James McCosh
James McCosh (also spelled MacCosh ; born April 1, 1811 in Ayrshire , Scotland , † November 16, 1894 in Princeton , New Jersey ) was a British-American clergyman and philosopher. He was President of Princeton University for 20 years .
McCosh came from a family of Covenanters . He studied at the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh and after graduating, he became a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland , first in Arbroath , then in Brechin . In 1843 he became a member of the Free Church of Scotland , when it split off from the Church of Scotland in the so-called "disruption" . In 1850 (or 1852) McCosh became Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at Queen's College Belfast (now Queen's University Belfast ). In 1868 he succeeded John Maclean as president of the Presbyterian-influenced Princeton University , which he held until 1888. Even after his resignation, he still held lectures. He is considered a representative of an intuitionist philosophy and was one of the few who saw Darwin's theory of evolution not as a denial of the existence of God , but as a form of providence .
McCosh was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1871 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1874 .
James Mark Baldwin was one of his students, John White Alexander portrayed him, and William Milligan Sloane wrote his biography in 1896.
Fonts (selection)
- Method of Divine Government, Physical and Moral (1850)
- The Typical Forms and Special Ends in Creation (1855)
- Intuitions of the Mind, Inductively Investigated (1860)
- An Examination of Mr JS Mill’s Philosophy (1866)
Sources and References
literature
- McCosch, James. In: Henry Warner Bowden: Dictionary of American Religious Biography , Westport, London 1993.
Web links
- James McCosh at the Dictionary of Ulster Biography (newulsterbiography.co.uk)
Individual evidence
- ^ American Philosophical Society - Member History. In: search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter M. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCosh, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacCosh, James; M'Cosh, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American clergyman and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ayrshire , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1894 |
| Place of death | Princeton , New Jersey |