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McCosh Hall at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

James McCosh is buried at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey.

James McCosh is buried at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey.

On the Use and Functions of Preaching and the Advantages of Systematic Theology to a Preacher of the Gospel; Being a Sermon Delivered as a Valedictory Address to the Adelpho Theological Society, March 16, 1833 (1833)

The Wheat and the Chaff Gathered Into Bundles: A Statistical Contribution Towards the History of the Recent Disruption of the Scottish Ecclesiastical Establishment (1843)

Aids in Prayer: For the Use of the Young [2nd ed.] (1845)

Does the Established Church Acknowledge Christ as Its Head? The Question Answered (1846)

A Tribute to the Memory of Dr. Chalmers, by a Former Pupil (1847)

The Method of the Divine Government, Physical and Moral (1850, 1882)

Typical Forms (1851)

On the Method in Which Metaphysics Should Be Prosecuted: Being the Introductory Lecture of Dr. McCosh in Queen's College, Belfast, 12th January, 1852 (1852)

Some Remarks on the Plant Morphologically Considered (1853)

Typical Forms and Special Ends in Creation (1855, 1869)

The Imagination: Its Use and Its Abuse - A Lecture (1857)

Scottish Metaphysicians (1857)

Intuitionalism and the Limits of Religious Thought (1859)

Sir William Hamilton’s Lectures (1859)

A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent of Europe, with Remarks on the Lower and Higher Educational Institutions in Prussia: The Substance of a Paper Read Before the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, April 13, 1859 (1859)

Sir William Hamilton’s Metaphysics (1859)

The Ulster Revival and Its Physiological Accidents: A Paper Read Before the Evangelical Alliance, September 22, 1859 (1859)

The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated (1860)

Theological Correspondence with Germany: Present English Aspects of Religious Life and Literature (1860)

The Supernatural in Relation to the Natural (1862)

The Scottish Philosophy (1863)

Introduction to the Complete Works of Stephen Charnock, D.D. (1864)

Dugald Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy (1864)

Present Tendency of Religious Thought in Great Britain and Ireland (1865)

An Examination of Mr. J.S. Mill's Philosophy: Being a Defence of Fundamental Truth (1866)

Waiting for God: A Sermon Preached in Great Queen Street Chapel, April 26th, 1867, in Behalf of the Wesleyan-Methodist Missionary Society (1867)

“Morality Independent of the Gospel,” As Seen in England (1867)

On Compulsory Education (1868)

Mill's Reply to His Critics (1868)

Moral Philosophy in Great Britain in Relation to Theology (1868)

Recent Improvements in Formal Logic in Great Britain (1868)

The Duty of Irish Presbyterians to Their Church at the Present Crisis in the Sustentation of the Gospel Ministry (1868)

Inauguration of James McCosh, D.D., LL.D., as President of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, October 27, 1868 (1868)

A Method of Teaching Religion in a College (1869)

Address at the Semicentenary Celebration of the Presbyterian Board of Education (1869)

Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life: Being the Baccalaureate Sermon Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 27, 1869 (1869)

Lessons Derived From the Plant: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 26, 1870 (1870)

The Laws of Discursive Thought: Being a Text-Book of Formal Logic (1870)

Introductory Note to J.C. Murray, Outline of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy: A Text-Book for Students (1870)

Christianity and Positivism: A Series of Lectures to the Times on Natural Theology and Apologetics, Delivered in New York, Jan. 16 to March 20, 1871, on the "Ely Foundation" of the Union Theological Seminary (1871)

Unity with Diversity in the Works and Word of God: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 25, 1871 (1871)

Faith in Christ and Faith in Doctrine Compared and Contrasted: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 23, 1872 (1872)

On Prayer (1872, 1876)

Berkeley's Philosophy (1873)

Notice of Dr. Burns by Dr. McCosh (1873)

On Singleness of Eye: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 22, 1873 (1873)

Presbyterianism in Foreign Lands (1873)

Religious Aspects of the Doctrine of Development (1874)

Pan-Presbyterianism: To the Churches of Christ, Organized on Presbyterian Principles, Throughout the World (1874)

Living For a High End: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 21, 1874 (1874)

What Should Now Be Done With Sustentation (1875)

The Royal Law of Love; or, Love in Relation to Law and to God: The Baccalaureate Sermon Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 27, 1875 (1875)

Ideas in Nature Overlooked by Dr. Tyndall: Being an Examination of Dr. Tyndall's Belfast Address (1875)

The Scottish Philosophy, Biographical, Expository, Critical, From Hutcheson to Hamilton (1875)

On Evolution (1875, 1877)

Prepossessions For and Against the Supernatural: A Criticism of Dr. Carpenter (1876)

The World a Scene of Contest: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached before the College of New Jersey, June 25, 1876 (1876)

The Princeton College Communion (1876)

Is the Development Hypothesis Sufficient? (1876)

Psychology (1876)

Dr. Guthrie’s Early Ministry (1876)

Elements Involved in Emotions (1877)

Broad Churchism in Scotland (1877)

Discoveries in Science and Speculations in Philosophy (1877)

Dr. M’Cosh on American Preaching (1877)

Course of Study in Princeton College: A Report by the President to the Board of Trustees of the College of New Jersey, November 8, 1877 (1877)

Contemporary Philosophy: Historical (1878)

Contemporary Philosophy: Mind and Brain (1878)

Discipline in American Colleges (1878)

