Thomas Reid, 1710-1796.
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher,
successor to Adam Smith's Chair in
Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Thomas Reid spent spent much of his life finding arguments to oppose David Hume's
empiricist revolution in philosophy. He propounded what has become
known as the "common sense" school of philosophy, arguing that
common sense justifies embracing a rationalist basis for philosophy, as
opposed to Hume's deep skepticism. Reid was particularly
influential upon Dugald Stewart and the later
members of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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Major Works of Thomas Reid
- An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense,
1764. [1765 2nd
ed; 1785 3rd
ed; 1801 5th
ed]
- Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, 1785
[bk] [moa]
- Essays on the Active Powers of Man, 1788 [bk]
- Essays on the Power of the Human Mind, 1803
v.1,
v.2,
v.3
- Works of Thomas Reid, (ed. Dugald Stewart), 1815, v.1, v.2,
v.3,
v.4
- Works of Thomas Reid, (ed. William Hamilton) 1895,
v.1,
v.2
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Resources on Thomas Reid
- "Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Reid, D.D., F.R.S., Edin.,
Late Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow", by Dugald Stewart, 1803 [bk]
[also in 1803 Essays, v.1,
p.i-clxix]
- [Anon, unknown], "Reid
and Brown - Philosophy of Perception", 1830, Edinburgh Review
- "Thomas
Reid" in The Scottish Philosophy by James McCosh, 1875,
Ch. 26
- "Reid,
Thomas" in Leslie Stephen & Stephen Lee, editor, 1885-1901
Dictionary of National Biography [1908-09 ed]
- "Reid,
Thomas" in 1911 Britannica
- Reid papers
at Aberdeen
- Reid entry at Britannica
- Reid entry at
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Reid entry at Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Wikipedia
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