An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy and of the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings /

"Among the philosophical writers of the present century in these islands, no one occupies a higher position than Sir William Hamilton. He alone, of our metaphysicians of this and the preceding generation, has acquired, merely as such, an European celebrity: while, in our own country, he has not...

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Main Author:	Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867.
Edition:	3rd ed.
Subjects:	Hamilton, William, > Sir, > 1788-1856. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introductory remarks
The relativity of human knowledge
The doctrine of the relativity of human knowledge, as held by Sir William Hamilton
In what respect Sir William Hamilton really differs from the philosophers of the absolute
What is rejected as knowledge by Sir William Hamilton, brought back under the name of belief
The philosophy of the conditioned
The philosophy of the conditioned, as applied by Mr. Mansel to the limits of religious thought
Of consciousness, as understood by Sir William Hamilton
On the interpretation of consciousness
Sir William Hamilton's view of the different theories respecting the belief in an external world
The psychological theory of the belief in an external world
The psychological theory of the belief in matter, how far applicable to mind
The psychological theory of the primary qualities of matter
How Sir William Hamilton and Mr. Mansel dispose of the law of inseparable association
Sir William Hamilton's doctrine of unconscious mental modifications
Sir William Hamilton's theory of causation
The doctrine of concepts, of general notions
Of judgment
Of reasoning
The fundamental laws of thought according to Sir William Hamilton
On Sir William Hamilton's conception of logic as a science. Is logic the science of the laws or poems of thought?
Of Sir William Hamilton's supposed improvements in formal logic
Of some minor peculiarities of doctrine in Sir William Hamilton's view of formal logic
Of some natural prejudices countenanced by Sir William Hamilton, and some fallacies which he considers insoluble
Sir William Hamilton's theory of pleasure
On the freedom of the will
Sir William Hamilton's opinions on the study of mathematics-- Concluding remarks.