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Thomas Reid: Ethics, Aesthetics and the Anatomy of the Self

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  1. Roger D. Gallie

    1. University of Nottingham, UK

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 78)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Perception, Sensation and First Principles — The Ingredients of a Sense

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    Pages 1-12

  3. The Varieties of Causation

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    Pages 13-26

  4. Action, Motivation and Moral Psychology

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    Pages 27-44

  5. Language, Conception and Representation

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    Pages 45-61

  6. The Nature of Persons

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 63-84

  7. Moral Judgment

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    Pages 85-111

  8. Presenting Morality

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    Pages 113-143

  9. The Judgment of Beauty

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    Pages 145-160

  10. The Sublime, the Beautiful and the Novel

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 161-184

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 185-202
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About this book

I: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REID Thomas Reid (1710-96) was born at Strachan in Kincardineshire, Scotland, not far from Aberdeen. Reid was fortunate in his family connections. For instance his mother's brother was David Gregory, Savilian professor of Astronomy at Oxford and close friend of Sir Isaac Newton. Reid entered Marischal College, Aberdeen, at the age of twelve after the usual spell in Aberdeen Grammar School. After a short period as college librarian he married his cousin Margaret Gregory, having gained the position of (Presbyterian) minister at New Machar, in the gift of King's College, Aberdeen, which he held from 1737 till 1752. Although Reid published only one paper, An Essay on Quantity, in this period he was far from intellectually idle; for one thing he familiarised himself with the works of Bishop Butler, especially The Analogy of Religion, which, together with those of Samuel Clarke and Isaac Newton, were to have a profound influence on his mature philosophy. In 1752 Reid was appointed a regent at King's College, Aberdeen. During his regency he not only founded a crucially important discussion group, 'The Wise Club', and familiarised himself with David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature both through his own reading and by exhaustive discussion of it within the group; he also wrote extensively. He composed and delivered his seminal Latin Philosophical Orations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Nottingham, UK

    Roger D. Gallie

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thomas Reid: Ethics, Aesthetics and the Anatomy of the Self

  • Authors: Roger D. Gallie

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9020-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5241-9Published: 31 October 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5095-3Published: 23 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9020-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 202

  • Topics: Philosophy, general, Ontology, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics

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