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A Century of Philosophy At University College, London

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

G. Dawes Hicks
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This year we have been celebrating our centenary, and, when so much has been said, and justly said, of the contributions to various branches of science and learning that have emanated from University College, it seems fitting that the part which the College has played in the advancement of philosophical research should not be left out of account. For in spite of the manifold difficulties that stood in the way of instituting a school of philosophical study in London, what has been achieved here, both in the way of original investigation and of effective teaching, constitutes a record of which we may well be proud.

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Philosophy , Volume 3 , Issue 12 , October 1928 , pp. 468 - 482
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1928

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page 468 Note 1 Introductory Lecture in the Department of Philosophy at University College, London, delivered on October 10, 1927.

page 470 Note 1 On the ground, so far as I can gather, that Cameron was not a minister of religion.

page 472 Note 1 Grote died in 1871, and bequeathed the reversion of £6,000 for the endowment of the Chair of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic. According to what seems to be the literal meaning of the terms of the will, the income of the endowment cannot be paid to a man who either is or has ever been a minister of religion. That the Chair shall not be held by a minister of religion is, no doubt, a provision that may be defended on more grounds than one. But to debar a man from holding it who, perhaps, through change of view has relinquished the ministry is a piece of intolerance for which there can be no defence, and which is wholly out of keeping with the principles on which the College was founded. Such a condition would have precluded a man of the eminence, for example, of James Ward from occupying the Grote Chair. I cannot think that that could really have been Grote's intention.

page 479 Note 1 Later, on January 1, 1907, in accordance with the provisions of th University College, London (Transfer) Act, 1905, the College was incorporated in the University of London, an example afterwards followed in the case of King's College and Bedford College.

page 481 Note 1 In 1922 Dr. Wolf was appointed Professor of Logic and Scientific Method.