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Alexander Campbell Fraser
1819–1914
A major figure in Scottish philosophy, this nineteenth-century thinker spent decades teaching at Edinburgh and writing about Berkeley, Locke, and the big questions of faith, knowledge, and human experience. His work helped carry the Scottish philosophical tradition into the modern age.
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Thomas Reid
by Alexander Campbell Fraser
About the author
Born in Ardchattan, Argyll, on September 3, 1819, Alexander Campbell Fraser became known as a Scottish philosopher and theologian. He studied at Glasgow and Edinburgh, then began an academic career that included a decade as professor of logic at New College.
In 1856 he was appointed professor of logic and metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh, a post he held until 1891. He also edited the North British Review and became especially respected for his scholarly work on George Berkeley and John Locke, as well as for his own writings on philosophy of theism.
Fraser lived a remarkably long life, dying in Edinburgh on December 2, 1914. He is remembered as an important bridge between older Scottish philosophical traditions and later debates about religion, metaphysics, and the limits of human knowledge.