Notebook entitled "Observations on Logic by Several Professors" containing notes on lectures on logic given at the Universities of St Andrews, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh, taken down by John Campbell
Fonds — Volume: Dk.3.2
Identifier: Coll-2164
Scope and Contents
Note on lectures of logic taken down by John Campbell, entitled "Observations on Logic by Several Professors". Glasgow, 1775.
- "A System of Logic Taught at Aberdeen" by Dr Thomas Reid, 1763, now professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow, pp. 1-101.
- "A System of Logic Taught at St Andrews" by Mr. Robert Watson, 1764-1765, pp. 102-200.
- "Observations on Logic" by Mr James Beattie, Professor of Logic in Aberdeen, pp. 201-209.
- "Notes from Lectures on Logic" given by Mr John Stevenson, Professor of Logic in University of Edinburgh, pp. 210-215.
- Table of content.
Dates
- Creation: 1775
Creator
- Cambell, John, fl 1775 (student) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 volume
Custodial History
Ink inscription, front fly leaf: "John Campbell 1775," possible transcriber of Reid's lectures, given at Aberdeen in 1763.
Previous reference
Dk.3.2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number(s): E450711, 43581
Accessioned on 11 July 1945.
Inscription on title page: "Small Beq.". Inscription on end paper: "11 July, 1945, Thin" [probably referring to James Thin bookshop].
Physical Description
Marbled cover. Brown, leather bound. Banded spine. Title on binding, red leather overlay: "Logic."
6.6 x 4 in. Pp.VI + 220.
Subject
- Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796 (Scottish philosopher, professor) (Presenter, Person)
- Watson, Robert, 1730s-1781 (Professor of Logic at the University of St. Andrews) (Presenter, Person)
- Beattie, James, 1735-1803 (Scottish poet, professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic) (Presenter, Person)
- Stevenson, John, 1695-1775 (Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at Edinburgh University) (Presenter, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Notebook entitled "Observations on Logic by Several Professors" containing notes on lectures on logic given at the Universities of St Andrews, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh, taken down by John Campbell, 1775
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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