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-Contains a biographical essay placing Reid’s work in the context of his times, as well as an up-to-date bibliography of secondary works.
Thomas Reid (1710-1796) was one of the great figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, and one of the giants of modern philosophy. A founder and perhaps the greatest proponent of the common sense school of philosophy, he offered trenchant criticisms of earlier figures such as John Locke and David Hume, and constructed his own path-breaking theory of epistemology and perception. However, his interests ranged widely, and his works offer profound insights into topics as diverse as causation, free will, ethics, and aesthetics.
This edition includes Reid’s three great philosophical masterpieces An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1764), Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (1785), and Essays on the Active Powers of Man (1788). All three are presented complete and unabridged. They have been meticulously edited and formatted for . The edition includes an active table of contents and is fully searchable.
“Reid advocates fascinating views and voices forceful arguments on their behalf, the plausibility of which has only ripened with age.” Ryan Nichols, Hume Studies
Thomas Reid Inquiry and Essays edition by Thomas Reid Politics Social Sciences eBooks
This is an abridged version of both major works of Thomas Reid. Thomas Reid is a grossly underrated philosopher. While he was more popular than Hume in his day, you rarely hear of him now. He's never mentioned in most histories of western philosophy, and its very hard to find complete editions of his work. Nor is he taught in most philosophy classes. Yet, this philosopher is a great read for those who find the abstract rationalism of Descartes and Spinoza off-putting, or find epistemological skepticism or any of the various forms of idealism unsettling.Reid has gotten a little credit though. His Common Sense Philosophy influenced Charles Peirce, and G.E. Moore. In fact, for those interested in G.E. Moore, I would recommend an essay by John Greco called "How to Reid Moore". It looks at the philosophy of G.E. moore through the lens of Reid's philosophy.
This abridged version gets the main points of Reid's philosophy down, and can be thought of a quick overview of a man who's philosophy you may never otherwise get a chance to Reid (puns!).
Also Recommended: The Enlightenment Reader from the Viking Portable Library, Philosophical Writings of Peirce.
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Thomas Reid Inquiry and Essays edition by Thomas Reid Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
The philosophy of Common Sense, not always adhered to in the modern world.
There have been few times in modern history that people could sit down to negotiate and not be able to come to consensus. Inherent in a democratic society is the agreement for the need to compromise on important issues. Historian Marc Raeff ("Russia," Multimedia Encyclopedia (Version 1.5). The Software Toolworks. 1992. CD-ROM by Creative Technology.) wrote, “If democracy means nothing more than giving the majority of the people what they want, then it is practically indistinguishable from fascism.” The main distinction between modern dictatorships from those in the past is that modern dictatorships arise from mass movements that give them a broad base of approval. This was true of Lenin and Hitler.
Thomas Reid, in 1763, wrote, “For before men can reason together, they must agree in first principles; and it is impossible to reason with a man who has no principles in common with you. Thomas Reid wrote, "There are, therefore, common principles, which are the foundation of all reasoning, and of all science. Such common principles seldom admit of direct proof, nor do they need it. Men need not to be taught them; for they are such as all men of common understanding know; or such, at least, as they give a ready assent to, as soon as they are proposed and understood. Such principles, when we have occasion to use them in science, are called axioms." Thomas Reid’s Essays are indispensable to us today. We have two main groups of people in our nation with diametrically opposed world views. What did our founder’s at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia do in 1787 when they faced vitally different principles on slavery? The founders stayed out of the fray; they left the decision to another day. That day came in April 12, 1861, when the Confederate Army at Charleston, South Carolina fired the first rounds on Fort Sumter.
Reid’s essays warn of this, vividly. Do we want a second American civil war? If not, then the federal government must stay out of discussions involving fundamental principles such as “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.” These must be left to the people and the states to resolve before the drums of war start beating in our nation again.
Reid is the perfect antidote to Descartes, Berkeley, and Hume. He is also progenitor of ordinary language philosophy and ordinary common sense. The sensible world is restored as a first principle; something that cannot be proven, but all must concede exists. And all perception is veridical. The Inquiry captures all the nuances of the five senses as we ordinarily have come to know them. Ditto, reason, which is the focus of the first Essay. Yes, reason can lead one into infinite regress, especially when it comes to causes and effects, but we necessarily rely on some element of reason (conception, imagination, judgment) to give us bearings in the world. The final Essay is on morality. It is the least interesting, if only because Reid appeals to the "Author of our being" to establish first principles of right and wrong. Even so, humans are endowed naturally with a moral sense so that many of the appeals to God could just as easily be appeals to our endowment by human nature. But the number of his first principles is inordinate.
One of the problems with Reid's entire approach is the number of his first principles. I stopped counting after forty. Somehow that many first principles defeats the whole notion of first principle. Even if I agree with Reid that Descartes' starting point, the thinking self, is the wrong first principle, at least Descartes starts with one first principle and deduces others. Likewise, Berkeley and Hume, one to an idealist conclusion, one to a sceptical conclusion. Reid's approach is manifestly opposite. Since he insists so much of what we are consists of numerous first principles, soon the whole notion of "first principle" loses its meaning. In a sense, to save the rest of ordinary language and common sense philosophy, he must abuse the ordinary notion of "first principle."
Somehow, there needs to be a better balance. Surely, that man is sentient can itself be a first principle, and that man is a rational animal can be another, and from these two, the others can be deduced. Maybe not. That's the predicament of modern philosophy.
The Inquiry is a must-read for anyone sincerely interested in philosophy.
The editor says, "The present edition is an attempt to 'let Reid speak for himself.'" Yet he deletes the first two sections of Reid's primary essay and begins with the third! And he continues this practice throughout the work. Unacceptable. Get the whole story in an unabridged edition - Reid is worth reading.
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This is an abridged version of both major works of Thomas Reid. Thomas Reid is a grossly underrated philosopher. While he was more popular than Hume in his day, you rarely hear of him now. He's never mentioned in most histories of western philosophy, and its very hard to find complete editions of his work. Nor is he taught in most philosophy classes. Yet, this philosopher is a great read for those who find the abstract rationalism of Descartes and Spinoza off-putting, or find epistemological skepticism or any of the various forms of idealism unsettling.
Reid has gotten a little credit though. His Common Sense Philosophy influenced Charles Peirce, and G.E. Moore. In fact, for those interested in G.E. Moore, I would recommend an essay by John Greco called "How to Reid Moore". It looks at the philosophy of G.E. moore through the lens of Reid's philosophy.
This abridged version gets the main points of Reid's philosophy down, and can be thought of a quick overview of a man who's philosophy you may never otherwise get a chance to Reid (puns!).
Also Recommended The Enlightenment Reader from the Viking Portable Library, Philosophical Writings of Peirce.
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