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Thomas Reid
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Thomas Reid (1710–1796) was a Scottish philosopher, mathematician, and writer associated with the Scottish Enlightenment and Scottish Common Sense Realism. Born in Strachan and educated at the University of Aberdeen, he later served as a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His academic career included positions at both the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow, where he worked in the fields of metaphysics and ethics.
Reid’s intellectual development was influenced by David Hume and Cicero. He is the author of several works, including *Essays on the intellectual powers of man*, *Essays on the active powers of man*, and *Essays on the intellectual and active powers of man*. Other notable publications include *Recherches sur l'entendement humain* and *Oeuvres complètes de Thomas Reid*. He died in Glasgow.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1710
- Died
- 1796
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Essays on the intellectual powers of man
- Recherches sur l'entendement humain ...
- Essays on the active powers of man
- Essays on the intellectual and active powers of man
- Oeuvres complètes de Thomas Reid
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 84,453
- Total plays
- 1,313,721
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Thomas Reid is a singer/songwriter/artist from Tennessee. He is an independent artist, working under the tutelage of award-winning pianist and poet Patrick Lee Hebert on his first album. His music mixes subtle guitar riffs with lyrics that hold nothing back in their honesty, creating melancholic songs that share qualities with spoken poetry. Website link: https://thomasreidmusic.com/ <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Thomas+Reid">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,087x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,559x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,676x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 50,977x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,289x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1710-05-07 ) 7 May 1710, Strachan , Scotland
- Died
- 7 October 1796 (1796-10-07) (aged 86), Glasgow , Scotland
- Education
- Marischal College ( M.A. , 1726)
- Era
- 18th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Scottish common sense realism , Scottish Enlightenment , Epistemological externalism , Direct realism , Foundationalism , Correspondence theory of truth
- Institutions
- University of Glasgow
- Main interests
- Metaphysics Epistemology Philosophy of perception Ethics Theory of action Natural theology Aesthetics
- Notable ideas
- Direct realism Epistemological externalism Sensation – perception distinction Agent causality
- Religion
- Christianity
- Church
- Church of Scotland
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Thomas Reid, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Cameo of Thomas Reid by James Tassie, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow Thomas Reid (/riːd/; 7 May (O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 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.
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".
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