Philosopher

James McCosh

Overview

James McCosh (April 1, 1811 – November 16, 1894) was a philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense. He was president of Princeton University 1868–88.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed James McCosh

• James Mark Baldwin
• Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)
• Thomas Brown (philosopher)

Ideas James McCosh discusses

• John Stuart Mill
• Metaphysics
• Stoicism
• Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
• University of Edinburgh
• Immanence
• Princeton University
• American Philosophical Society
• Thomas Reid
• Causality
• University of Glasgow
• Scottish common sense realism
• Morality
• Logic
• Darwinism
• Princeton, New Jersey
• Evolution

Place in the tradition

Part of Scottish philosophy.

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