See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• ADAMSON, PATRICK (1537-1592)
• ROBERT ADAMSON (1852-1902)

ADAMSON (1852-1902)  , Scottish philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 19th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1852 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was the daughter of See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew Buist, See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HADDINGTON
• HADDINGTON, EARL OF

Haddington . In 1855 Mrs See also:

• ADAMSON, PATRICK (1537-1592)
• ADAMSON, ROBERT (1852-1902)

Adamson was See also:

• LEFT

left a widow with small means, and devoted herself entirely to the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of her six See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . Of these, See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert was successful from the first . At the end of his school career he entered the university of Edinburgh at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen, and four years later graduated with first-class honours in See also:

• MENTAL

mental See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, with prizes in every See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of Arts . He completed his university successes by winning the See also:

• TYNDALL, JOHN (182o-1893)

Tyndall-See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce scholarship, the See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton fellowship (1872), the See also:

• FERGUSON, ADAM (1723-1816)
• FERGUSON, JAMES (1710-1776)
• FERGUSON, ROBERT (c. 1637-1714)
• FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL (1810-1886)

Ferguson scholarship (1872) and the See also:

• SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD (1856– )
• SHAW, HENRY WHEELER (1818–1885)
• SHAW, LEMUEL (1781–1861)
• SHAW, RICHARD NORMAN (1831– )

Shaw fellowship (1873) . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg (1871), where he began his study of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German philosophy, he returned to Edinburgh as assistant first to See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CALDERWOOD, DAVID (1575-1650)
• CALDERWOOD, HENRY (1830-1897)

Calderwood and later to A . See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser; he joined the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia Britannica (9th ed.) (1874) and studied widely in the See also:

• ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

Advocates' Library . In 1876 he came to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England as successor to W . S . See also:

• JEVONS, WILLIAM STANLEY (1835-1882)

Jevons in the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic and philosophy, at See also:

• OWENS, JOHN (1790-1846)

Owens See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester . In 1883 he received the honorary degree of LL.D .

In 1893 he went to See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen, and finally in 1895 to the chair of logic at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, which he held till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 5th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1902 . His wife, See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret See also:

• DUNCAN
• DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
• DUNCAN, PETER MARTIN (1824-1891)
• DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

Duncan, the daughter of a Manchester See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, was a woman of kindred tastes, and their See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union was entirely happy . It is See also:

• MATTER

matter for regret to the student that Adamson's active labours in the lecture See also:

• ROOM

room precluded him from systematic See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production . His writings consisted of short articles, of which many appeared in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (9th ed.) and in Mind, a See also:

• VOLUME

volume on See also:

• KANT, IMMANUEL (1724-1804)

Kant and another on See also:

• FICHTE, IMMANUEL HERMANN (originally HARTMANN) VON (1797-1879)
• FICHTE, JOHANN GOTTLIEB (1762-1814)

Fichte . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his death he was See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing a See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• PSYCHOLOGY
• PSYCHOLOGY (>Guxrl, the mind or soul, and X yos, theory)

Psychology, and had promised a See also:

• WORK

work on Kant and the See also:

• MODERN

Modern Naturalists . Both in his lifeand in his writings he was remarkable for impartiality . It was his See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar virtue that he could quote his opponents without warping their meaning . From this point of view he would have been perhaps the first historian of philosophy of his time, had his professional labours been less exacting . Except during the first few years at Manchester, he delivered his lectures without See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts . In 1903, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays, his more important lectures were published with a short See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical introduction by Prof . W . R .

Sorley of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge University (see Mind, xiii . 1904, p . 73 See also:

• FOIL

foil.) . Most of the matter is taken verbatim from the See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note-See also:

• BOOK

book of one of his students . Under the same editorship there appeared, three years later, his Development of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Philosophy . In addition to his professional work, he did much administrative work for See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria University and the university of Glasgow . In the organization of Victoria University he took a foremost See also:

• PART

part, and, as chairman of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Studies at Owens College, he presided over the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general academical board of the Victoria University . At Glasgow he was soon elected one of the representatives on the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, and to him were due in large measure the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the academical session and the improved equipment of the university . Throughout his lectures, Adamson pursued the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical method without formulating a constructive theory of his own . He See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt that any philosophical advance must be based on the Kantian methods . It was his See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit to make straight for the ultimate issue, disregarding See also:

• HALF

half-truths and declining See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise . He left a hypo-thesis to be worked out by others; this done, he would criticize with all the rigour of logic, and with a profound distrust of See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination, See also:

• METAPHOR

metaphor and the attitude known as the will-to-believe .

As he See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew older his metaphysical optimism waned . He felt that the increase of knowledge must come in the domains of See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . But this empirical tendency as regards science never modified his metaphysical outlook . He has been called Kantian and Neo-Kantian, Realist and Idealist (by himself, for he held that See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance and reality are co-extensive and coincident) . At the same time, in his See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of other views he was almost typical of Hegelian See also:

• IDEALISM (from Gr. i5Ea, archetype or model, through been urged of the truth of its point of view is the persistency Fr. idealisme)

idealism . All processes of reasoning or See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment (i.e. all See also:

• UNITS, DIMENSIONS OF
• UNITS, PHYSICAL

units of thought) are (1) analysable only by See also:

• ABSTRACTION (Lat. abs and trahere)

abstraction, and (2) are See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound of See also:

• DEDUCTION (from Lat. deducere, to take or lead from or out of, derive)

deduction and See also:

• INDUCTION (from Lat. inducere, to lead into; cf. Gr. ilrayu yli)

induction, i.e. rational and empirical . An See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration of his empirical tendency is found in his attitude to the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

Absolute and the Self . The " Absolute " doctrines he regarded as a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere disguise of failure, a dishonest See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to clothe See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance in the pretentious garb of See also:

• MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

mystery . The Self as a See also:

• PRIMARY

primary, determining entity, he would not therefore admit . He represented an See also:

• EMPIRICISM (from Gr. Eµrretpor, skilled in, from sreipa, experiment)

empiricism which, so far from refuting, was actually based on, idealism, and yet was alert to expose the fallacies of a particular idealist construction (see his See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay in Ethical See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

Democracy, edited by Dr See also:

• STANTON, EDWIN
• STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY (1815-1902)

Stanton Coit) . See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

ADAM'S See also:

• PEAK, THE

PEAK, a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain in See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, about 45 See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles E. from See also:

• COLOMBO

Colombo, in N. See also:

• LAT

lat . 6° 55', E. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long .

8o° 3o' . It rises steeply to a height of 7352 feet, and commands a magnificent prospect . Its conical See also:

• SUMMIT

summit terminates in an oblong See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform, 74 ft. by 24, on which there is a hollow, resembling the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a human See also:

• FOOT

foot, 5 ft . 4 in. by 2 ft . 6 in.; and this has been consecrated as the footprint of See also:

• BUDDHA

Buddha . The margin of this supposed footprint is ornamented with gems, and a wooden See also:

• CANOPY (through Fr. canape, from Med. Lat. canapeum, classical conopeum, a mosquito curtain, Gr. K6v(.4, a gnat)

canopy protects it from the See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather . It is held in high veneration by the Sinhalese, and numerous pilgrims ascend to the sacred spot, where a See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest resides to receive their offerings and bless them on their departure . By the Mahommedans the impression is regarded as that of the foot of Adam, who here, according to their tradition, fulfilled a See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

penance of one thousand years; while the See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus claim it as that of their See also:

• GOD

god See also:

• SIVA

Siva .