The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish EnlightenmentAlexander Broadie The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment offers a philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century movement that has been profoundly influential on western culture. A distinguished team of contributors examines the writings of David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, Colin Maclaurin and other Scottish thinkers, in fields including philosophy, natural theology, economics, anthropology, natural science and law. In addition, the contributors relate the Scottish Enlightenment to its historical context and assess its impact and legacy in Europe, America and beyond. The result is a comprehensive and accessible volume that illuminates the richness, the intellectual variety and the underlying unity of this important movement. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy, theology, literature and the history of ideas. |
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... Edinburgh University Press . He has contributed chapters to two forthcoming volumes , The Cambridge Companion to Adam Smith and The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid . JOHN W. CAIRNS is Professor of Legal History at the University of ...
... Edinburgh University Press . He has contributed chapters to two forthcoming volumes , The Cambridge Companion to Adam Smith and The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid . JOHN W. CAIRNS is Professor of Legal History at the University of ...
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... Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid ( Edinburgh University Press ) and of The Works and Correspondence of Francis Hutcheson ( Liberty Press ) . His books include The Sci- ence of a Legislator : The Natural Jurisprudence of David Hume and ...
... Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid ( Edinburgh University Press ) and of The Works and Correspondence of Francis Hutcheson ( Liberty Press ) . His books include The Sci- ence of a Legislator : The Natural Jurisprudence of David Hume and ...
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... of Eco- nomics at the University of Glasgow . He is a Fellow both of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . Among many publications he has produced an edition of Sir James List of contributors ix.
... of Eco- nomics at the University of Glasgow . He is a Fellow both of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . Among many publications he has produced an edition of Sir James List of contributors ix.
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... Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid . He is currently working on a biography of Reid for Edinburgh University Press . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This is a wide - ranging Companion and my X List of contributors.
... Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid . He is currently working on a biography of Reid for Edinburgh University Press . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This is a wide - ranging Companion and my X List of contributors.
Contents
The contexts of the Scottish Enlightenment | 9 |
Religion and rational theology | 31 |
The human mind and its powers | 60 |
Anthropology the original of human nature | 79 |
Science in the Scottish Enlightenment | 94 |
Scepticism and common sense | 117 |
Moral sense and the foundations of morals | 136 |
The political theory of the Scottish Enlightenment | 157 |
Legal theory | 222 |
Sociality and socialisation | 243 |
Historiography | 258 |
Art and aesthetic theory | 280 |
The impact on Europe | 298 |
The impact on America Scottish philosophy and the American founding | 316 |
The nineteenthcentury aftermath | 338 |
Select bibliography | 351 |
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