Size and shape versus sound and colour: discover how primary and secondary qualities have perplexed philosophers for thousands of years, and how Thomas Reid offers us a way forward.
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By Gordon Graham For the Scottish philosophers of the 18th and 19th centuries, Hume was the great ‘sceptic’ awaiting an…
By Gordon Graham Scottish philosophy has regularly been identified with the ‘School of Common Sense’ because of the high regard…
By Gordon Graham Philosophy played a key role in the curriculum of the Scottish universities from their foundation in the…
By Gordon Graham The Scottish philosophical tradition found its richest and most influential expression in the investigations Scottish philosophers of…