Author: James M'Cosh [James McCosh]
Title: An Examination of Mr. J.S. MILL&Apos;S Philosophy; Being a Defence of Fundamental Truth
Description: New York, Robert Carter & Brothers, 1866 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first US edition of James McCosh's defence of Hamilton's arguments against the philosophy of John Stuart Mill. The very scarce first US edition.James McCosh, a president of Princeton University an a philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense, presents a criticism of John Stuart Mill"s empiricist philosophy and views on logic, metaphysics, and ethics.McCosh defends Sir William Hamilton's criticisms of Mill, and argues that fundamental truths are intuitively known rather than derived solely from experience, as Mill contended. With an advertisement leaf to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with loss of cloth to back strip head, and to the tail of the front joint. Rubbing to boards. Hinges lightly tender. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type, with the odd spot or handling mark. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: An Examination of Mr. J.S. Mill's Philosophy john stuart mill on liberty utilitarianism john stuart mill None


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