Thomas Reid and the Problem of Secondary Qualities

Christopher Shrock (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2017
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-1784-6 (ISBN)

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With a new reading of Thomas Reid on primary and secondary qualities, Christopher A. Shrock illuminates the Common Sense theory of perception. Shrock follow's Reid's lead in defending common sense philosophy against the problem of secondary qualities, which claims that our perceptions are only experiences in our brains, not of the world.

Defends Reid's Common Sense philosophy against the claim that perception does not allow us to experience the physical world With a new reading of Thomas Reid on primary and secondary qualities, Christopher A. Shrock illuminates the Common Sense theory of perception. Shrock follow's Reid's lead in defending common sense philosophy against the problem of secondary qualities, which claims that our perceptions are only experiences in our brains, and don't let us know about the world around us. At the same time, Schrock maintains a healthy optimism about science and reason.

Christopher A. Shrock is Dean of Students and Professor of Humanities at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, where he teaches history, math and the philosophy of science.

Part I: Why Secondary Qualities are a Problem

1. Why Direct Realism?

2. General Exposition of the Problem of Secondary Qualities

3. Why Direct Realism Needs Objective Secondary Qualities

Part II: How Thomas Reid Solves the Problem

4. Primary and Secondary Qualities in Reid’s Theory of PercePartion

5. Answering the Problem of Secondary Qualities

6. Understanding Reid’s Distinction

Part III: Eight Objections with Replies

7. Scientific Objections

8. Philosophical Objections

9. A Historical Objection

10. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	31.10.2017
Zusatzinfo	2 B/W illustrations 2 B/W tables
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	1-4744-1784-1 / 1474417841
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-1784-6 / 9781474417846
Zustand	Neuware