Thomas Reid

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Thomas Reid was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher best known as the founder of the Scottish common sense school of philosophy, which opposed the skepticism of thinkers like David Hume.

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Thomas Reid canonical 22
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instanceOf Enlightenment philosopher ⓘ
Scottish philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
almaMater University of Aberdeen ⓘ
birthDate 1710-04-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Strachan, Kincardineshire, Scotland ⓘ
clergyOf Church of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1796-10-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Glasgow, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Glasgow
educatedAt Marischal College ⓘ
era 18th-century philosophy ⓘ
field philosophy ⓘ
influenced Alvin Plantinga ⓘ
C. S. Peirce ⓘ
Dugald Stewart ⓘ
G. E. Moore ⓘ
Roderick Chisholm ⓘ
Sir William Hamilton ⓘ
influencedBy David Hume ⓘ
George Berkeley ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
knownFor critique of philosophical skepticism ⓘ
direct realism about perception ⓘ
founding the Scottish common sense school of philosophy ⓘ
theory of common sense beliefs ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainInterest epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
philosophy of perception ⓘ
movement Scottish School of Common Sense ⓘ
Scottish common sense realism ⓘ
name Thomas Reid ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
opposedTo skepticism of David Hume ⓘ
philosophicalView common sense realism ⓘ
direct realism about external objects ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow ⓘ
Regent at King’s College, Aberdeen ⓘ
minister of New Machar parish ⓘ
region Western philosophy ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
work An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense ⓘ
Essays on the Active Powers of Man ⓘ
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man ⓘ

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