The Philosophy of Thomas Reid A Collection of Essays

by Haldane, John; Read, Stephen L.

• ISBN13: 9781405109055
• ISBN10: 140510905X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-24
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

William D. Callister is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Utah. His teaching interests include writing and revising introductory materials science and engineering textbooks, in both print and electronic formats. He also enjoys developing ancillary resources, including instructional software and on-line testing/evaluation tools.

Author Biography

John Haldane is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of St Andrews.

Stephen Read is Reader in History and Philosophy of Logic at the University of St Andrews. He is Editorial Chairman of The Philosophical Quarterly.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(13)
John Haldane
Of Power	14	(10)
Thomas Reid
Reid and Epistemic Naturalism	24	(20)
Patrick Rysiew
The Problem with Reid's Direct Realism	44	(21)
J. Todd Buras
Reid's Foundation for the Primary/Secondary Quality Distinction	65	(17)
Jennifer McKitrick
Reid, Kant and the Philosophy of Mind	82	(16)
Etienne Brun-Rovet
Reid and Priestley on Method and the Mind	98	(15)
Alan Tapper
Common Sense and the Theory of Human Behaviour	113	(18)
Ferenc Huoranszki
How to Reid Moore	131	(20)
John Greco
A Defence of Scottish Common Sense	151	(18)
Michael Pakaluk
Reid on Fictional Objects and the Way of Ideas	169	(20)
Ryan Nichols
Reconsidering Reid's Geometry of Visibles	189	(19)
Gideon Yaffe
Index	208