John Stuart Mill
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John Stuart Mill
Noun
1. English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
(synonym) Mill, John Mill
(hypernym) philosopher
Noun
1. English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
(synonym) Mill, John Mill
(hypernym) philosopher
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john stuart mill
john stuart mill
n : english philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) [syn: mill, john mill, john stuart mill]
john stuart mill
n : english philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) [syn: mill, john mill, john stuart mill]
John Stuart Mill Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Mill, John Stuart
(1806-1873) philosopher; utilitarian ethics; greatest good for the greatest number. Wrote Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy. Ideas such as matter and causality are admitted if interpreted phenomenalistically, as, e.g., "possibilities of sensation." Knowledge of God is possible as an inference from knowledge of the world (from sense data). The uniformity of nature makes possible
knowledge of a world as cause of sense data. "Matter is the permanent possibility of sensation." Reality is not an independent mental or material substance but a
complex of actual and possible sensations. Material and mental entities are constructed from sense data. Sense data belong to a subjective mind (as in idealism) and the objective world (as in realism). Realism is ordered by an invariable principle
of causality (determinism).
(1806-1873) philosopher; utilitarian ethics; greatest good for the greatest number. Wrote Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy. Ideas such as matter and causality are admitted if interpreted phenomenalistically, as, e.g., "possibilities of sensation." Knowledge of God is possible as an inference from knowledge of the world (from sense data). The uniformity of nature makes possible
knowledge of a world as cause of sense data. "Matter is the permanent possibility of sensation." Reality is not an independent mental or material substance but a
complex of actual and possible sensations. Material and mental entities are constructed from sense data. Sense data belong to a subjective mind (as in idealism) and the objective world (as in realism). Realism is ordered by an invariable principle
of causality (determinism).
John Stuart Mill Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. It can be said that he was an advocate of utilitarianism, the ethical theory of his godfather, Jeremy Bentham, but his conception of it was very different from Bentham's.
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