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Synopsis
Thomas Reid (1710-96) is increasingly being seen as a highly significant philosopher and a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.
This new edition of Reid's classic philosophical text in the philosophy of mind at long last gives scholars a complete critically edited text of the Inquiry. The critical text is based on the fourth life-time edition (1785). A selection of related documents showing the development of Reid's thought, textual notes, bibliographical details of previous editions, and a full introduction by the editor makes this an important contribution to the study of this increasingly respected philosopher.
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Complete, critically edited text of the Inquiry accompanied by a judicious selection of manuscript evidence relating to its composition. Comprehensive Introduction providing an historical and philosophical account of the formation of the Inquiry Detailed textual notes which include bibliographical details and allusions, translations, references to secondary literature and selected passages from Reid's MSS"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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The Reverend Thomas Reid (1710 - 1796), a religiously trained Scottish philosopher and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment.
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"In this critical edition of An Inquiry Into the Human Mind, Reid s classic eighteenth-century treatise in the philosophy of mind appears with supplementary manuscripts and correspondence that, along with a crack editing job, provide the context for a rich understanding of this work." --Marc Baer, Review of Metaphysics
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Thomas Reid's an Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense : On the Principles of Common Sense
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Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 0271017414
ISBN 13: 9780271017419
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