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John William Miller (1895–1978) was an American philosopher in the idealist tradition. His work appears in six published volumes, including The Paradox of Cause (1978) and most recently The Task of Criticism (2006).
Biography. Miller’s was a quiet and relatively uneventful life amidst a time of great change. His 83 years, ranging from the 1890s to the late 1970s, saw two world wars as well as such great social upheavals as the Depression, the fall of Jim Crow, and the rise of radical youth culture in the 1960s.
The Matter. Miller’s philosophy is a hybrid. Initiated into the debate between realism and idealism, as well as the dispute between pragmatism and idealism, Miller consciously sought a middle route through these oppositions. This via media is not, however, in any way a philosophical compromise.
John William Miller was first and foremost an undergraduate teacher at a small college in New England. He received his B. A. from Harvard in 1916 (the year in which Josiah Royce died) and, after serving in the Ambulance Corps in World War I, Miller returned to his alma mater to pursue an advanced degree.
John William Miller's Conception of Philosophy The purpose of this paper is to call attention to the conception of philosophy articulated and defended by John William Miller (1893 1978). Both this conception and this thinker deserve more careful consideration than they have received; such, at least, is what I hope to make plausible in this paper.
The John William Miller Fellowship Fund. Dedicated to the philosophy of John William Miller, this website is a comprehensive collection of information pertaining to Miller's career and thought. Inside visitors will find essays on Miller's life, teaching practice, and philosophy.
John William Miller did not publish much during his lifetime, yet he wrote a number of important papers and letters which contained the ingredients for a coherent and powerful philosophy.
