On-line Resources on George Campbell (1719-1796)

General Overview:

There are almost no resources on-line for research about George Campbell beyond the elementary level. While there seems to be considerable interest in Campbell's philosophy of rhetoric, this interest has not been developed into a set of significant research resources.

Little Bits:

George Campbell: a summary of his life

Dr. George Campbell: a short but good summary of his life

George Campbell: a very brief summary of his rhetorical views

Somewhat More Substantive:

George Campbell Research Links: a mixed selection, some of them fairly useful (there appear to be a number of dead links)

George Campbell: an incomplete outline (literally) of Campbell's Philosophy of Rhetoric, at the Rhetorica ad Digitum Project

George Campbell on Rhetoric (Ed Lamoureux): notes summarizing Campbell's resemblance theory of rhetoric

Vicissitudes in the History of Appeals: a brief but interesting discussion on Campbell's rhetoric and appeals to the audience (Campbell minimizes the latter and focuses on arguments)

The Validity of Miracles (Kevin Wright): a Seniors Honors Project for Southwest Missouri State University giving an analysis (based on Toulmin) of several of Hume's responses to Campbell's response to Hume on miracles.

Actual Works:

The Philosophy of Rhetoric: an on-line study edition edited by H. Lewis Ulman and Roger Graves; this is a collaborative project, although it appears not to have received any collaboration, or even to have been developed, in several years. Currently it only includes book one of the Philosophy of Rhetoric, from the 1850 Tegg edition.

I have put on-line at Siris a brief selection from Campbell's Dissertation on Miracles, here.

If you have placed on-line any resources on George Campbell, especially articles or papers on his work, or selections from his original works, or if you have come across such resources, please contact me at bwatson{at}chass{dot}utoronto{dot}ca.