One volume of notes taken down by Thomas Millar, who lived at 9 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, on lectures on natural philosophy given by George Lees. There is note reading: 'George Lees appears in the Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1840/1, as Lecturer in Natural Philosopgy at the School of Arts, Adam Square'. This schhol was the Edinburgh School of Arts, later known as the Watt Institution and School of Arts, which had moved to Adam Square in 1837.
Notebook containing notes of philosophy lectures given by Prof. George Glennie, taken down by William Simpson at Marischall College, Aberdeen, in 1834.
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This fonds consists of the lectures notes, photographs and slides of Rev. George Hastie, student at the University of Edinburg in the late 1960s. The lecture notes were taken by Hastie for his MA course at Edinburgh Univertsity between 1967 and 1970. The slides show photographs taken by Hastie in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Also includes a rectorial election leaflet entitled 'The Making of a Rector', printed for the Tom Hutton Campaign in 1968.1. The lecture notes include a complete set...
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The papers of David Gregory consist of:
bound manuscripts of mathematical and personal papers by both David Gregory and James Gregory
bound manuscripts Lectiones Mechanicae Sive Geometria de Motu parts 1-4 (1689-1690)
bound manuscripts of treatises on mathematics and astronomy (1683-1694)
bound manuscripts ...
The papers of Dr. James Clark McKerrow include: offprints of his lecturesA attack on Aristotlegiven to the Aristotelian Society, London, in 1934; correspondence, cuttings, essay notes; a diary for 1960; and, around 250 notebooks.
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The collection is composed of: a dissertation on the problem of theological method in its bearing on philosophy; items on the connection between ethical theory and a religious view of the world, and the science of ethics from the standpoint of realism; material on philosophy and theology, Ritschlian theology, the religious consciousness, faith, and the nature and origin of Christian experience; an unpublished article on anthropomorphism; material on the moral teaching of the Gospels; Kemp...
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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...
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The boxes contain folders within which are typescript or photo-copied notes and lectures, and unpublished talks. There is material relating to The zenith of the greats , History, sacred and profane and Linguistic philosophy reconsidered. Other subjects covered include: Plato, for class Logic and Metaphysics II; material for Metaphysics I and II; versions of Metaphysics I; lectures on Descartes; lectures on...
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The Sprigge collection of papers at E2008.47 is composed of:
- curriculum vitae, life-diary (key events), and unpublished papers including 'What I believe'
- photographs
- obituaries
- letters from philosophers, 1967-2003
- copy of Ph.D thesis: 'The limits of morals defined'
- Spinoza - lecture notes - adult...
Essay by James Gregory, Professor of Medicine, entitled 'Answer to Messrs Crombie, Priestley, and Co.', which is a reply to Alexander Crombie's Essay on philosophical necessity (London: 1793). Printed, but not apparently published. 512 pages, incomplete.
