twentieth-century American philosopher.
Wood received his doctorate from Cornell University in 1926 and was appointed assistant professor of philosophy at Princeton University in 1927. He remained a member of the Princeton Philosophy Department for 43 years, serving as departmental chair from 1952 to 1960. After his retirement in 1970, he was appointed McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus.[1]