Scottish Philosophy: Selected Readings 1690-1960

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Imprint Academic, 2004 - 253 Seiten

The fame of thinkers such as David Hume, Adam Smith and Thomas Reid has led to philosophy being widely acknowledged as the jewel in the intellectual crown of the Scottish Enlightenment. But the Scottish tradition of philosophy extends much further than the 18th century. Its origins are to be found in the Middle Ages when Scotland's ancient universities were founded, and its central themes continued to be explored well into the twentieth century. This collection of readings, the first of its kind, has been chosen with a view to displaying the variety, richness and strength of the Scottish philosophical tradition. Beginning with the Philosophical Theses of Gershom Carmichael, the first person in Scotland to hold a University Chair expressly devoted to philosophy, the extracts offer readers an entry to the examination of topics as diverse as the nature of laughter, the possibility of miracles, and the foundations of psychology.

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Gershom Carmichael 16721729
13
George Turnbull 16981748
38
Adam Smith 172390
87
Thomas Reid 17101796
115
Dugald Stewart 17531828
148
Thomas Brown 17781820
165
Edward Caird 18351908
187
A E Taylor 18691945
200
John Macmurray 18911976
237
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Gordon Graham is Director of the Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He has taught philosophy at the Universities of St Andrews and Aberdeen, and at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has published extensively on a wide range of philosophical topics.

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