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Problems from Reid (Hardcover)
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James Van Cleve here shows why Thomas Reid (1710-96) deserves a
place alongside the other canonical figures of modern philosophy.
He expounds Reidas positions and arguments on a wide range of
topics, taking interpretive stands on points where his meaning is
disputed and assessing the value of his contributions to issues
philosophers are discussing today. Among the topics Van Cleve
explores are Reid's account of perception and its relation to
sensation, conception, and belief; his nativist account of the
origin of the concepts of space and power; his attempt to clear the
way for the belief that the things we directly perceive are
external things, not ideas in our minds; his stand on the
distinction between primary and secondary qualities; his account of
"acquired perception," whereby we come to stand in a
quasi-perceptual relation to qualities not originally perceived;
his claim that visual space is non-Euclidean; his answers to the
questions why we see the world right side up with inverted retinal
images and whether a newly sighted person would recognize by sight
the shapes he previously knew by touch; whether memory, like
perception, is a form of direct awareness; and how we manage to
conceive of things that are utterly nonexistent. Also examined are
Reid's account of human knowledge by means of "first principles,"
his externalist reply to philosophical skepticism, his volitional
theory of action, his use of the distinction between event
causation and agent causation to understand freedom of the will,
and his criticism of Hume and anticipation of Moore on the analysis
of moral judgment. The most comprehensive work on Reid in a quarter
century, this book will be welcomed by students of early modern
philosophy, epistemology, the philosophy of perception, and the
philosophy of action.
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