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Thomas Reid (1710-96) is increasingly being seen as a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. His Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense has long been recognized as a classic philosophical text. Since its first publication in 1764, no fewer than forty editions have been published. The proliferation of secondary literature further indicates that Reid's work is flourishing as never before, yet there exist thousands of unpublished manuscript pages in Reid's hand, many of which relate directly to the composition of the Inquiry. Furthermore, no account has been taken of the successive alterations made to the four editions published in Reid's lifetime. This new edition, edited by Derek Brookes, aims to present a complete, critically edited text of the Inquiry, accompanied by a judicious selection of manuscript evidence relating to its composition. The volume contains a preface by Brookes followed by an introduction giving the central argument of the Inquiry by means of a historical and philosophical account of its formation. The critical text is based on the fourth lifetime edition (1785), while the textual notes include bibliographical details and allusions, translations, references to secondary literature, and selected passages from Reid's manuscript.

In this provocative book, philosopher Paul Kurtz, one of the world's leading skeptics, explores the dimensions of the "new skepticism", which he labels "skeptical inquiry". An outgrowth of pragmatism, skeptical inquiry differs from earlier forms of skepticism, Kurtz argues, because its motivation is inquiry rather than doubt. Thus the new skepticism is constructive rather than negative. Part 1 is a historical review starting with the classical skepticism of the Sophists, Pyrrhonists, Carneades, and others. The beginnings of modern skepticism are then traced back to the Renaissance and the Reformation, and thinkers such as Descartes and Hume. The historical survey concludes with a look at the pragmatism of Peirce, Dewey, Hook, and Rorty, and its postmodernist critics. Kurtz thus paves the way for consideration of skeptical inquiry "a new, more meaningful and justifiable skepticism". In Part 2, "Inquiry and Objectivity", Kurtz critiques the nihilistic and mitigated forms of classical skepticism and the "egocentric predicament". He argues that classical skepticism is no longer viable, given the development of reliable knowledge in many fields of human inquiry. He also maintains that there are objective criteria for testing knowledge claims, and these are often as effective in ordinary life as they are in the sciences. He asks, "Should we not suspend judgment about beliefs for which there is neither sufficient evidence nor adequate reasons?" In Part 3, "The Paranormal, Religion, and Fantasy", Kurtz discusses the psychology of belief. He finds that both paranormal and theistic beliefs are based on powerful human dispositions, including the proclivity for fantasy and illusion. In Part 4, "TheJudgments of Practice", Kurtz demonstrates that skeptical inquiry can be applied to ethics and politics with positive results.

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Thomas Reid - ... of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense, and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. The early part of his life was spent in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he created the "Wise Club" (a literary-philosophical association) and graduated from the University of Aberdeen. He was given a professorship at King's College Aberdeen in 1752, where he wrote An Inquiry Into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (published in 1764). Shortly afterward he was given a much more prestigious professorship at the University of Glasgow when he was called to replace Adam Smith. He resigned from ...

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