Scottish Common Sense, association of ideas and free will
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12903131 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastiano Gino (University of Turin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-127 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Intellectual History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6977 • E-ISSN: 1749-6985 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496977.2020.1687984 |
| OpenAlex | W2996598976 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 45 |
The philosophical debates that unfolded in Enlightenment Britain left a deep mark on the mindset of future generations of thinkers. A clear echo of eighteenth-century disputes over the meaning of human liberty is heard in the subsequent confrontation between materialists and idealists. In more recent times, a number of arguments developed by compatibilist and incompatibilist philosophers still resemble more old-fashioned positions. However, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the differences between Joseph Priestley’s defence of “necessitarianism” and Thomas Reid’s elaboration of counterarguments to support “metaphysical liberty” – as the two doctrines were known in the late eighteenth century – on the background of their methodological assumptions and the different styles of their reasoning. I contend that a different adoption of the Newtonian scientific method, which they brought to bear on the study of the human mind, is key to understanding the way they endeavoured to defend necessity and liberty, respectively. I also argue that their interpretation of the nature of causality importantly shaped the arguments they put forth in attacking each other’s position
Compatibilism · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Free will · Interpretation (philosophy · Materialism · Meaning (existential · Metaphysics · Mindset · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
The Active Powers
Thomas Reid - Essays on the Active Powers of Man
An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense.
Thomas Reid and the Story of Epistemology
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
Causality and Agency in the Philosophy of Thomas Reid
Of Liberty and Necessity
The Dilemmas of the Dual Channel
In Defense of Elephants
Reid, Stewart and the Association of Ideas
Reid on Causation and Action
Reid on Scepticism about Agency and the Self
The Hypothesis Of Ether And Reid's Interpretation Of Newton's First Rule Of Philosophizing
God and Nature
Common Sense and the Theory of Human Behaviour
Reid and Priestley on Method and the Mind
The Correspondence of Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid on moral liberty and common sense
Thomas Reid on Freedom and Morality
Reid and Epistemic Naturalism
Of Liberty and Necessity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |