E 1818; last major exponent of the Scottish Common Sense philosophy; prof of civil history at Edin, 1821, then elected to the chair of logic, Edin, 1836, competing with G. COMBE, and with the support of D. STEWART, JEFFREY, and M. NAPIER; lectured against phrenology in Edin Assembly Rooms, 1827, in a fund-raising campaign for the relief of distressed operatives; also lectured "On the Practical Conclusions from Gall's Theory Regarding the Functions of the Brain" at the Roy Soc Edin, 1825/6 and 1827. (DNB; MEB)
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
502.1
— 502.1 Correspondence [in the Caledonian Mercury] Relative to Phrenology, Between Sir William Hamilton, Bart., Dr. Spurzheim, and Mr. George Combe, in January, February, and March, 1828. Edin J. Anderson, 1828. Pp. 69. Also published as Sir William Hamilton and Phrenology, Edin: Oliver & Boyd, 1828. Pp. 69.
502.2
— 502.2 "An account of experiments on the weight and relative proportions of the brain, cerebellum, and tuber annulare, in man and animals, under the various circumstances of age, sex, country, etc," prefix to Alexander Monro, The Anatomy of the Brain, with Some Observations on its Functions, Edin: John Carfrae & Son; London: Longman et al, 1831: 4-8. (Reprinted in Appendix II to his Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic ed John Veitch, vol 1 [Edin, 1859]: 418-21.)
502.3
— 502.3 "Researches on the Frontal Sinuses, with Observations on their bearings on the dogmas of Phrenology," Med Times, 12 (1845): 159, 177, 371. (Reprinted in Lectures on Metaphysics: 424-4.)
502.4
— 502.4 "Remarks on Dr. Morton's Tables on the Size of the Brain," Edin New Phil J, 48 (1850): 330-3. (Reprinted in Lectures: 421-3.)
Editorial Information
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502.
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Person
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Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
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164
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Original Transcription
502. HAMILTON, Sir William (1788-1856), FRSE 1818; last major exponent of the Scottish Common Sense philosophy; prof of civil history
at Edin, 1821, then elected to the chair of logic, Edin, 1836, competing with G. COMBE, and with the support of D. STEWART, JEFFREY,
and M. NAPIER; lectured against phrenology in Edin Assembly Rooms,
1827, in a fund-raising campaign for the relief of distressed operatives; also lectured "On the Practical Conclusions from Gall's Theory
Regarding the Functions of the Brain" at the Roy Soc Edin, 1825/6
and 1827. (DNB; MEB)