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1879. Throughout his lectures, Adamson pursued the critical and historical method without formulating a constructive theory of his own. He also felt that any philosophical advance must be based on the Kantian methods. This is a series of lectures delivered by Adamson in the University of Edinburgh in January 1879. The main themes in Kant's writings and philosophy centered on metaphysics, ethics, natural science, but religion and education were also central subjects for him. ... Read more

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kul Classics for n0fis f KDITKD BY WILLIAM KNIGHT, LL. D. PROFUSSOH OF MORAL PUILOSOPHY, UNIVEliyiTY OF ST ANDHIiWS F I C H T E The Volumes published of this Series contain 1. DESCARTES, ... By Professor MAHAFFY, Dublin. 2. BUTLER, ... By the Rev. W. LUCAS COLLINS, M. A. 3. BERKELEY, . By Professor CAMPBELL FRASER, Edinburgh. 4. PICHTE, By Professor ADAMSON, Owens College, Manchester. 5. KANT, .... By Professor WALLACE, Oxford. 6. HAMILTON, ... By Professor VEITCH, Glasgow. 7. HEGEL, . - By Professor EDWARD CAIBD, Glasgow. 8. LEIBNIZ, By JOHN THEODORE MERZ. 9. VICO, .... By Professor FLINT, Edinburgh. 10. HOBBES, . . By Professor CROOM ROBERTSON, London. 11. HUME, , . . . By Professor KNIGHT, St Andrews. 12. SPINOZA, By Principal CAIRO, Glasgow. 13. BACON. PART I., . . By Professor NICHOL, Glasgow. 14. BACON. PART II., . . By Professor NICHOL, Glasgow. 15. LOCKE, . . By Professor CAMPBELL FRASBR, Edinburgh. F I C H T E ROBERT ADAJISON, M. A. PROFESSOR OF LOGIC IN THE OWENS COLLEGE, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, MANCHESTER CHEAP KD1TION WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND-SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON SAMMELS TAYLOR 259 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W. AND AT 7 NEW BROAD STREET AND 130 FLEET STREET MCMI PREFATORY NOTE. THE account of Fichtes system in the latter part of this volume has no pretensions to be regarded as more than an introduction to his philosophy. When it is re membered that Fichtes works appear in eleven substan tial volumes, and that many of them are elaborate and detailed expositions of special branches of philosophy in general, it will be evident that a summary or compressed statement would have but small value and that a short sketch must of necessity be introductory in character, I have to thank Dr William Smith for the kind per mission to use his translations of certain of Fichtes works. The passage quoted from the c Eeden, J is taken, with one or two verbal alterations, from his Memoir of Fichte. The delay in the appearance of this volume of the series of Philosophical Classics 1 is due to causes for which I am alone responsible. R ADAMSON. THE OWENS COLLEGE, June 1881. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. INTRODUCTORY, .... 1 II. YOUTH AND EARLY STRUGGLES, . . 8 III. THE JENA PROFESSORSHIP, . . 41 IV. BERLIN AND THE WAR OF LIBERATION, . 65 1. FRIENDS AND LITERARY ACTIVITY AT BERLIN 1799-1806. 2. FALL AND REGENERATION OF PRUSSIA THE BERLIN UNIVERSITY. 3. WAR OF LIBERATION I DEATH OF FICHTE. VI. W1SSENSOHAFTSLEHRE IN ITS EARLIER 105 FORM, . . . .125 1. DOGMATISM AND IDEALISM. 2. HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS SPINOZA AND KANT. 3. FIRST PRINCIPLES. 4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM. VII. LATER FORM OF THE WISSENSOHAFTSLEHRE, 189 VIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS, . . .214 F I C H T E. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. IT happens but rarely that the life of a philosopher has been so closely connected with the historical develop ment of his people, that his name should be remembered rather on account of his practical activity than for his speculative researches. Yet if one does not misinterpret the evidence supplied in ample quantity by the numerous speeches, addresses, 1 essays, memorials, and other documents which marked the celebration of the centenary of Fichte in 1862, circumstances in his case must have combined to bring about this result Many occasional references were made by various speakers and writers to the philosophy of Fichte, and much was said of the speculative depth and richness of his writings but all such remarks were manifestly external and by the way. The subtle metaphysician of the Wissenschafts lehre had evidently, in the estimation of his admirers, been overshadowed by the patriotic orator of the Ad r. iv. A 2 Fichte. dresses to the German Nation. There exists not now, there never did exist to any extent, a school of follow ers of Fichte it may well be doubted if there are at present half-a-dozen students of his works... ... Read more

