| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). |
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text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh studies in Scottish philosophy
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Edinburgh studies in Scottish philosophy.
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| Note |
Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Audience |
Specialized. |
| Contents |
Part I : Why Secondary Qualities are a Problem -- Why Direct Realism? -- General Exposition of the Problem of Secondary Qualities -- Why Direct Realism Needs Objective Secondary Qualities -- Part II : How Thomas Reid Solves the Problem -- Primary and Secondary Qualities in Reid's Theory of PercePartion -- Answering the Problem of Secondary Qualities -- Understanding Reid's Distinction -- Part III : Eight Objections with Replies -- Scientific Objections -- Philosophical Objections -- A Historical Objection. |
| Summary |
With a new reading of Thomas Reid on primary and secondary qualities, Christopher A. Shrock illuminates the Common Sense theory of perception. Shrock follow's Reid's lead in defending common sense philosophy against the problem of secondary qualities, which claims that our perceptions are only experiences in our brains, not of the world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796.
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Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796. |
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Perception (Philosophy)
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Perception (Philosophy) |
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Knowledge, Theory of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781474417846 |
| ISBN |
9781474438650 (ebook) |
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1474438652 |
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9781474417853 (electronic book) |
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147441785X (electronic book) |
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9781474417846 |
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1474417841 |
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