José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. His philosophy has been characterized as a "philosophy of life" that comprised "a long-hidden beginning in a pragmatist metaphysics" inspired by William James and with a general method from a realist phenomenology imitating Edmund Husserl, which served both his proto-existentialism, and his realist historicism, which has been compared to both Wilhelm Dilthey and Benedetto Croce.
- Occupation
- philosopher, pedagogue, writer, university teacher
- Position held
- vocal of the Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones científicas, Member of the Cortes republicanas, Member of the Cortes republicanas, Academic of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
