Thomas Reid

by Brookes, Derek R.

• ISBN13: 9780271020716
• ISBN10: 0271020717
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

Summary

Thomas Reid (1710-96) is increasingly being seen as a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. His Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense has long been recognized as a classic philosophical text. Since its first publication in 1764, no fewer than forty editions have been published. The proliferation of secondary literature further indicates that Reid's work is flourishing as never before, yet there exist thousands of unpublished manuscript pages in Reid's hand, many of which relate directly to the composition of the Inquiry. Furthermore, no account has been taken of the successive alterations made to the four editions published in Reid's lifetime. This new edition, edited by Derek Brookes, aims to present a complete, critically edited text of the Inquiry, accompanied by a judicious selection of manuscript evidence relating to its composition.

The volume contains a preface by Brookes followed by an introduction giving the central argument of the Inquiry by means of a historical and philosophical account of its formation. The critica

Author Biography

Derek Brookes completed this edition during a Research Fellowship at Yale University. He has a PhD in philosophy from the Australian National University

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Acknowledgements	viii
Abbreviations	ix
Introduction	xi
CRITICAL TEXT	1	(250)
An Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Dedication	3	(4)
Contents	7	(4)
Introduction	11	(14)
Of Smelling	25	(21)
Of Tasting	46	(3)
Of Hearing	49	(5)
Of Touch	54	(23)
Of Seeing	77	(126)
Conclusion	203	(48)
Explanatory Notes	219	(16)
Textual Notes	235	(16)
MANUSCRIPTS	251	(82)
Editorial Principles	252	(2)
Index of Manuscripts	254	(79)
The Hume-Reid Exchange	255	(11)
The Aberdeen Philosophical Society	266	(50)
Miscellaneous	316	(17)
Register of Editions	333	(3)
Page Concordance	336	(1)
Index	337