Thomas Reid's Inquiry: The Geometry of Visibles and the Case for Realism (Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University)

Daniels, Goldthwaite Professor And Former Chair Of The Tufts Philosophy Department And Professor Of Medical Ethics At Tufts Medical School Norman

ISBN 10: 0804715041 / ISBN 13: 9780804715041

Published by Stanford University Press, 1989

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160 Pages.

Seller Inventory # 041424

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thomas Reid's Inquiry: The Geometry of Visibles and the Case for Realism (Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804715041
• ISBN 13: 9780804715041
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

The author focuses on Section IX of Chapter 6 of Tonmas Redi's work to reassess the inquiry. The book prvides provides strong evidence that Reid discovered non-Euclidean geometry 60 years before the mathematicians did. This discussion of the "Common Sense" philosopher considers his epistemological realism (in opposition to the idealism of Berkeley and the skepticism of Hume), paying careful attention to his scientific and mathematical theories. With foreword by Hilary Putnam. 160 pages with index.