Norman Kemp Smith

Norman Kemp Smith (photographed in 1947 by Walter Stoneman).

Norman Duncan Kemp Smith, FBA, FRSE (5 May 1872 – 3 September 1958) was a Scottish philosopher who was Professor of Psychology (1906–1914) and Philosophy (1914–1919) at Princeton University and was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh (1919–1945).[1]

He is noted for his 1929 English translation of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, which for a long time was considered the standard version.[2][3]

Early life and education

He was born Norman Smith on 5 May 1872[4] in Dundee, Scotland,[5] the son of a cabinet-maker on the Nethergate.[6]

He was educated in Dundee and then studied mental philosophy at the University of St Andrews, graduating with an MA with first-class honours in 1893.[7] He received his doctorate (PhD) in 1902.

Career

He lectured in philosophy and psychology at Princeton University from 1906 to 1916, and at the University of Edinburgh from 1919 until his retirement in 1945.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1921. His proposers were Ralph Allan Sampson, Thomas James Jehu, Charles Glover Barkla and Charles Sarolea.[8]

In 1932 he delivered the Adamson Lecture[9] of the Victoria University of Manchester.

In 1938 he moved to 14 Kilgraston Road in south Edinburgh, a house designed by Sir Robert Matthew.[10]

His translation of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is often used as the standard English version of the text. His commentaries on the Critique are also well regarded, as are his works on David Hume and other philosophers. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1947 to 1948. A portrait by the Edinburgh artist Adam Bruce Thomson is held by the University of Edinburgh's Fine Art Collection.[11]

Kemp Smith died on 3 September 1958 in Edinburgh.[7]

Family

In 1910 he married Amy Kemp (d.1936), and thereafter became known as Norman Kemp Smith.[12]

Legacy

The Kemp Smith Room in the University of Edinburgh's Philosophy Department is named in his honour.[13]

Books and articles

  • Studies in the Cartesian Philosophy (New York: Macmillan, 1902)[14][15]
  • "The Naturalism of Hume (I)" and "The Naturalism of Hume (II)", Mind, 14 (1905) Nos. 54 and 55: 149–73 and 335–47
  • "Subjectivism and Realism in Modern Philosophy", The Philosophical Review, 17 (1908) No. 2: 138–48
  • "How Far Is Agreement Possible in Philosophy?", The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 9 (1912) No. 26: 701–11
  • "Kant’s Relation to Hume and Leibniz", The Philosophical Review, 24 (1915) No. 3: 288–96 doi:10.2307/2178334
  • A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason (London: Macmillan, 1918)[16]
  • Prolegomena to an Idealist Theory of Knowledge (London: Macmillan, 1924)
  • The Philosophy of David Hume: A Critical Study of Its Origins and Central Doctrines. London: Macmillan. 1941. ISBN 978-0-8240-5412-0 – via Internet Archive.
  • New Studies in the Philosophy of Descartes (1951)
  • The Credibility of Divine Existence. The Collected Papers of Norman Kemp Smith, edited by A. J. D. Porteous, R. D. MacLennan, and G. E. Davie (1967)[17]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Prof. N. Kemp Smith – Kantian scholar". The Times. 6 September 1958. p. 11.
  2. ^ Scruton, Roger (2001). Kant, A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-19-280199-9.
  3. ^ Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Translated by Norman Kemp Smith. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited. 1929 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Norman Kemp Smith (1872-1958)". www.humesociety.org. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ^ Porteous, A. J. D. (1967). "Biographical Sketch: Norman Kemp Smith (1872–1958)". The Credibility of Divine Existence: The Collected Papers of Norman Kemp Smith. Springer. p. 3. ISBN 9781349816552. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  6. ^ Dundee Post Office Directory 1871
  7. ^ a b "Professor Norman Kemp Smith. A translator of Descartes". The Glasgow Herald. 4 September 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  8. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  9. ^ "John Locke (1632-1704): the Adamson lecture for 1932, by Norman Kemp Smith". Catalogue, National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Norman Kemp Smith". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Portrait of Norman Kemp Smith". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  12. ^ Norman Kemp Smith | The University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh Philosophy Department web site. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  13. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  14. ^ Irons, David (March 1905). "Studies in the Cartesian Philosophy". The Philosophical Review. 14 (2): 221. doi:10.2307/2176845. JSTOR 2176845.
  15. ^ Gibson, W. R. Boyce (1903). "Review of Studies in the Cartesian Philosophy". Mind. 12 (46): 250–254. doi:10.1093/mind/XII.2.250. ISSN 0026-4423 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ Wenley, R. M. (19 December 1918). "A Commentary to Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason."". The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods. 15 (26): 710. doi:10.2307/2940675. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t54f1qt2p. JSTOR 2940675.
  17. ^ Cowley, Fraser (1969). "Review of The Credibility of Divine Existence. The Collected Papers of Norman Kemp Smith. Edited by A. J. D. Porteous, R. D. MacLennan, and G. E. Davie". Dialogue. 8 (1): 126–128. doi:10.1017/S0012217300039846. ISSN 0012-2173.

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