Thomas Reid and the Story of Epistemology

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Cambridge University Press, 2001 - Philosophy - 265 pages
This important book will do much to reestablish the significance of Thomas 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.There is no competing book that both uncovers the deep pattern of Reid's thought and relates it to contemporary philosophical debate. It must be read by historians of philosophy as well as all philosophers concerned with epistemology and the philosophy of mind.
 

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Reids Questions
1
The Way of Ideas Structure and Motivation
23
Reids Opening Attack Nothing Is Explained
45
The Attack Continues Theres Not the Resemblance
77
Reids Analysis of Perception The Standard Schema
96
An Exception or Two to Reids Standard Schema
132
The Epistemology of Testimony
163
Reids Way with the Skeptic
185
Common Sense
215
In Conclusion Living Wisely in the Darkness
250
Index
263
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