Common Sense and Science From Aristotle to Reid

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin W. Redekop is Professor of Leadership Studies at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. He has published numerous books in the history of ideas, Anabaptist studies, and leadership studies. Klappentext Common Sense and Science from Aristotle to Reid brings to light the dynamic and evolving relationship between common sense and scientific thinking that stretches from Aristotle to the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Common Sense and Scientific Thinking before Copernicus; 2. The Challenge of Modern Science and Philosophy; 3. Common Notions, Sens Commun: Herbert of Cherbury and Renè Descartes; 4. Hobbes, Locke, and Innatist Responses to Skepticism and Materialism; 5. Common Sense in Early Eighteenth-Century Thought; 6. Common Sense and Moral Sense: Buffier, Hutcheson, and Butler; 7. Common Sense and the Science of Man in Enlightenment; Scotland: Turnbull and Kames; 8. Common Sense, Science, and the Public Sphere: The Philosophy of Thomas Reid; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin W Redekop, Benjamin W. Redekop, Redekop Benjamin W.
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781785275494
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-549-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; European History, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Science, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), Philosophy of Science, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Impact of science and technology on society, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge