Material concerning the Gifford Lectureships, 1971-1974

The Gifford Lectureships, held in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews, were instituted under the will of Adam Gifford (1820-1887), one of the Senators of the College of Justice. Running since 1888, the Lectureships were set up to diffuse the study of Natural Theology at the University of Edinburgh. The 1971-1972 Lectureships programme was entitled 'The Phenomenon Of Mind: The Nature of the Mind' and the format had its four contributors - A.J,P Kenny, H.C. Longuet-Higgins, J.R Lucas and Waddington - dispute over the topic through their lectures in a seminar forum. Waddington delivered the lectures 'Determinism And Life' on 30 November 1971 and 'The Importance of Goals' on 19 January 1972. The 1972-1973 programme included the same four contributors and was entitled 'The Phenomenon of Mind: The Development of Mind'. Waddington delivered the lectures 'The Development of Mentality' on 28th November 1972 and 'Does Evolution Have A Goal?' on 08 January 1973.