The Idealism and Pantheism of May Sinclair

Thomas, Emily

doi:10.1017/apa.2018.45

The Idealism and Pantheism of May Sinclair

Thomas, Emily

Authors

Professor Emily Thomas emily.e.thomas@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

During the early twentieth century, British novelist and philosopher May Sinclair published two book-length defenses of idealism. Although Sinclair is well known to literary scholars, she is little known to the history of philosophy. This paper provides the first substantial scholarship on Sinclair's philosophical views, focusing on her mature idealism. Although Sinclair is working within the larger British idealist tradition, her argument for Absolute idealism is unique, founded on Samuel Alexander's new realist beliefs about the reality of time. Her metaphysics takes idealism and pantheism in new directions and provides fresh insight into 1920s debates between British idealisms and realisms.

Citation

Thomas, E. (2019). The Idealism and Pantheism of May Sinclair. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 5(2), 137-157. https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2018.45

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Oct 10, 2018
Online Publication Date	Mar 19, 2019
Publication Date	2019
Deposit Date	Oct 10, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Nov 9, 2018
Journal	Journal of the American Philosophical Association
Print ISSN	2053-4477
Electronic ISSN	2053-4485
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	5
Issue	2
Pages	137-157
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2018.45

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