Alexander Bain

Alexander Bain (1818-1903) was a Scottish philosopher. He was born at Aberdeen, became 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". He wrote 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.

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