|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
Sir William Hamilton
Sir William Hamilton 1788-1856, Scottish philosopher. He was widely interested in law, physiology, and literature and was professor of history and philosophy at the Univ. of Edinburgh. Hamilton helped to reestablish the waning fame of the Scottish school of metaphysics. His "Philosophy of the Unconditioned" (1829), a critique of Cousin 's Cours de philosophie published in the Edinburgh Review, publicized his views on the infinite, which he considered unknowable. Under the influence of Kant , he conceived of the world that man knows as finite and conditioned in terms of space, time, and degree. In logic his attempt to "quantify the predicate" was a crude anticipation of later developments in mathematical logic. The British academic outlook was broadened by his emphasis on the German philosophers and on Aristotle. His son, Francis, published his Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic (ed. by H. L. Mansel and John Veitch, 4 vol., 1859-60, repr. 1969). |
|
|
Cite this article
"Sir William Hamilton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sir William Hamilton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HamiltSrW2.html "Sir William Hamilton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HamiltSrW2.html |
|
Hamilton, Sir William
Hamilton, Sir William (1788–1856), His philosophical reputation was made by a number of articles which appeared in the Edinburgh Review, 1829–36 (republished in 1852 as Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform). He was elected to the chair of logic and metaphysics at Edinburgh in 1836. His Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic appeared in 1859–60.
A man of great philosophical erudition rather than a great philosophical thinker, Hamilton represents the influence of Kant upon the commonsense philosophy of the Scottish school set forth by T. Reid. In logic, Hamilton introduced a modification of the traditional doctrine, known as the ‘Quantification of the Predicate’. His philosophical views were vigorously attacked by J. S. Mill in his Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy. |
|
|
Cite this article
MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HamiltonSirWilliam1.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HamiltonSirWilliam1.html |
|
Sir William Hamilton
Sir William Hamilton 1730-1803, British diplomat and archaeologist, ambassador to Naples (1764-1800). He was the husband of Emma, Lady Hamilton , mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson . His fine collection of antiquities from Pompeii was sold to the British Museum in 1772 and stimulated English interest in the art of the classical civilizations. His publications include Antiquités étrusques, greques et romaines (1766-67) and Mount Vesuvius (1772).
|
|
|
Cite this article
"Sir William Hamilton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sir William Hamilton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HamiltSrW1.html "Sir William Hamilton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HamiltSrW1.html |
|
Hamilton, Sir William
Hamilton, Sir William (1730–1803), diplomat, archaeologist, collector, and husband of Emma, who achieved notoriety as Nelson's mistress. Hamilton corresponded with Beckford and Horace Walpole and his collections exerted a wide influence on British neo-classical taste.
|
|
|
Cite this article
MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HamiltonSirWilliam.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HamiltonSirWilliam.html |
|
Hamilton, Sir William
Hamilton, Sir William. See Dilettanti.
|
|
|
Cite this article
IAN CHILVERS. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-HamiltonSirWilliam.html IAN CHILVERS. "Hamilton, Sir William." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-HamiltonSirWilliam.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
