Charles Hartshorne

Charles Hartshorne
Hartshorne c. 1990
Born	(1897-06-05)June 5, 1897 Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 9, 2000(2000-10-09) (aged 103) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Process philosophy
Doctoral students	John B. Cobb
Main interests	Metaphysics, philosophy of religion
Notable ideas	Process theology Modal proof of the existence of God Dipolar theism

Charles Hartshorne (/ˈhɑːrtshɔːrn/; June 5, 1897 – October 9, 2000) was an American philosopher who concentrated primarily on the philosophy of religion and metaphysics, but also contributed to ornithology. He developed the neoclassical idea of God and produced a modal proof of the existence of God that was a development of Anselm of Canterbury's ontological argument. Hartshorne is also noted for developing Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy into process theology.