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Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment : industry, knowledge and humanity / Roger L. Emerson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Emerson, Roger L.
- Series:
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hume, David, 1711-1776.
- Hume, David.
- Philosophy, Scottish--18th century.
- Philosophy, Scottish.
- Enlightenment--Scotland.
- Enlightenment.
- Scotland--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Scotland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Scottish Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and scientific progress in a country previously considered to be marginal to the European intellectual scene. This volume of essays considers a broad range of themes pertinent to the period, from the European Enlightenment and the Scots relation to it, to Scottish social history and its relation to religion, science and medicine.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 The World in which the Scottish Enlightenment Took Shape; 2 Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682-1761): Patronage and the Creation of the Scottish Enlightenment; 3 How Many Scots Were Enlightened; 4 What Did Eighteenth-Century Scottish Students Read?; 5 'Our Excellent and Never To Be Forgotten Friend:' David Hume (26 April 1711-25 August 1776); 6 Hume's Intellectual Development: Part II; 7 Hume's Histories; 8 A Note on Hume and Political Economy; 9 Numbering the Medics
- 10 What is to be Done About the Scottish Enlightenment?Select Bibliography; Indices
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-278) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-58023-3
- 1-317-14164-4
- 1-317-14163-6
- 1-282-05436-8
- 9786612054365
- 0-7546-9338-4
- 9781315580234
- OCLC:
- 388119090
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