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Thomas Reid and ‘The Way of Ideas’

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Roger D. Gallie

    1. University of Leicester, UK

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 45)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Investigating Our Mental Powers

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Ideal Hypothesis

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 21-43

  4. The Epistemological Role of Perception

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 44-60

  5. The Constituents of Reality

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 61-90

  6. What Words Signify

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 91-129

  7. Active Power

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 130-153

  8. Causality

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 154-171

  9. Identity and Continuity

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 172-207

  10. Of Common Sense and First Principles

    • Roger D. Gallie
    Pages 208-243

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 244-287
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About this book

This book is meant to serve as an introduction to the philosophy of Thomas Reid by way of a study of certain themes central to that philosophy as we find it expounded in his extensive and influential published writings. The choice of these themes inevitably reflects philosophical interests of the author of this book to some extent but a main consideration behind their selection is that they are extensively treated by Reid in response to treatments by certain of his predecessors in an identifiable tradition called by Yolton 'The Way ofIdeas'. My interest in Reid's philosophy was first awakened by the brilliant writings of A.N. Prior, and in particular by Part II of his posthumous 'Objects of Thought' called 'What we think about' together with his suggestion that Reid was a precursor of Mill on the signification of proper names. It is my hope that the standard of exegesis and of discussion throughout the book, and especially in the case of these topics, is a not unworthy tribute to that thinker.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Leicester, UK

    Roger D. Gallie

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thomas Reid and ‘The Way of Ideas’

  • Authors: Roger D. Gallie

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2436-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0390-9Published: 31 July 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7599-2Published: 01 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2436-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 287

  • Topics: Epistemology, History, general, Philosophy of Language

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