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<p> | <p> Born at Aberdeen, professor of [[Logic]] in the university, and twice Lord Rector, where he was much esteemed by and exercised a great influence over his pupils; his chief works, "The [[Senses]] and the Intellect," "The Emotions and the Will," and "Mental and [[Moral]] Science"; has written on composition in a very uninteresting style; his psychology, which he connected with physiology, was based on empiricism and the inductive method, to the utter exclusion of all <i> a priori </i> or transcendental speculation, such as hails from Kant and his school; he is of the school of John Stuart Mill, who endorsed his philosophy; <i> b </i> . 1818. </p> | ||
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Alexander Bain [1]
Born at Aberdeen, professor of Logic in the university, and twice Lord Rector, where he was much esteemed by and exercised a great influence over his pupils; his chief works, "The Senses and the Intellect," "The Emotions and the Will," and "Mental and Moral Science"; has written on composition in a very uninteresting style; his psychology, which he connected with physiology, was based on empiricism and the inductive method, to the utter exclusion of all a priori or transcendental speculation, such as hails from Kant and his school; he is of the school of John Stuart Mill, who endorsed his philosophy; b . 1818.
