Edward Caird

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Edward Caird (born March 23, 1835 in Greenock , † November 1, 1908 ) was a Scottish philosopher. He was the brother of the theologian John Caird .

Life

Edward Caird was born in Greenock , Renfrewshire , and trained at Greenock Academy , Glasgow and Oxford University . He taught at Merton College , Oxford. In 1866 he became professor of moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow . There he worked until 1893. He then went to Balliol College in Oxford, where he worked until 1907. In 1900 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1902 he became a member of the British Academy .

Works

  • The Collected Works of Edward Caird , 12 vols., Ed. Colin Tyler, Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 1999
  • A Critical Account of the Philosophy of Kant, with an Historical Introduction , Glasgow: J. Maclehose, 1877
  • Hegel , Philadelphia: JB Lippincott and Co .; Edinburgh: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1883
  • The Social Philosophy and Religion of Comte , Glasgow: J. Maclehose and Sons, 1885; New York: Macmillan, 1885
  • The Critical Philosophy of Immanuel Kant , Glasgow: J. Maclehose and Sons, 1889; New York: Macmillan, 1889 (2 vols.)
  • Essays on Literature and Philosophy , Glasgow: J. Maclehose and Sons, 1892 (2 vols.)
  • The Evolution of Religion , Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1893; New York: Macmillan, 1893
  • The Evolution of Theology in the Greek Philosophers , Glasgow: J. Maclehose and Sons
  • The Problem of Philosophy at the Present Time: an Introductory Address Delivered to the Philosophical Society of the University of Edinburgh , Glasgow, James Maclehose & Sons, 1881
  • The Moral Aspect of the Economical Problem: Presidential Address to the Ethical Society , London, Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1888
  • Address on Plato's Republic as the Earliest Educational Treatise , Bangor: Jarvis & Foster, 1894
  • Idealism and the Theory of Knowledge , London: Henry Frowde, 1903
  • Lay Sermons and Addresses , Glasgow: J. Maclehose and Sons; New York: Macmillan, 1907

literature

  • Sir Henry Jones and John Henry Muirhead: The Life and Philosophy of Edward Caird Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson and Co. 1921
  • Colin Tyler, Edward Caird , in Dictionary of Liberal Thought ; Brack & Randall (eds.), Politico's 2007 pp 54-56

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783-2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 14, 2019 .
  2. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Caird, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenock
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1908