The Scotch metaphysics : a century of enlightenment in Scotland / George Davie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davie, George Elder.

Series:

Routledge studies in nineteenth-century philosophy ; 1.

Routledge studies in nineteenth-century philosophy ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment--Scotland.

Enlightenment.

Scotland.

Philosophy, Scottish--18th century.

Philosophy, Scottish.

Philosophy, Scottish--19th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 241 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Summary:

In the Scottish universities, an Enlightenment in philosophy which George III dubbed "the Scotch metaphysics", continued unabated from the eighteenth and throughout the nineteenth centuries. This book explores how different 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, this book offers a definitive account of an important philosophical movement, and represents a ground-breaking contribution to scholarship in the area.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [x]-xi) and index.

ISBN:

0415242657

OCLC:

44585985