George Croom Robertson
George Croom Robertson (born March 10, 1842 in Aberdeen , † September 20, 1892 ) was a Scottish philosopher and founding editor of the influential journal Mind .
Robertson was born in Aberdeen in 1842 and graduated from Marischal College in Classical Studies and Philosophy in 1861. The thinker won a two-year Fergusson scholarship and continued his studies at University College London and in Germany. On the continent he attended the universities in Heidelberg, the Humboldt University in Berlin , where he studied physiology and metaphysics under Emil du Bois-Reymond . In 1863, after two months at the University of Göttingen, he moved to Paris in June and later that year returned to Aberdeen to assist Alexander Bain in editing.
In 1866 Robertson became Professor of Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London and remained there for the remainder of his academic career. In addition to the cooperation with Bain and never finalized works on Thomas Hobbes , which were later included by the Encyclopædia Britannica for the purpose of creating the Hobbes entry there, the philosopher appeared primarily through the editorial board of Mind . Robertson held the position between 1876 and 1891 and was also committed to the introduction of women's suffrage in Great Britain.
Works
- "Prefatory Words" , Mind , Vol. 1 No. 1, January 1876.
- "Sense of doubleness with Crossed Fingers" , Mind , vol. 1, no. 1, January 1876.
- "Logic and the Elements of Geometry" , Mind , vol. 1, no. 1, January 1876.
literature
- Alexander Bain: George Croom Robertson Mind (NS) 2 (1893), pp. 1-14.
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| SURNAME | Robertson, George Croom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish philosopher, professor of philosophy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1892 |