Scottish Philosophy in America : Library of Scottish Philosophy.

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Foster, James J. S

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TextSeries: Library of Scottish philosophyPublication details: Luton : Andrews UK, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781845404376
1845404378
9781845404369
184540436X

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Series Editor's Note; James J.S. Foster: Introduction; Body matter; One: William Smith (1727-1803); Two: Benjamin Rush (1746-1813); Three: John Witherspoon (1723-1794); Four: James Wilson (1742-1798); Five: Samuel Stanhope Smith (1751-1819); Six: Archibald Alexander (1772-1851); Seven: William Ellery Channing (1780-1842); Eight: Alexander Campbell (1788-1866); Nine: James McCosh (1811-1894); Ten: Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914); Back matter; Other titles available from Imprint Academic and Andrews UK.

Summary: The Scottish Enlightenment provided the fledgling United States of America and its emerging universities with a philosophical orientation. For a hundred years or more, Scottish philosophers were both taught and emulated by professors at Princeton, Harvard and Yale, as well as newly founded colleges stretching from Rhode Island to Texas. This volume in the Library of Scottish Philosophy demonstrates the remarkable extent of this philosophical influence. Selections from William Smith, John Wit ...

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The Scottish Enlightenment provided the fledgling United States of America and its emerging universities with a philosophical orientation. For a hundred years or more, Scottish philosophers were both taught and emulated by professors at Princeton, Harvard and Yale, as well as newly founded colleges stretching from Rhode Island to Texas. This volume in the Library of Scottish Philosophy demonstrates the remarkable extent of this philosophical influence. Selections from William Smith, John Wit ...

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