Author:Robert Adamson

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Robert Adamson (1852–1902)

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Scottish philosopher; held the chair of logic at the University of Aberdeen. Several of his lectures were published in book form following his death.

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This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "R. A."

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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "R. Ad."

Works

• Development of Greek Philosophy, The (1908)
• Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays, The (1903)
• Fichte (1881) Blackwood's Philosophical Classics
• On the Philosophy of Kant (1879)

Contributions to the EB9

• “Hermann, Friedrich Benedict Wilhelm von” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), 1880.

Contributions to the EB1911

• “Bacon, Francis” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (with John Malcolm Mitchell)
• “Bacon, Roger” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (with an anonymous co-author)
• “Berkeley, George” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Butler, Joseph” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Category” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Fichte, Johann Gottlieb” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (with an anonymous co-author)
• “Fourier, François Charles Marie” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Gassendi, Pierre” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Hume, David” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (with John Malcolm Mitchell)
• “Kant, Immanuel” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (with an anonymous co-author)

Contributions to the DNB

• Adelard of Bath
• Alcuin
• Alexander of Hales
• Alfred Anglicus
• Bacon, Roger
• Eyton, Thomas Campbell

Works about Adamson

• “Death: Robert Adamson” in The Times (1902)
• “Adamson, Robert” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Adamson, Robert,” in Dictionary of National Biography Second Supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1912) in 3 vols.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.