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William Hamilton, 1788-1856. Nineteenth-century Scottish philosopher, a follower of Thomas Reid. He is often regarded as the last representative of the Scottish Enlightenment tradition. His principal contributions were in logic and metaphysics.

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• Philosophers: Sir William Hamilton

  http://www.bartleby.com/224/0105.html
  Passage from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature, discussing this Scottish thinker in context.

• William Hamilton

  http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hamilton.html
  Biographical article, with bibliography and links, from the MacTutor History of Mathematics.

• William Hamilton

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/hamilton/
  Brief article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, covering this Scottish scholar's life and views.

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