David Hume and the Aberdeen Philosophers : Reid, Campbell, Gerard, Beattie
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy
ISBN-10
1399541625
ISBN-13
9781399541626
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
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Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 31st, 2026
Print length
192 Pages
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Rediscovers David Hume’s contemporary critics to systematically investigate the merits of Thomas Reid, George Campbell, Alexander Gerard and James Beattie.
David Hume is the most famous philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. Yet his prominence in the history of philosophy has had the unhappy effect of overshadowing some of the most insightful critics amongst his contemporaries. This book aims to restore the philosophical credentials of a remarkable set of eighteenth-century philosophers based in Aberdeen’s two university colleges. In their own time, Thomas Reid, George Campbell, Alexander Gerard and James Beattie provided compelling counters to the intellectual dominance of Hume’s Edinburgh. Though they are now largely neglected, all four prove to be philosophers of striking critical acumen. Their work can still cast fresh light on Hume’s influential contribution to the enduring philosophical questions of morality, religion, aesthetics and politics.
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