Books by James McCosh

Scottish philosopher and theologian James McCosh (1811-94) aimed in this work, which was published in 1862, to 'disentangle the confusion' about the relationship between the natural and supernatural. The book examines the question from both sides, discussing the laws of nature alongside apparently inexplicable phenomena such as miracles.

At the core of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment were philosophers whose influence is still felt today. In this history of Scottish philosophy, first published in 1875, James McCosh (1811-94) details the work of the philosophers from this important period including Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Thomas Reid and Adam Smith.