Walter B. Pitkin

Pitkin was born on February 6, 1878 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1900, and he attended the Hartford Seminary before studying in Europe at the Sorbonne University, Munich University and Berlin University.[1][2]

Pitkin and his wife Mary Gray Pitkin had five sons: Richard G., John G., David B., Robert B., and Walter B Pitkin Jr. The elder Pitkin later married Katherine B. Johnson. They resided in Los Altos, California.[1] Pitkin died on January 25, 1953 in Palo Alto, California, at age 74.[1][2]

Pitkin was a lecturer in philosophy and psychology at Columbia University (1905–09), and professor in the Columbia University School of Journalism (1912–43).[3]

Pitkin authored more than 30 books over the course of his career,[2] including Life Begins at Forty (New York, Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill, 1932) and The Psychology of Happiness. His A Short Introduction to the History of Human Stupidity was translated into fifteen languages. Pitkin was a member of the New Realism school in philosophy, writing on its relation to biology.

• How To Write Stories, (1923)
• The Art Of Rapid Reading, (1929)
• The Psychology Of Happiness, (1929)
• A Short Introduction To The History Of Human Stupidity, (1932)
• Life Begins At Forty, (1932)
• More Power To You!, (1933)
• Let's Get What We Want!, (1935)
• Capitalism Carries On, (1935)
• Making Good Before Forty, (1939)
• On My Own, (1944)

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• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers

• Works by or about Walter B. Pitkin at Internet Archive