GERSHOM

CARMICHAEL (c. 1672-1729)  , Scottish philosopher, was born probably in London, the son of a Presbyterian minister who had been banished by the Scottish privy council for his religious opinions . He graduated at Edinburgh University in 1691, and became a regent at St Andrews . In 1694 he was elected a master in the university of Glasgow—an office that was converted into the professorship of moral philosophy in 1727, when the system of masters was abolished at Glasgow . Sir William Hamilton regarded him as " the real founder of the Scottish school of philosophy." He wrote Breviuscula Introductio ad Logicam, a treatise on logic and the psychology of the intellectual powers; Synopsis Theologiae Naturalis; and an edition of Pufendorf, De Officio Hominis et Civis, with notes and supplements of high value . His son Frederick was the author of Sermons on Several Important Subjects and Sermons on Christian Zeal, both published in 1753 .