William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966) was an American idealist philosopher in the tradition of Josiah Royce. He attempted to integrate idealism with empiricism, naturalism and pragmatism with the underlying idea that “that which does not work is not true.’  His major field of study was the philosophy of religion, but other books include discussions of philosophy and human rights, world politics, freedom of the press, the philosophical psychology of human nature and education.