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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Common Sense Philosophy"”.
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"Reiding Rawls": A critical assessment of Thomas Reid's Common Sense Philosophy as a response to John Rawls's doctrine of public reason
… of public reason in light of Thomas Reid’s Common Sense philosophy. Chapter 1 introduces the topics of public reason and common sense in order to suggest that Thomas Reid’s philosophy can provide a beneficial contribution to public policy debates. Chapter 2 examines key features of Rawls’s …
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The Rhetoric and Philosophy of Early American Discourse 1767-1801: Toward a Theory of Common Sense
… the rhetorical and philosophical implications of common sense in colonial America during the time immediately preceding, during, and following the American Revolution? A study of seminal texts from the Classical era, the Enlightenment, and the American Revolution will reveal the uses of common …
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Putting the Ghost Back in the Machine: A Defense of Common Sense Dualism
… view of the self. To do so, I first explain why philosophy should endorse a shift in method away from naturalism and toward common sense philosophy. I then show how, from within that approach, substance dualism is far better supported than its competitors. My defense of the common sense method …
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M̀oral sense' from the Cambridge platonists to Adam Smith
… traces the development of the notion of 'moral sense' from the midseventeenth century to the mid-eighteenth century. Its roots are in the moral writings of some of the Cambridge Platonists, it flourished as a moral theory with Francis Hutcheson in the 1720s, and it had many supporters in the …
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M̀oral sense' from the Cambridge platonists to Adam Smith
… traces the development of the notion of 'moral sense' from the midseventeenth century to the mid-eighteenth century. Its roots are in the moral writings of some of the Cambridge Platonists, it flourished as a moral theory with Francis Hutcheson in the 1720s, and it had many supporters in the …
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Making Sense in Nineteenth Century Britain: Affinities of the Philosophy of Mind, c.1820-1860
… in the history of psychology, the history of philosophy, and the history of ideas in general. This conspicuous lacuna forms the basis for two simple questions: What was the situated significance of work on the human mind in nineteenth century Britain? What was it supposed to accomplish, or be …