s , ▁Perry ▁was ▁a ▁str ident ▁moral ▁ideal ist ▁who ▁stated ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁that , ▁to ▁him , ▁ideal ism ▁meant ▁" to ▁interpret ▁life ▁consist ently ▁with ▁eth ical , ▁scientific , ▁and ▁met aph ys ical ▁truth ." ▁Perry ' s ▁view points ▁on ▁religion ▁str essed ▁the ▁notion ▁that ▁religious ▁thinking ▁possessed ▁legit im acy ▁should ▁it ▁exist ▁within ▁a ▁framework ▁accepting ▁of ▁human ▁reason ▁and ▁social ▁progress . ▁ ▁Career ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Pr inc eton ▁( B . A ., ▁ 1 8 9 6 ) ▁and ▁at ▁Harvard ▁( M . A ., ▁ 1 8 9 7 ; ▁Ph . D ., ▁ 1 8 9 9 ), ▁where , ▁after ▁teaching ▁philosophy ▁for ▁three ▁years ▁at ▁Williams ▁and ▁Smith ▁colleg es , ▁he ▁was ▁instruct or ▁( 1 9 0 2 – 0 5 ), ▁assistant ▁professor ▁( 1 9 0 5 – 1 3 ), ▁full ▁professor ▁( 1 9 1 3 – 3 0 ) ▁and ▁Ed gar ▁Pier ce ▁professor ▁of ▁philosophy ▁( 1 9 3 0 – 4 6 ). ▁He ▁was ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Philosoph ical ▁Association ' s ▁eastern ▁division ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 2 0 – 2 1 . ▁ ▁A ▁pup il ▁of ▁William ▁James , ▁whose ▁Ess ays ▁in ▁Rad ical ▁Emp ir ic ism ▁he ▁edited ▁( 1 9 1 2 ), ▁Perry ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Real ism ▁movement . ▁Perry