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A history of Scottish philosophy / Alexander Broadie

Author
Broadie, Alexander
Published
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
1 online resource (vii, 392 pages)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 John Duns Scotus; CHAPTER 3 The Fifteenth Century; CHAPTER 4 The Circle of John Mair; CHAPTER 5 Humanism and After; CHAPTER 6 Scotland Moves into the Age of Enlightenment; CHAPTER 7 David Hume; CHAPTER 8 Adam Smith; CHAPTER 9 The Scottish School of Common Sense Philosophy; CHAPTER 10 The Nineteenth Century: Ferrier to Seth; CHAPTER 11 Realism and Idealism: Some Twentieth-century Narratives; CHAPTER 12 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award 2009Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year Award2009 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.
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9780748628643 (electronic bk.)
0748628649 (electronic bk.)
9786612058899
6612058897
0748652477
9780748652471
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9781282058897
9780748616275
0748616276
9780748616282
0748616284
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-380) and index.
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