Practical Essays

Practical Essays

Alexander Bain, scottish philosopher and educationalist (1818-1903)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- Practical Essays

- Part I. Common Errors On The Mind

- Part Ii. Errors Of Suppressed Correlatives

- Part Iii. The Civil Service Examinations

- Chapter I. Historical Sketch

- Chapter Ii. The Scheme Considered

- Part Iv. The Classical Controversy. Its Present Aspect

- Part V. Metaphysics And Debating Societies

- Part Vi. The University Ideal Past And Present

- Chapter I. Logic In The Middle Ages

- Chapter Ii. Two Classes Of Medieval Churchmen

- Chapter Iii. Scotchmen Abroad

- Chapter Ivaristotle The Basis Of The Teaching

- Chapter V. Teaching Exclusively In Texts

- Chapter Vi. New Subjects Introduced By Melville

- Chapter Vii. Melville Defeated On The Regenting

- Chapter Viii. Graduation By Means Of Disputes On Thesis

- Chapter Ix. Age Of The Professoriate

- Chapter X. Professional Teaching By Apprenticeship

- Chapter Xi. The Graduate As Such

- Part Vii. The Art Of Study

- Part Viii. Religious Tests And Subscriptions

- Part Ix. Procedure Of Deliberative Bodies