Lectures on metaphysics and logic. Volume 1, Metaphysics / William Hamilton, Henry Longueville Mansel, John Veitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, William, author.

Veitch, John, author.

Mansel, Henry Longueville, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 718 pages)

Other Title:

Lectures on metaphysics and logic, Vol 1

Place of Publication:

Boston : Gould and Lincoln, 1863.

Summary:

The following Lectures on Metaphysics constitute the first portion of the Biennial Course which the lamented Author was in the habit of delivering during the period of his occupation of the Chair of Logic and Metaphysics, in the University of Edinburgh. The Author himself, adopting the Kantian division of the mental faculties into those of Knowledge, Feeling, and Conation, considers the Philosophy of Mind as comprehending, in relation to each of these, the three great subdivisions of Psychology, or the Science of the Phnomena of Mind; Nomology, or the Science of its Laws; and Ontology, or the Science of Results and Inferences." Among the Phnomena of Mind, the Cognitive Faculties are discussed fully and satisfactorily; those of Feeling are treated with less detail; those of Conation receive scarcely any special consideration; while the questions of Ontology, or Metaphysics proper, are touched upon only incidentally. Apart, however, from considerations of their intrinsic value, these Lectures possess a high academical and historical interest"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Notes:

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