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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      February 2013
      December 2011
      ISBN:
      9781139149815
      9781108040860
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139149815
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 494 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Philosophy, Philosophy: General Interest, History, Philosophy, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
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    History of Philosophy, Philosophy: General Interest, History, Philosophy, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
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    James McCosh (1811–94), the Scottish philosopher, graduated from the University of Glasgow, spent some time as a minister in the Church of Scotland but then returned to philosophy and spent most of his career at Princeton University. The eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment had many influential philosophers at its core. In this book, first published in 1875, McCosh outlines the theories of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century philosophers and identifies Scottish philosophy as a distinct school of thought. He summarises both the merits and the possible criticisms of each philosopher's work and also gives detailed biographical information. Among the philosophers discussed are the influential David Hume, Thomas Reid and Adam Smith. The final chapter focuses on Sir William Hamilton, a philosopher who greatly influenced McCosh (whose other works, The Religious Aspect of Evolution and The Method of the Divine Government are also reissued in this series).

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