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Add. MS c/98/72
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Draft letter from Henry Sidgwick regarding the appointment of Robert Adamson to a chair at Aberdeen
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- 12 Apr 1893 (Creation)
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[Draft] MS letter. Writes to express his opinion 'of the high qualifications of Professor Adamson for the chair of Logic in the University of Aberdeen.' Refers to his abilities, his learning and his experience as an academic teacher, and also to his contributions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica on philosophical subjects. Mentions especially his article on Logic. Refers to his book On the Philosophy of Kant, 'which no English student of Kant can afford to neglect.' Praises his volume on Fichte in Blackwood's Philosophical Classics series. On Adamson's work as an academic teacher, Sidgwick states that he believes his university fortunate in having been able to secure Adamson's aid as an examiner in the Moral Sciences Tripos.
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- Adamson, Robert (1852-1902), philosopher (Subject)
- Encyclopædia Britannica (Subject)
- Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804), German philosopher (Subject)
- Fichte, Immanuel Hermann von (1796-1879) philosopher (Subject)