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Certitude, Providence, and Prayer

James McCosh defends realism and certitude against philosophical skepticism and misapplied evolution, upholds first principles, and argues for divine providence and the duty of prayer.
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Energy: Efficient and Final Cause

McCosh analyzes physical and psychical causation, the plurality of causes and effects, conservation of energy, and the philosophical implications for design and a First Cause.
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Dr. McCosh’s Programme of a Philosophic Series

Examines Swedenborgian spiritual philosophy—knowledge of God's will, human co‑laboring with God, and salvation in Christ—followed by Dr. McCosh's anti‑agnostic program for philosophical critique.
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Address at the Funeral of Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater

Memorial addresses for Dr. Lyman H. Atwater (d. 1883), Princeton professor of logic, moral, and political science. Speakers honor his teaching, character, and enduring influence.
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Syllabus of Lectures on Philosophy

Preface and introduction to a History of Philosophy surveying ancient, medieval, and modern schools, major philosophers, and classifications of the sciences.
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The Scottish Philosophy, as Contrasted with the German

Survey of Scottish philosophy (Reid, Stewart, et al.), highlighting its emphasis on observation, consciousness, common-sense intuitions and a priori principles integrated with induction; contrasted with German systems.
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The Concord School of Philosophy

Review of the Concord School of Philosophy: admires its moral and ideal aims but faults its speculative, non-empirical method, urging Baconian induction and Socratic scrutiny.
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The Conflicts of the Age

An 1881 essay surveying modern thought—evolution, agnosticism, positivism—argues these movements undermine traditional Christianity by denying God, immortality, and final judgment.
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Rev. James M’Cosh, D.D., LL.D.

Biographical sketch of Rev. James M'Cosh: a Scottish minister in the 1843 Disruption who organized Free Church congregations, later a philosopher and president of Princeton College.

What Morality Have We Left?

An 1881 essay diagnosing the erosion of Christian-based morality in universities, critiquing intuitionism, utilitarianism, and Spencer's evolutionary ethics, and asking what moral basis remains.
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The Religious Conflicts of the Age

1881 North American Review piece: notes broken Indian treaties, then records a farmer's dialogue with an Agnostic, Evolutionist, and Moralist defending common-sense realism against skepticism.
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The Christian Knows No Man After the Flesh

Memorial tributes and a sermon on Christian transformation: believers see others 'after the Spirit,' value souls, and practice sympathetic, human, Christlike ministry.
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On Causation and Development

Analyzes physical causation: causes and effects are plural, include conditions, concomitants, and occasions. Discusses conservation of energy, limits, and possible divine agency.
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Criteria of the Various Kinds of Truth

An 1880 Princeton Review essay on criteria for truth: self-evidence, necessity, and universality. It examines skepticism and agnosticism and outlines tests to classify first truths.
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A Presbyterian College in America

Survey of Presbyterian colleges in America: curricula, student life, and religious character. Argues denominational colleges sustain faith while keeping strong academics.
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Development and Growth of Conscience

Argues conscience is an innate moral germ that grows under God's guidance; evolutionary development does not annul its authority. Conscience parallels intelligence and grounds moral law.
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