James McCosh
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James McCosh was a philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense. He was president of Princeton University 1868–88.
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A lecture room in McCosh Hall at Princeton University
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Scottish common sense realism, also known as the Scottish school of common sense, is a realist school of philosophy that originated in the ideas of Scottish philosophers Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, Ja
James McCosh
…James McCosh (April 1, 1811 – November 16, 1894) was a philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense. He was president of Princeton University 1868–88. McCosh was born into a Covenanting family in Ayrshire, and studied at the Universities of Glasgow…
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Declaration of Independence, a painting by John Trumbull depicting the Committee of Five presenting their draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Congress on 28 June 1776. Trumbull's painting appears on the reverse of the United States two-dollar bill.
Princeton Seminary in the 1800s