1st Edition

The Scotch Metaphysics A Century of Enlightenment in Scotland

By George E. Davie Copyright 2001
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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;

    Biography

    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.

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