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Thomas Reid saw the three subjects of logic, rhetoric and the fine
arts as closely cohering aspects of one endeavour which he called
the culture of the mind. This was a topic on which Reid lectured
for many years in Glasgow and the volume is as near a
reconstruction of these lectures as is now possible. The material
is virtually unknown now but in fact it relates closely to Reid's
published works and in particular to the two late ones, Essays on
the Intellectual Powers of Man and Essays on the Active Powers of
Man. When composing these volumes, Reid drew primarily on his
lectures on 'pneumatology' which presented a theory of the mental
powers, broadly conceived. These lectures were basic to the course
on the culture of the mind which explained the cultivation of the
mental powers. Although the Essays also included some elements from
the material on the culture of the mind, the bulk of the latter was
left in manuscript form and Professor Broadie's edition restores
this important extension of Reid's overall work. In addition, this
volume continues the Edinburgh Edition's attractive combination of
manuscript material and published work, in this case Reid's
important and well known essay on Aristotle's logic. This text was
corrupted in older editions of Reid's works and is now restored to
the state in which Reid left it. This volume underscores Reid's
great and growing significance, viewed both as an historical figure
and as a philosopher. At the same time, it is of great
interdisciplinary importance. While the material emerges directly
from the core of Reid's philosophy, as now understood, it will
appeal widely to people in literary, cultural, historical and
communications studies. In this regard, the present volume is a
true fruit of the Scottish Enlightenment.
This two-volume treatise is important for its wide range of
insights about the nature of the human mind, the foundations of
morals, and the relationship between morality and religion.
A collection of essays dealing with the history of the Scottish
Enlightenment, its connection with the European Enlightenment in
general, such major figures as Francis Hutcheson, Thomas Reid, and
David Hume, and the making of theScottish identity. A collection of
ten specially commissioned essays addressing five themes central to
any study of the Scottish Enlightenment: one, the place [both
physical and cognitive] of science and medicine in the Scottish
Enlightenment; two,the institutionalization of enlightenment in the
universities; three, the cultivation of the different branches of
"the science of man" in the Scottish Enlightenment; four, the
national and international contexts of enlightenmentthought in
Scotland; and five, the historiography of the Scottish
Enlightenment. Taking up these themes, the editor and contributors
explore facets of enlightened culture in Scotland which have not
been given their due in the literature, and reassess current
interpretations of various aspects of the Scottish Enlightenment
specifically and its relation to the European Enlightenment in
general. Special emphasis is given to such major Scottish
thinkersas Francis Hutcheson, George Campbell, Thomas Reid, and
David Hume.
The Scottish Enlightenment is one of the great achievements of
European culture. In philosophy, law, economics, politics,
linguistics and the physical sciences, Scots were key players in
changing the way the world was viewed. And this explosion of
activity still reverberates. It was the age of David Hume, Thomas
Reid and Adam Smith, of Adam Ferguson, James Hutton and Sir John
Sinclair. In his authoritative introduction, Alexander Broadie
emphasises not only the diversity of intellectual discussion taking
place in this small country located on the outer edge of Europe,
but also the European dimension of this Scottish movement. After
the general introduction, the anthology is arranged thematically -
Human Nature, Ethics, Aesthetics, Religion, Economics, Social
Theory and Politics, Law, Historiography, Language and Science.
These sections gather together well-known and lesser-known writings
of the time. Much of the material has not been reprinted since the
18th century. Those with an interest in the Scottish cultural
tradition will find many things to hold their attention in this
unique book.
This two-volume treatise is important for its wide range of
insights about the nature of the human mind, the foundations of
morals, and the relationship between morality and religion.
Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year
2009.Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of
the Year 2009. This book is unique in that it provides the
first-ever substantial account of the seven-centuries-old Scottish
philosophical tradition. The book focuses on a number of
philosophers in the period from the later thirteenth century until
the mid-twentieth and attends especially to some brilliantly
original texts. The book also indicates ways in which philosophy
has been intimately related to other aspects of Scotland's culture.
Among the greatest philosophers that Scotland has produced are John
Duns Scotus, Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Thomas
Reid. But there were many other fine, even brilliant philosophers
who are less highly regarded, if they are noticed at all, such as
John Mair, George Lokert, Frederick Ferrier, Andrew Seth, Norman
Kemp Smith and John Macmurray. All these thinkers and many others
are discussed in these pages.
Alexander Broadie explains the theories of truth and validity of the great logicians of the fourteenth century. He shows how far they advanced beyond the logic of Aristotle, and reveals that much of what seems characteristically twentieth-century logic was familiar long ago. He has extensively revised his text for this second edition, while preserving the character of the first. There are now fuller accounts of supposition of intentional contexts, and of medieval syllogistics, and the conclusion has been substantially expanded.
The second edition of this Companion presents a philosophical
perspective on an eighteenth-century phenomenon that has had a
profound influence on Western culture. A distinguished team of
contributors examines the writings of David Hume, Adam Smith,
Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson and other Scottish thinkers. Their
subjects range across philosophy, natural theology, economics,
anthropology, natural science, and law and the arts, and in
addition, they relate the Scottish Enlightenment to its historical
context and assess its impact and legacy. The result is a
comprehensive and accessible volume that illuminates the richness,
the intellectual variety and the underlying unity of this important
movement. This volume contains five entirely new chapters on
morality, the human mind, aesthetics, sentimentalism and political
economy, and eleven other chapters have been significantly revised
and updated. The book will be of interest to a wide range of
readers in philosophy, theology, literature and the history of
ideas.
The second edition of this Companion presents a philosophical
perspective on an eighteenth-century phenomenon that has had a
profound influence on Western culture. A distinguished team of
contributors examines the writings of David Hume, Adam Smith,
Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson and other Scottish thinkers. Their
subjects range across philosophy, natural theology, economics,
anthropology, natural science, and law and the arts, and in
addition, they relate the Scottish Enlightenment to its historical
context and assess its impact and legacy. The result is a
comprehensive and accessible volume that illuminates the richness,
the intellectual variety and the underlying unity of this important
movement. This volume contains five entirely new chapters on
morality, the human mind, aesthetics, sentimentalism and political
economy, and eleven other chapters have been significantly revised
and updated. The book will be of interest to a wide range of
readers in philosophy, theology, literature and the history of
ideas.
Reid's ideas on education are a direct development of his theory of
the mind, and the writings in this volume form an integral part of
his philosophy that has, until now, been ignored.
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