Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller was a British philosopher, university teacher and writer (1864–1937). He was born at Ottensen and died at Los Angeles.
Also recorded as F. C. S. Schiller.
Overview
Also worked under the name A. Troglodyte.
Born at Ottensen in 1864, died at Los Angeles in 1937.
Identity and origins
He also worked under the name A. Troglodyte. The authorities additionally record the heading F. C. S. Schiller. His recorded language was English.
Catalogued works
21 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1909 to 1932.
Plato or Protagoras? Humanism : philosophical essays. Humanism, philosophical essays. Humanism; Philosophical Essays. Formal Logic; a Scientific and Social Problem. Revival. Revival : the Future of the British Empire. Formal logic. Humanistic pragmatism. Logic for use. Must philosophers disagree? Our human truths. Humanism. Problems of belief. Riddles of the sphinx. Studies In Humanism. Problems of belief / by Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller., dated [1924], held by Wellcome Collection. Social decay and eugenical reform / by F.C.S. Schiller., dated 1932, held by Wellcome Collection. Tantalus, or, the future of man / by F.C.S. Schiller., dated 1924, held by Wellcome Collection. Our critic criticized. I / by Major Leonard Darwin., dated 1914, held by Wellcome Collection. Cuttings on the Eugenics Education Society Meetings and Lectures, dated 1909-1911, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott (1864–1937), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott (1864–1937), philosopher, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott (1864–1937), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott, (16 Aug. 1864–6 Aug. 1937), Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Who Was Who, 2007. Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller on Pragmatic Revaluation, Pragmatist Philosophy of History, 2023. Una invitación a la lectura de Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, Isegoría, 2009.
Digitised editions and texts
7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
Studies In Humanism (1969) — Internet Archive. Logic for Use: An Introduction to the Voluntarist Theory of Knowledge (1930) — Internet Archive. Riddles of the Sphinx: A Study in the Philosophy of Evolution (1894) — Internet Archive. Logic for Use: an intoduction to the voluntarist theory of knowledge (1929) — Internet Archive. Humanism: Philosophical Essays (1903) — Internet Archive. Humanism; Philosophical Essays: Philosophical Essays (1912) — Internet Archive. Tantalus : $b or, The future of Man — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 24 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller studied at University of Oxford. the recorded working language is English.
Employment is recorded with University of Southern California.
Chronology
- 1864Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller born at Ottensen.
- 1894Riddles of the Sphinx: A Study in the Philosophy of Evolution digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1903Humanism: Philosophical Essays digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1912Humanism; Philosophical Essays: Philosophical Essays digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1929Logic for Use: an intoduction to the voluntarist theory of knowledge digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1930Logic for Use: An Introduction to the Voluntarist Theory of Knowledge digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1937Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller died at Los Angeles.
- 1969Studies In Humanism digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“F. C. S. Schiller”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Consult the sourcereference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q819293: Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
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Elsewhere in Books
12,667 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Feofan ProkopovichAuthor
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- Ferdinand Christian BaurAuthor
- Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duke of MontpensierAuthor
- Ferdinand de LessepsAuthor
- Ferdinand FabreAuthor
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