Critique of Hume and the Metaphysical Moment
The essay argues that Hume’s epistemology collapses mind and body into impressions and that experience cannot ground knowledge. It disputes the claim that science supersedes metaphysics and urges rereading Locke and Hume to advance philosophy toward Kant and Hegel, defending metaphysical inquiry as rational progress.
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Hume
Green
Ocke
Greenwell
Huxley
Philosophy in Culture and the Unseen Influence
The article argues that philosophy, though abundant in biographies and histories, remains distant from contemporary culture. It notes Green s view that philosophers knowledge may flourish inversely to philosophy knowledge and cites Hume and Kant as examples of ideas not yet integrated into everyday thought.
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Green
Scottish Song and the Golden Treasury Panel Review
A critical discussion of Miss Aitken's edition in the Golden Treasury, noting the involvement of Burns and Allan Ramsay, the editorial choices regarding authorship and dialect, and the tensions with David Laing's scholarship. The piece argues for restoring traditional readings like Bruce and Hogg variants while criticizing omissions and Anglicizations in the new volume.
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Messrs. Macmillan and Co
Wordsworth
Scotland
Burns
Syren
Miss Aitken
Allan Ramsay
David Laing
Allan Romaay
Shairp
Bruce
Logan
Lord Mackenzie
Gilderoy
Willie
John of
Baden
James Hogg
Kye
Hogg