Alexander Broadie

A History of Scottish Philosophy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is unique in that it provides the first-ever substantial account of the seven-centuries-old Scottish philosophical tradition. The book focuses on a number of philosophers in the period from the later-thirteenth century until the mid- twentieth and attends especially to some brilliantly original texts. The book also indicates ways in which philosophy has been intimately related to other aspects of Scotland's culture. Among the greatest philosophers that Scotland has produced are John Duns Scotus, Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Thomas Reid. But there were many other fine, even brilliant philosophers who are less highly regarded, if they are noticed at all, such as John Mair, George Lokert, Frederick Ferrier, Andrew Seth, Norman Kemp Smith and John Macmurray. All these thinkers and many others are discussed in these pages. This clearly written and approachable book gives us a strong sense of the Scottish philosophical tradition. Alexander Broadie is Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at Glasgow University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is the author of fifteen books, most of them on the history of Scottish thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780748616275
• ISBN-10: 0748616276
• Artikelnr.: 25906463

Autorenporträt

Alexander Broadie

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. John Duns Scotus
3. The fifteenth century
4. The Circle of John Mair
5. Humanism and after
6. Scotland moves into the Age of Enlightenment
7. David Hume
8. Adam Smith
9. The Scottish school of common sense philosophy
10. The nineteenth century: Ferrier to Seth
11. Realism and idealism: Some twentieth-century narratives
12. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.