Scottish philosopher and psychologist (1818-1903). Bain was Professor of Logic at Aberdeen University from 1860-1881. In 1876 he founded the journal Mind. His major psychological works were The Senses and the Intellect (1855), and The Emotions and the Will (1859), each of which went through several revised and updated editions in the following decades. He was a protégé of John Stuart Mill and an admirer of Comte’s positivist philosophy.
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