Gordon Graham, Editor

The fame of thinkers such as David Hume, Adam Smith and Thomas Reid has led to philosophy being widely acknowledged as the jewel in the intellectual crown of the Scottish Enlightenment. But the Scottish tradition of philosophy extends much further than the 18th century. Its origins are to be found in the Middle Ages when Scotland's ancient universities were founded, and its central themes continued to be explored well into the twentieth century. This collection of readings, the first of its kind, has been chosen with a view to displaying the variety and strength of the Scottish philosophical tradition. Beginning with the Philosophical Theses of Gershom Carmichael, the first person in Scotland to hold a University Chair expressly devoted to philosophy, the selections offer readers an entry to the examination of topics as diverse as the nature of laughter, the possibility of miracles, and the foundations of psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction

• GERSHOM CARMICHAEL (1672-1729)
         Philosophical Theses I-XIX
  
• FRANCES HUTCHESON (1694-1746)
         Thoughts on Laughter
  
• GEORGE TURNBULL (1698-1748)
         The Principles of Moral Philosophy
  
• DAVID HUME (1711-76)
         Sceptical Doubts and Sceptical Solutions
         Miracles
         Tragedy
  
• ADAM SMITH (1723-90)
         The Origins of Philosophy: Wonder and Surprise
         Sympathy
  
• THOMAS REID (1710-1796)
         Inquiring into the Human Mind
         Common Sense
         First Principles
  
• DUGALD STEWART (1753-1828)
         The Utility of the Philosophy of Mind
         The Origin of Knowledge
  
• THOMAS BROWN (1778-1820)
         Hume as a philosopher
  
• JAMES FREDERICK FERRIER (1806-64)
         Reid and the Philosophy of Common Sense
  
• EDWARD CAIRD (1835-1908)
         Idealism and the Theory of Knowledge
  
• A. E. TAYLOR (1869-1945)
         David Hume and the Miraculous
  
• C. A. CAMPBELL (1897-1974)
         In Defence of Free Will
  
• JOHN MACMURRAY (1891-1976)
         The Crisis of the Personal

Gordon Graham is Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, Director of the Centre for the Study of Scottish Philosophy, and
a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

· ISBN 0-907845-74-6 · Published July 2004 by Imprint Academic · Paperback · 253 pages · $25.90 ·

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