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Title: Robert Adamson, Inside Out: An Autobiography.(Book Review)
Author: Debra Zott
Publication: Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Issue: 82Page: 136(3)

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Title: Orpheus on the Hawkesbury: placing Robert Adamson.(Critical Essay)
Author: Andrew Johnson
Publication: Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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Title: Robert Adamson, Mulberry Leaves: New & Selected Poems 1970-2001.(Book Review)
Author: Angela Gardner
Publication: Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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Shortly after the dawn of photography, the unlikely partnership between the respected painter David Octavius Hill and the young engineer Robert Adamson produced some of the most important photographs in the history of the medium. During their brief but prolific association (1843-1848), Hill
and Adamsom experimented with some of the earliest calotype processes, creating hundreds of portraits, staged dramatic photographs, and architectural and landscape images.The Getty Museum holds more than four hundred of their works, forty-seven of which are featured in this latest addition to the
popular In Focus series.This collection of remarkable images also includes commentary on the plates, a chronology of the artists partnership, and an edited transcript of a colloquium on the artists. ... Read more

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A SHOET HISTOEY OF LOGIC A SHOKT HISTOEY OF LOGIC BY EGBERT ADAMSON, LL. D. SOMETIME PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND RHETORIC IN UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW EDITED BY W. R SORLEY, LITT. D., LL. D. PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBUBGH AND LONDON MCMXI All Rights reserved RERRINT LIDRARV 13i SOUTH LOCUST STREET DUBUQUE, IOWA PREFACE THE article on Logic which Professor Adamson con tributed to the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica consists of a critical survey of the his tory of logical theory its value is well known to philosophical students and no apology is needed to justify its publication in separate form. It may be mentioned, however, that this publication was thought to be important at the present time, as the work was in danger of becoming less easily accessible owing to the issue of the eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia, in which it is not reprinted. The manuscript of the article has been fortunately preserved alone among the manuscripts of the authors published writings. It is much fuller than the printed article, a number of passages some fifty in all having been struck out by the editor with a view to economy of space. These passages affect both text and notes they vary in length from a few words to whole sections they vary also in importance but the authors own opinion was that the value of his . 6 iG. xSb vi PKEFACE work had suffered by their omission and with this opinion I agree. In the present book these passages have been restored to their place, so that the article as it left the authors hands is now, for the first time, placed before the reader. The manuscript bears no trace of the editorial blue pencil, and the original proof no longer exists so that a doubt may arise as to whether any particular omission may not have been made by the author himself when he corrected the proofs. But it is clear, from a comparison of manuscript and print, that his proof-corrections were few and unimportant. No real difficulty, therefore, has arisen in deciding upon the restorations. The authors style was so concise that greater brevity could not be attained without sacrifice of the matter. It should be borne in mind that the article on Logic was written and published in 1882. The supplementary articles, by which it is followed in this volume, are all contributions to the history of logic but the first of these that on Category, also reprinted from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, dates from six years earlier and only the last carries the story on towards a more recent development of logical theory. Eeaders of the authors works do not need to be reminded that his own point of view underwent modification, and that there are some things here which he might have expressed differently had he revised the work himself. PREFACE VU With the authors manuscript and printed copy before me, my own work as editor has consisted chiefly in selecting the material and seeing it through the press. Some omitted references have been sup plied a few slips of the pen or the press, formerly overlooked, have been corrected unwieldy paragraphs have been broken up, and the punctuation has been simplified but nothing new has been added to text or notes. I am responsible for the choice of a title. It remains for me to express my grateful thanks to the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press for allowing the publication of the articles on Logic and on Category in the present form. For permission to reprint the critical notices from Mind, with which the volume ends, I am indebted to the kindness of Professor Davidson of Aberdeen, literary executor of the late Professor Bain. W. E. SOELEY. KINGS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, October 1911. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE ...... V I. PROVINCE AND METHOD OF LOGIC ... 1 II. THE ARISTOTELIAN LOGIC . . . ,22 III. LOGIC FROM ARISTOTLE TO BACON AND DESCARTES 80 IV. LOGIC OF BACON AND DESCARTES . 85 V... ... Read more