Newton Phelps Stallknecht

Newton Phelps Stallknecht was an American philosopher and a professor of comparative literature and philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington. In addition, he was the Director of the School of Letters at Indiana University Bloomington from 1953-1972. He also served as a president of the Metaphysical Society of America. Stallknecht was educated at Princeton University, achieving his A.B. in 1927, Master of Arts in 1928, and Ph.D. in 1930. During World War II, he was attached to the United States Army Security Agency in Washington. His publications cover both philosophy and comparative literature, with a philosophical focus on Immanuel Kant, Henri Bergson, and Alfred North Whitehead.