Man and society the Scottish inquiry of the eighteenth century / Gladys Bryson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryson, Gladys, author.

Series:

Reprints of economic classics.

Reprints of economic classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 287 pages).

Other Title:

Man and society

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1945.

Summary:

"The aim of this book is concerned with the efforts of the eighteenth century to establish an empirical basis for the study of man and society. Attention is focused on a group of Scottish writers of moral philosophy who were absorbed in that empirical enterprise, even though they gave expression to "mixed modes of thought." The author contends that the choice of this Scottish group can be justified. The writers discussed include David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, Dugald Stewart, Lord Kames, and Lord Monboddo"-- Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

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