Papers of Peter Howard Jones, Professor of Philosophy
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1833
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of lecture courses, single lectures and notes (some revised and published later) delivered in the University of Edinburgh, or in its name elsewhere, by Professor Peter Jones FRSE, as Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Philosophy between 1964 and 1998, and as Emeritus Professor from 1998 onwards - including his unpublished Inaugural Lecture (1986) and Gifford Lectures (1995).
Subjects of the lectures include, but are not limited to: Philosophy and Literature, Moral Philosophy, Hume, James Hutton, Metaphysics, Freedom in Interpretation, Aesthetics and General Philosophy, Scottish Enlightenment, Architecture and Philosophy, Teaching Philosophy, Student unrest and problems in higher education, etc.
Also included are indexes for each box, a typed text with some contextual explanations, two bibliographies, a portrait of Peter Jones by John Walton made in 2015, and a list of lectures given by Peter Jones in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dates
- 1964-1999; 2015
Creator
- Jones, Peter Howard, fl 1964-1999 (Professor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
4 boxes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession: SC-Acc-2017-0159.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin, November 2017.
Creator
- Jones, Peter Howard, fl 1964-1999 (Professor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh) (Author, Person)
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk