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Reid's Critique of HumeAuthor: Oxford University
Under David Hume, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy begins with, The most important philosopher ever to write in English. His most formidable contemporary critic was the fellow Scot, Thomas Reid, the major architect of so-called Scottish Common Sense Philosophy. The most significant features of Humes work, as understood by Reid, are the representive theory of perception, the nature of causation and causal concepts, the nature of personal identity and the foundations of morality. Each of these topics is presented in a pair of lectures, the first summarizing Humes position and the second Reids critique of that position. Language: en Genres: Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The “representational” theory of knowledge
Wednesday, 14 May, 2014
Professor Dan Robinson, Oxford University, delivers the first part of his series examining Reid's Critique of Hume. Hume defends the thesis according to which “ALL THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND RESOLVE THEMSELVES INTO…IMPRESSIONS AND IDEAS”. Accordingly, “We may prosecute this enquiry to what length we please; where we shall always find, that every idea which we examine is copied from a similar impression”.