The Propriety of Acknowledging the Lord in All of Our Ways: The Baccalaureate Sermon Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 16th, 1878 (1878)

An Advertisement For a New Religion (1878)

A Criticism of the Critical Philosophy: A Reply to Professor Mahaffy (1878)

Final Cause, M. Janet, and Professor Newcomb (1879)

Law and Design in Nature (1879)

Agnosticism as Developed in Huxley’s Hume (1879)

Theologians of the Day — Joseph Cook (1879)

Confessions of An Agnostic (1879)

Herbert Spencer's "Data of Ethics" (1879)

Notes on Psychology From Lectures Given by James McCosh, D.D., LL.D. (1879)

Notes on Psychology From Lectures Given by James McCosh, D.D., LL.D. (1880)

The Emotions (1880)

Development and Growth of Conscience (1880)

A Presbyterian College in America (1880)

How to Deal With Young Men Trained in Science in This Age of Unsettled Opinion (1880)

Criteria of the Various Kinds of Truth (1880)

The Importance of Harmonizing the Primary, Secondary, and Collegiate Systems of Education (1880)

On Causation and Development (1881)

The Christian Knows No Man After the Flesh (1881)

The Religious Conflicts of the Age (1881)

What Morality Have We Left? (1881)

Rev. James M’Cosh, D.D., LL.D. (1881)

The Conflicts of the Age (1881)

The Concord School of Philosophy (1882)

The Scottish Philosophy, as Contrasted with the German (1882)

Syllabus of Lectures on Philosophy (1882)

Criteria of Diverse Kinds of Truth as Opposed to Agnosticism: Being a Treatise on Applied Logic (1882)

Address at the Funeral of Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater (1883)

Dr. McCosh’s Programme of a Philosophic Series (1883)

Energy: Efficient and Final Cause (1883)

Development: What It Can Do and What It Cannot Do (1883)

Certitude, Providence, and Prayer (1883)

A Study of the Mind's Chambers of Imagery (1884)

Oversight of Students in Princeton College (1884)

Learning Worshipping Its King (1884)

The Origin of Evil (1884)

The Course of Study in Princeton College (1884)

The Place of Religion in Colleges (1884)

A Criticism of the Critical Philosophy (1884)

What An American University Should Be (1885)

The New Departure in College Education (1885)

What an American Philosophy Should Be (1886)

Religion in a College: What Place it Should Have. Being an Examination of President Eliot's Paper, Read Before the Nineteenth Century Club in New York, Feb. 3, 1886 (1886)

Dr. McCosh on Home Rule (1886)

Realism: Its Place in the Various Philosophies (1886)

Preface to the American Edition of Théodule-Armand Ribot, German Psychology of To-Day: The Empirical School (1886)

Habit and Its Influence in the Training at School (1887)

Christian Philosophy (1887)

Psychology: The Cognitive Powers (1887)

Psychology: The Motive Powers, Emotions, Conscience, Will (1887)

Realistic Philosophy Defended in a Philosophical Series, Vol. 1: Expository (1887)

The Religious Aspect of Evolution (1888)

The Religious Aspect of Evolution (1888, 1890)

Gospel Sermons (1888)

Dabney’s Refutation of the Sensualistic Philosophy — But What Next? (1888)

Twenty Years of Princeton College: Being a Farewell Address, Delivered June 20, 1888 (1888)

False History in Robert Elsmere (1889)

Examination and Education (1889)

Present State of the Evolution Question (1889)

Is There Final Cause in Evolution? (1889)

The Trials and Triumphs of the Teacher (1889)

Whither? O Whither? Tell Me Where (1889)

First and Fundamental Truths: Being a Treatise on Metaphysics (1889)

The Tests of the Various Kinds of Truth: Being a Treatise of Applied Logic (1889, 1891)

Statement Concerning Lincoln University (1890)

Federation of Churches to Secure That the Gospel Be Preached to Every Creature (1890)

Federation of Evangelical Churches (1890)

The Good That May Arise From Revision (1890)

Recent Works on Kant (1890)

Realistic Philosophy Defended in a Philosophic Series, Vol. 2: Historical and Critical (1890)

Evils Arising From the Church Being Controlled By the State (1890)

John Witherspoon and His Times (1890)

The Prevailing Types of Philosophy: Can They Logically Reach Reality? (1890)

The Capacity of the Indian to be Educated (1891)

Federation of the Churches (1891)

Our Moral Nature: Being a Brief System of Ethics (1892)

Reality — What Place It Should Hold in Philosophy (1893, 1895)

Philosophy of Reality: Should It Be Favored By America? (1894)

McCosh Memorial Number (1895)

James McCosh, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D. (1895)

McCosh Bibliography: A List of the Published Writings of the Rev. James McCosh, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D. (1895)

The Life of James McCosh: A Record Chiefly Autobiographical (1896)


McCosh’s inaugural address is titled Academic Teaching in Europe.

McCosh’s inaugural address is titled Academic Teaching in Europe.

Dr. McCosh’s contribution “On Prayer” begins at p. 135.

From The New York Evangelist (May 7, 1874).

From The New York Evangelist (March 13, 1875).

This article appeared in the January 1878 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the March 1878 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the November 1878 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the March 1879 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the November 1879 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the July 1880 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the November 1880 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the May 1881 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the January 1882 issue of The Princeton Review.

This article appeared in the November 1882 issue of The Princeton Review.

Included is a bibliography of the works of James McCosh.

Included is a bibliography of the works of James McCosh.