Logic and Metaphysics
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A specific Chair of Logic and Metaphysics dates from 1708 but teaching dates back to the start of the University under the Regents.
Professors of Logic and Metaphysics
Colin Drummond (c1685-1753), 1708-
John Stevenson (1695-1775), 1730-
John Bruce (1745-1826), 1774-
James Finlayson (1758-1808), 1786-
David Ritchie (1763-1844), 1808-
William Hamilton (1788-1856), 1836-1856
Alexander Campbell Fraser (1819-1914), 1856-
Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison (1856-1931), 1891-1919 known as Andrew Seth until 1898
Norman Kemp Smith (1872-1958), 1919-1945
Arthur David Ritchie (1891-1967), 1945-1960
William Henry Walsh (1913-1986), 1960-1976
Timothy Sprigge (1932-2007), 1979-1989
Timothy Williamson (1955- ), 1995-2000
Huw Price (1953- ), 2000-2003
Andy Clark (1957- ), 2004-present
Sources
- History of Philosophy at Edinburgh (accessed 18 June 2014)