Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (eBook)

Thomas Reid (Autor)

Derek Brookes (Herausgeber)

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2019
376 Seiten
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-7192-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Thomas Reid (1710-96) is increasingly being seen as a highly significant philosopher and a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. This 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.Key Features:*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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.8.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• ISBN-10: 1-4744-7192-7 / 1474471927
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4744-7192-3 / 9781474471923