Thomas Reid
Scottish philosopher (1710–1796) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Reid FRSE (/riːd/; 7 May (O.S. 26 April) 1710[6] – 7 October 1796) was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher best known for his philosophical method, his theory of perception, and its wide implications on epistemology, and as the developer and defender of an agent-causal theory of free will. He also focused extensively on ethics, theory of action, language and philosophy of mind.
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Born | (1710-04-26)26 April 1710 Strachan, Scotland |
Died | 7 October 1796(1796-10-07) (aged 86) Glasgow, Scotland |
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Era | 18th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Scottish common sense realism[1] Scottish Enlightenment Epistemological externalism[2] Direct realism[3] Foundationalism[2][4] Correspondence theory of truth[5] |
Institutions | University of Glasgow |
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He was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A contemporary of David Hume, Reid was also "Hume's earliest and fiercest critic".[7]