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Hardback. New. With its bold and controversial argument, The Scotch Metaphysics will be of essential interest to any serious scholar of eighteenth century philosophy.
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The Scotch Metaphysics: A Century of Enlightenment in Scotland Hardcover - 2001
by George E. Davie
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In the Scottish universities, an Enlightenment in philosophy, which George III dubbed "the Scotch Metaphysics", continued unabated from the eighteenth and throughout the nineteenth century. This book brings out how different the way of doing philosophy in Scotland was during this period by comparison with how it was pursued in England. In Scotland, as on the continent of Europe, philosophy was a central subject in the universities, whereas in England, except for a perfunctory application in faculties of divinity, it flourished only outside the walls of the academy.
Focusing on the works of Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Sir William Hamilton, Thomas Brown and James Frederick Ferrier, The Scotch Metaphysics offers a definitive account of an important philosophical movement and represents a ground-breaking contribution to scholarship in the area. It will be essential reading for philosophers and anyone interested in the history of philosophical thought.
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- Title The Scotch Metaphysics: A Century of Enlightenment in Scotland
- Author George E. Davie
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, New York
- Date 2001-01-25
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780415242653 / 0415242657
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.5 x 6.39 x 0.77 in (24.13 x 16.23 x 1.96 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Enlightenment - Scotland, Philosophy, Scottish - 18th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00057633
- Dewey Decimal Code 192
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