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An inquiry into the human mind on the principles of common sense : a critical edition / Thomas Reid ; edited by Derek R. Brookes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796, author.
- Series:
- Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796. Selections. 1995 ; Works. Volume 2.
- Edinburgh edition of Thomas Reid ; Volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Common sense.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 345 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Thomas Reid (1710-96) is increasingly being seen as a highly significant philosopher and a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. This edition of Reid's classic philosophical text in the philosophy of mind at long last gives scholars a complete critically edited text of the Inquiry. The critical text is based on the fourth life-time edition (1785). A selection of related documents showing the development of Reid's thought, textual notes, bibliographical details of previous editions, and a full introduction by the editor makes this an important contribution to the study of this increasingly respected philosopher.Key Features:*Complete, critically edited text of the Inquiry accompanied by a judicious selection of manuscript evidence relating to its composition.*Comprehensive Introduction providing an historical and philosophical account of the formation of the Inquiry.*Detailed textual notes which include bibliographical details and allusions, translations, references to secondary literature and selected passages from Reid's MSS.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-7192-7
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