Scotch Metaphysics - A Century of Enlightenment in Scotland

Focusing on the works of Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Sir William Hamilton, Thomas Brown and James Frederick Ferrier, this book offers a definitive account of an important philosophical movement, and represents a ground-breaking contribution to scholarship in the area. Essential reading for philosophers or anyone with an interest in the history of philosophical thought.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Hume and the Rankenian Society; Chapter 2 Reid (1); Chapter 3 Reid (2); Chapter 4 Stewart; Chapter 5 Brown, Hamilton and Ferrier (1); Chapter 6 Brown, Hamilton and Ferrier (2) Index;

About the author

George Davie D.Litt, FRSE, D.h.c. is the author of The Democratic Intellect: Scotland and her Universities in the Nineteenth Century, The Crisis of the Democratic Intellect and two volumes of essays on the Scottish Enlightenment. He is Emeritus Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and recipient of the Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Award for services to Scotland.

Summary

Focusing on the works of Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Sir William Hamilton, Thomas Brown and James Frederick Ferrier, this book offers a definitive account of an important philosophical movement, and represents a ground-breaking contribution to scholarship in the area. Essential reading for philosophers or anyone with an interest in the history of philosophical thought.

Additional text

'It is of historical interest - a significant step in the historiography of the Scottish Enlightenment.' - Journal of Scottish Philosophy

Product details

• Authors: George Davie, George E Davie, George E. Davie, George Elder Davie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2015
• EAN: 9780415862844
• ISBN: 978-0-415-86284-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy; Routledge Studies in Nineteent; Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy