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James McCosh and the Scottish Intellectual Tradition : From Glasgow to Princeton / J. David Hoeveler.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 683Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 1981Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (390 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400855421
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.111
LOC classification:
  • LD4605.M33 ǂb H64 1981eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part I. Scotland -- Chapter One. THE Heirs of Knox -- Chapter Two. A Scottish Education -- Chapter Three. The Gospel Ministry -- Part II. Ireland -- Chapter Four. Intuitional Realism -- Chapter Five. Protestant Scholasticism -- Chapter Six. Nature and Nature's God -- Part III. America -- Chapter Seven. Academic Reformer -- Chapter Nine. The New Princeton -- McCosh Bibliography -- Index
Summary: James McCosh played a leading role in the effort to reconcile two powerful intellectual and social forces of the nineteenth century: evolution and evangelicalism. In the first modern biography of this philosopher, religious leader, and educator, J. David Hoeveler demonstrates McCosh's significance for Scottish and American philosophy and for American education.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part I. Scotland -- Chapter One. THE Heirs of Knox -- Chapter Two. A Scottish Education -- Chapter Three. The Gospel Ministry -- Part II. Ireland -- Chapter Four. Intuitional Realism -- Chapter Five. Protestant Scholasticism -- Chapter Six. Nature and Nature's God -- Part III. America -- Chapter Seven. Academic Reformer -- Chapter Nine. The New Princeton -- McCosh Bibliography -- Index

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James McCosh played a leading role in the effort to reconcile two powerful intellectual and social forces of the nineteenth century: evolution and evangelicalism. In the first modern biography of this philosopher, religious leader, and educator, J. David Hoeveler demonstrates McCosh's significance for Scottish and American philosophy and for American education.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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In English.

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