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Scottish philosopher and educationalist (1818–1903)

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  • Education As A Science Vol-Viii
  • English Composition and Rhetoric
  • Analysis of the phenomena of the human mind
  • The Emotions and the Will
  • Moral Science Volume 2

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Quotes

  • Instinct is untaught ability.
  • Disinterestedness is as great a puzzle and paradox as ever. Indeed, strictly speaking, it is a species of irrationality, or insanity, as regards the individual’s self; a contradiction of the most essential nature of a sentient being, which is to move to pleasure and from pain
  • The arguments for the two substances - mind and body - have, we believe, entirely lost their validity; they are no longer compatible with ascertained science and clear thinking. One substance with two sets of attributes, two sides (a physical and a mental), a double-faced unity, would appear to comply with all the exigencies of the case.
  • Those that can readily master the difficulties of Mathematics find a considerable charm in the study, sometimes amounting to fascination. This is far from universal; but the subject contains elements of strong interest of a kind that constitutes the pleasures of knowledge. The marvellous devices for solving problems elate the mind with the feeling of intellectual power; and the innumerable constructions of the science leave us lost in wonder.
  • The method of arithmetical teaching]] is perhaps the best understood of any of the methods concerned with elementary studies.
  • He that could teach mathematics well, would not be a bad teacher in any of the rest [physics, chemistry, biology, psychology] unless by the accident of total inaptitude for experimental illustration; while the mere experimentalist is likely to fall into the error of missing the essential condition of science as reasoned truth; not to speak of the danger of making the instruction an affair of sensation, glitter, or pyrotechnic show.

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Born
( 1818-06-11 ) 11 June 1818, Aberdeen , Scotland
Died
18 September 1903 (1903-09-18) (aged 85), Aberdeen , Scotland
Education
Marischal College ( MA (Hons) )
Known for
The Senses and the Intellect The Emotions and the Will Mental and Moral Science Education as a Science Mind
Fields
Moral philosophy Philosophy of mind Psychology Logic Linguistics Education
Institutions
University of Aberdeen University of London University of Glasgow Anderson's University Marischal College

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Alexander Bain (11 June 1818 – 18 September 1903) was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist in the British school of empiricism and a prominent and innovative figure in the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral philosophy and education reform. He founded Mind, the first ever journal of psychology and analytical philosophy, and was the leading figure in establishing and applying the scientific method to psychology. Bain was the inaugural Regius Chair in Logic and Professor of Logic at the University of Aberdeen, where he also held Professorships in Moral Philosophy and English Literature and was twice elected Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen.

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