Thomas Reid and the story of epistemology / / Nicholas Wolterstorff

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829174203321
• Autore: Wolterstorff Nicholas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 1-107-12942-7; 1-280-41806-0; 1-139-14663-7; 0-511-17799-2; 0-511-07398-4; 0-511-07370-4; 0-511-32365-4; 0-511-61384-9; 0-511-07388-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Modern European philosophy
• Disciplina: 121/.092
• Soggetti: Knowledge, Theory of
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER I Reid's Questions; CHAPTER II The Way of Ideas: Structure and Motivation; CHAPTER III Reid's Opening Attack: Nothing Is Explained; CHAPTER IV The Attack Continues: There's Not the Resemblance; CHAPTER V Reid's Analysis of Perception: The Standard Schema; CHAPTER VI An Exception (or Two) to Reid's Standard Schema; CHAPTER VII The Epistemology of Testimony; CHAPTER VIII Reid's Way with the Skeptic; CHAPTER IX Common Sense; CHAPTER X In Conclusion: Living Wisely in the Darkness; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The two great philosophical figures at the culminating point of the Enlightenment are Thomas Reid in Scotland and Immanuel Kant in Germany. Reid was by far the most influential across Europe and the United States well into the nineteenth century. Since that time his fame and influence have been eclipsed by his German contemporary. This important book by one of today's leading philosophers of knowledge ; and religion will do much to reestablish the significance of Reid for philosophy today. Nicholas Wolterstorff has produced the first systematic account of Reid's epistemology. Relating Reid's philosophy to present-day epistemological discussions the author demonstrates how they are at once remarkably timely, relevant, and provocative. No other book both uncovers the deep pattern of Reid's thought and relates it to contemporary philosophical debate. This book should be read by historians of philosophy as well as all philosophers concerned with epistemology and the philosophy of mind.