Thomas Reid's Inquiry has long been recognized as a classic philosophical text. Since its first publication in 1764, there have followed no less than forty editions. The proliferation of secondary literature further indicates that Reid's work is flourishing as never before. Yet Reid scholars have been acutely aware of proceeding without the full textual evidence. There exist thousands of unpublished manuscript pages in Reid's hand, many of which relate directly to the composition of Inquiry. Furthermore, no account has been taken of the successive alterations made to the...
Thomas Reid's Inquiry has long been recognized as a classic philosophical text. Since its first publication in 1764, there have followed n...
Thomas Reid's Inquiry has long been recognized as a classic text in the philosophy of mind. Reid scholars however, have been aware of the lack of full textual evidence when analyzing the composition of the piece. this work therefore presents a complete, critically edited text of the Inquiry, based on the fourth life-time edition (published in 1785), which contains notes including biographical details and allusions, translations, references to secondary literature and selected passages from Reid's MSS.
Thomas Reid's Inquiry has long been recognized as a classic text in the philosophy of mind. Reid scholars however, have been aware of the lack of full...
Thomas Reid (1710-96) is now recognized as one of the towering figures of the Enlightenment. Best known for his published writings on epistemology and moral theory, he was also an accomplished mathematician and natural philosopher, as an earlier volume of his manuscripts edited by Paul Wood for Edinburgh University Press, Thomas Reid on the Animate Creation, has shown.
Thomas Reid (1710-96) is now recognized as one of the towering figures of the Enlightenment. Best known for his published writings on epistemology and...
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
Shows how principles of Common Sense philosophy are involved in volition, action and the ability to judge morally, giving an original twist to a libertarian and realist tradition that was prominently represented in eighteenth-century British thought .
Shows how principles of Common Sense philosophy are involved in volition, action and the ability to judge morally, giving an original twist to a liber...
