An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy: Volume IX

John Stuart Mill

Published by University of Toronto Press 1979

An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy

Volume IX

John Stuart Mill
Edited by: John Robson
With contributions by: Alan Ryan

Volume 9 in the series Collected Works of John Stuart Mill

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442623668

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About this book

The textual introduction, by John M. Robson, examines the treatise in context of Mill's life in the 1860s, outlines its composition, and discusses, among other matters, the importance of the extensive revisions Mill made, mostly in response to critics.

Author / Editor information

Mill John Stuart :

One of the English-speaking world’s most influential philosophers, John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) wrote on countless topics, including logic, politics, women’s rights, legal history, medicine, and the philosophy of science.

Robson John :

JOHN M. ROBSON was born educated in Toronto, graduating from the University of Toronto (B.A. 1951, M.A. 1953, PH.D. 1956). After lecturing at the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta, he joined the staff as Victoria College, University of Toronto, where he is now Professor of English. He is Associate Editor of the Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, and he also edited Edmund Burke’s Appel from the New to the Old Whigs, J.S. Mill: A Selection, and Editing Nineteenth-Century Texts.

Ryan Alan :

Alan Ryan was Warden of New College, Oxford, and Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford, and is currently a lecturer at Princeton University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Alan Ryan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Textual Introduction John M. Robson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	lxix
Preface to the Third Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ciii
1. Introductory Remarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Relativity of Human Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
3. The Doctrine of the Relativity of Human Knowledge, as Held by Sir William Hamilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
4. In What Respect Sir William Hamilton Really Differs from the Philosophers of the Absolute Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
5. What is Rejected as Knowledge by Sir William Hamilton, Brought Back Under the Name of Belief Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
6. The Philosophy of the Conditioned Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
7. The Philosophy of the Conditioned, as Applied by Mr. Mansel to the Limits of Religious Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
8. Of Consciousness, as Understood by Sir William Hamilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
9. Of the Interpretation of Consciousness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
10. Sir William Hamilton’s View of the Different Theories Respecting the Belief in an External World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
11. The Psychological Theory of the Belief in an External World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
12. The Psychological Theory of the Belief in Matter, How Far Applicable to Mind Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
13. The Psychological Theory of the Primary Qualities of Matter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
14. How Sir William Hamilton and Mr. Mansel Dispose of the Law of Inseparable Association Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
15. Sir William Hamilton’s Doctrine of Unconscious Mental Modifications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
16. Sir William Hamilton's Theory of Causation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
17. The Doctrine of Concepts, or General Notions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
18. Of Judgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
19. Of Reasoning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
20. On Sir William Hamilton's Conception of Logic as a Science. Is Logic the Science of the Laws, or Forms, of Thought? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	348
21. The Fundamental Laws of Thought According to Sir William Hamilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	372
22. Of Sir William Hamilton's Supposed Improvements in Formal Logic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
23. Of Some Minor Peculiarities of Doctrine in Sir William Hamilton’s View of Formal Logic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	404
24. Of Some Natural Prejudices Countenanced by Sir William Hamilton, and Some Fallacies Which He Considers Insoluble Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
25. Sir William Hamilton’s Theory of Pleasure and Pain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	430
26. On the Freedom of the Will Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
27. Sir William Hamilton’s Opinions on the Study of Mathematics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	470
28. Concluding Remarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	490
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	505
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	597

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1979
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 734

eBook

Published: December 15, 1979
ISBN: 9781442623668