Alfred Henry Lloyd (January 3, 1864 – May 11, 1927)Arthur Lyon Cross, DeWitt H. Parker and R. M. Wenley, "Alfred Henry Lloyd (1864–1927)" The Journal of Philosophy Vol. 25, No. 5 (Mar. 1, 1928), pp. 124–130 was an American philosopher.

Life Lloyd received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Harvard. He studied philosophy at Göttingen University and Heidelberg University, before returning to Harvard for his Ph.D., which he received in 1893. Upon returning from Europe in 1891, Lloyd was recruited by John DeweyEvelyn Shirk, "Alfred Henry Lloyd: Beyond Labels", Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society Vol. 15, No. 4 (Fall 1979), p. 269 as an instructor in philosophy at the University of Michigan. He remained there his entire career, becoming full professor in 1906. He was named dean of the graduate school in 1915.Alfred Henry Lloyd: Biography, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Lloyd was interim president of the University of Michigan from February 26Notes in The Philosophical Review Vol. 36, No. 6 (November 1927), p. 603 through September 1925, following the death of Marion LeRoy Burton. He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 11, 1927.

He was succeeded by Clarence Cook Little. Lloyd's daughter, Alice Crocker Lloyd, served as the dean of women.Presidents of the University of Michigan , Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Works Lloyd was the author of five books—Citizenship and Salvation (1897), Dynamic Idealism (1898), Philosophy of History (1899), The Will to Doubt (1907),The Will to Doubt, archive.org and Leadership and Progress (1922)—and over 70 articles.Evelyn Urban Shirk, "The Educational Philosophy of Alfred Lloyd", Educational Theory Vol. 2, Issue 3 (July 1952), pp. 141-142

The Will to Doubt The Will to Doubt was Lloyd's fourth book and was published as a volume in the Ethical Library Series. The book was a response to William James' 1896 collection of essays titled The Will to Believe. Professor Lloyd's simple thesis is that "doubt is essential to real belief".The Will to Doubt. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1907, p. ix He wrote at the beginning of the 20th century, in what he called an age of doubt:

Bertrand Russell built upon these arguments in subsequent years, even directly referencing Lloyd in Free Thought and Official Propaganda.

See also American philosophy List of American philosophers

References

Further reading Evelyn Urban Shirk, Adventurous Idealism: The Philosophy of Alfred Lloyd, University of Michigan Press, 1952.

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