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Thomas Reid
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Thomas Reid was a philosopher, librarian, mathematician, and writer from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Born in Strachan in 1710, he was educated at the University of Aberdeen and later employed by both the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow. He worked within the fields of metaphysics and ethics, contributing to the Scottish Enlightenment and Scottish Common Sense Realism movements. His intellectual approach was influenced by David Hume and Cicero.
Reid wrote in English and was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, where he received the award of Fellow. He authored numerous works, including Essays on the intellectual powers of man, Essays on the active powers of man, and Oeuvres complètes de Thomas Reid. He died in Glasgow in 1796.
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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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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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Reid
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Strachan
- Place of death
- Glasgow
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Aberdeen
- Employer
- University of Glasgow
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Academic degree
- professor
- Field of work
- metaphysics
- Movement
- Scottish Common Sense Realism
- Image
- ThomasReid.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1710-04-26
- date of death
- 1796-10-07
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- Royal Society of Edinburgh
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- name in native language
- Thomas Reid
- influenced by
- Cicero
- writing language
- English language
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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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