Description
Book SynopsisThomas Reid was one of the greatest philosophers of the eighteenth century and a contemporary of Kanta s. This volume is part of a new wave of international interest in Reid from a new generation of scholars. The volume opens with an introduction to Reida s life and work, including biographical material previously little known.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: John Haldane (University of St. Andrews).
2. Of Power: Thomas Reid.
3. Reid and Epistemic Naturalism: The Constitutive First Principles of Common Sense: Patrick Rysiew (University of British Columbia).
4.The Problem with Reid’s Direct Realism: J. Todd Buras (Yale University).
5. Reid’s Foundation for the Primary Quality / Secondary Quality Distinction: Jennifer McKitrick (University of Alabama at Birmingham).
6. Reid, Kant, and the Philosophy of Mind: Etienne Brun-Rovet.
7. Reid and Priestley on Method and the Mind: Alan Tapper (Edith Cowan University, Western Australia).
8. Common Sense and the Theory of Human Behaviour: Ferenc Huoranszki (Central European University, Budapest).
9. How to Reid Moore: John Greco (Fordham University).
10. A Defense of Scottish Common Sense: Michael Pakaluk (Clark University, Massachusetts).
11. Reid on Fictional Objects and the Way of Ideas: Ryan Nichols (University of Aberdeen).
12. Reconsidering Reid’s Geometry of Visibles: Gideon Yaffe (University of Southern California).
