ALEXANDER BAIN
\ˌalɪɡzˈandə bˈe͡ɪn], \ˌalɪɡzˈandə bˈeɪn], \ˌa_l_ɪ_ɡ_z_ˈa_n_d_ə b_ˈeɪ_n]\
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A distinguished Scotch philosophical writer; born at Aberdeen, 1818. He became professor of natural philosophy in the Andersonian University, Glasgow, (1845); examiner in logic and moral philosophy for the University of London (1857-62, 1864-69); professor of logic (1860-80) at, and lord rector (1881) of, the University of Aberdeen. He belongs to the Spencerian or experiential school of philosophy, and teaches physiological psychology. His chief works are: "The Senses and the Intellect" (1855); "The Emotions and the Will" (1859), the two forming a complete course of mental philosophy; "English Composition and Rhetoric" (1866); "Mental and Moral Science" (1868); "Logic" (2 vols., 1870); "Mind and Body" (1873); "Education as a Science" (1879); "James Mill and John Stuart Mill" (1882); "Practical Essays" (1884); etc. He died Sept. 6, 1902.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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