Chauncey Wright (September 10, 1830 - September 12, 1875), American philosopher and mathematician, was born at Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1852 he graduated at Harvard, and became computer to the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. He made his name by contributions on mathematical and physical subjects in the Mathematical Monthly.

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  • Chauncey Wright (September 10, 1830 - September 12, 1875), American philosopher and mathematician, was born at Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1852 he graduated at Harvard, and became computer to the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. He made his name by contributions on mathematical and physical subjects in the Mathematical Monthly. He soon, however, turned his attention to metaphysics and psychology, and for the North American Review and later for the Nation he wrote philosophical essays on the lines of Mill, Darwin and Spencer. In 1870-71 he lectured on psychology at Harvard. Although, in general, he adhered to the evolution theory, he was a free-lance in thought. Among his essays may be mentioned The Evolution of Self-Consciousness and two articles published in 1871 on the Genesis of Species. Of these, the former endeavours to explain the most elaborate psychical activities of men as developments of elementary forms of conscious processes in the animal kingdom as a whole; the latter is a defence of the theory of natural selection against the attacks of St George Mivart, and appeared in an English edition on the suggestion of Darwin. From 1863 to 1870 he was secretary and recorder to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in the last year of his life he lectured on mathematical physics at Harvard. His essays were collected and published by CE Norton in 1877, and his Letters were edited and privately printed at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1878 by James Bradley Thayer. (en)
  • Chauncey Wright (* 10. September 1830 in Northampton, Massachusetts; † 12. September 1875 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Mathematiker und Philosoph. Wright schloss 1852 sein Examen an der Harvard University ab und wurde als Mathematiker „Berechner“ bei der American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, einer Einrichtung zur Prognose nautischer und astronomischer Daten. Als Mathematiker wurde er durch Beiträge zu mathematischen und physikalischen Themen in der Zeitschrift „Mathematical Monthly“ bekannt. Zugleich veröffentlichte er zu philosophischen Themen über John Stuart Mill, Charles Darwin und Herbert Spencer. Im Jahr 1870/71 hielt er Vorlesungen über Psychologie an der Harvard University. Wright gilt als unabhängiger Denker, der insbesondere die Gedanken Mills und die Evolutionstheorie Darwins vertrat. Hervorzuheben sind seine Essays über die „Evolution des Selbstbewusstseins“ und die „Entstehung der Arten“ . Der letztere Aufsatz ist eine Verteidigung der Evolutionstheorie gegen St. George Mivart und erschien auf Empfehlung Darwins. Von 1863 bis 1870 war Wright Sekretär und Protokollführer der American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Er war Mitglied des von Charles S. Peirce und William James in Cambridge begründeten Gesprächskreises, des sog. „Metaphysical Club“. In seinem letzten Lebensjahr hielt er Vorlesungen über mathematische Physik an der Harvard University. Postum erschienen seine Essays in einem Sammelband sowie sein Briefwechsel (1878). (de)
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  • Chauncey Wright (September 10, 1830 - September 12, 1875), American philosopher and mathematician, was born at Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1852 he graduated at Harvard, and became computer to the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. He made his name by contributions on mathematical and physical subjects in the Mathematical Monthly. (en)
  • Chauncey Wright (* 10. September 1830 in Northampton, Massachusetts; † 12. September 1875 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Mathematiker und Philosoph. (de)
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