Charles Alexander Moore (March 11, 1901 – April 1967) was an American philosopher, historian, sinologist, and writer. He was a

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of comparative

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at the

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He was born in

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on March 11, 1901. Moore was educated at

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, where he received an A.B. in 1926 and a Ph.D. in 1932, then taught philosophy for three years. In 1936 he began his 30-year career at the

, where he founded the East-West Philosophers' Conferences, directing the first four in 1939, 1949, 1959, and 1964. In 1951 he also founded a journal, ''

Philosophy East and West ''Philosophy East and West'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering non-Western traditions of philosophy in relation to Anglo-American philosophy, integrating the discipline with literature, science, and social practices. Special issues have ...

'', and served as its editor until his death."In memory of a great scholar and teacher who devoted his life to further mutual understanding and appreciation between philosophers of the east and the west," ''Philosophy East and West,'' vol. 17, no. 1 (January 1967), p. 5 In 1947 he received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Watumull Foundation to do a year of postdoctoral work at

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. He chaired the section on philosophy and religion at the

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Conference in 1957, chaired the plenary session of the

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in 1963, and taught at various times as a visiting professor at

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, and the

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. In 1967

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awarded him a D.Litt., and in 1969 the University of Hawaii named a new building Moore Hall. In 1957, Moore co-edited a book on

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(along with

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (; 5 September 188817 April 1975; natively Radhakrishna) was an Indian academician, philosopher and statesman who served as the President of India from 1962 to 1967. He previously served as the vice president of ...

) entitled ''A Source Book In Indian Philosophy.'' It was published by the Princeton University Press. He died in 1967 in

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