Background
James McCosh was born on April 1, 1811, in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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A Criticism of the Critical Philosophy (Classic Reprint)
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In this work, wM cli is a criticism of Kant sP hilosophy, there is no need of giving a detailed account of hisH fe. The biographies of him are now nmnerous and accessible. He was bom at Konigsberg, in Eastern Prussia, toward the Polish border, A pril 22, 1Y24. His father, a saddler, was of Scotch descent from some emigrant, who had gone over toM emel, probably from Forfarshire, on the east coast of Scotland, where I have noticed the name Cant (changed in German into Kant), often occurring on tombstones in the parish church-yards, and in old records some of which show that there were Cants engaged in the working of leather. His mother, whom he unfortunately lost at the age of thirteen, was a woman of fervent piety, and the family attended a church where the evangelical faith was preached. At the age of sixteen he entered the university of his native town, and for six years he was employed in the Faculty of Arts andS ciences in going over the branches belonging to theD epartment of Philosophy. His father having died in 1746 he was thrown on his own resources, and had a hard enough struggle. For a time he was tutor in a private family and from 1755 to 1770 he wasP rivat-D ocent in the University of Konigsberg, where he taught Logic, Ethics, and Physical Geography, in the last of which he always felt a special interest. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.
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Our Moral Nature: Being a Brief System of Ethics (Classic Reprint)
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The Prevailing Types of Philosophy: Can They Logically Reach Reality?
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Typical forms and special ends in creation
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James McCosh
Edit ProfileEducation
He studied at the University of Glasgow and then at the University of Edinburgh, from which he received his master's degree in 1833.
Career
In 1834 he became a minister of the Established Church of Scotland.
While a student McCosh had developed a serious interest in natural theology and philosophy which culminated in his first book, The Method of the Divine Government, Physical and Moral (1850). This defense of supernaturalism and Christianity against materialism won him the chair of logic and metaphysics at Queen's College, Belfast.
During his Belfast years (1852 - 1868) he published four books; the most important was The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated (1860).
It was, then, appropriate that the Presbyterian-founded College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) chose McCosh as its president in 1868. He undertook the presidency of the small school with his accustomed earnestness, energy, and force. He expanded the faculty, the program, and the physical plant and increased enrollment and financial support. He continued to write on philosophy and religion during his 20 vigorous years as president.
In 1888 McCosh retired from the presidency because of age. He died on Nov. 16, 1894, in Princeton.
Achievements
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He participated in the Free Church of Scotland movement, summarized the achievements of the Scottish philosophy and prepared Princeton for its transition from a small college to a modern university. He was not an innovator, but a synthesizer of a philosophical tradition that was becoming outmoded even as he wrote. McCosh's books were popular in the United States because he was the leading philosophical writer within the Presbyterian family of churches.
He distinguished himself by his courageous public insistence that Darwinian evolution did not conflict with Christianity. Thus he was instrumental in accommodating theology and 19th-century science.
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Our Moral Nature: Being a Brief System of Ethics (Classic Reprint)
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A Criticism of the Critical Philosophy (Classic Reprint)
(In this work, wM cli is a criticism of Kant sP hilosophy,...)
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The Prevailing Types of Philosophy: Can They Logically Reach Reality?
(This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)
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Typical forms and special ends in creation
(Typical forms and special ends in creation. 580 Pages.)
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Our Moral Nature: Being a Brief System of Ethics (Classic Reprint)
Views
In opposition to skepticism and Kantian idealism, McCosh's version of the Scottish philosophy argued that there existed intuitions of the mind (sometimes called the principles of common sense). These intuitions were self-evident, necessary, and universal principles of the human mind; they were immediate perceptions of the real objective order. Man could generalize from these individual, intuitive truths to formulate general principles. In all areas of inquiry, including ethics, certitude rested firmly on immediate, self-evident knowledge. McCosh, constantly concerned with the relations between philosophy and religion, believed that this form of philosophical realism was both true and most favorable to religion.
Connections
He had a wife Isabella McCosh and a child A. J. McCosh.
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