Scottish Common Sense Realism

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epistemological theory philosophical movement school of Scottish philosophy

Scottish Common Sense Realism is an 18th–19th century philosophical movement, associated with thinkers like Thomas Reid, that emphasizes the reliability of ordinary human perception and common-sense beliefs as the foundation for knowledge and was highly influential in Protestant theology and American thought.

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instanceOf	epistemological theory ⓘ philosophical movement ⓘ school of Scottish philosophy ⓘ
associatedWith	Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ University of Edinburgh ⓘ University of Glasgow ⓘ
coreIdea	certain basic beliefs are properly basic and do not require proof ⓘ common-sense beliefs provide a foundation for knowledge ⓘ moral truths can be known by common sense ⓘ ordinary human perception is generally reliable ⓘ our cognitive faculties are generally trustworthy ⓘ perception gives direct awareness of external objects ⓘ skeptical doubts about the external world are unreasonable ⓘ the external world exists independently of our minds ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Scotland ⓘ
historicalContext	developed partly in response to David Hume ⓘ emerged during the Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
influenced	19th-century American common-sense philosophy ⓘ Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: American Presbyterianism American evangelical thought ⓘ American legal thought ⓘ American philosophy ⓘ Old Princeton theology ⓘ surface form: Princeton theology Protestant theology ⓘ Reformed theology in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotelian realism ⓘ Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ Thomas Reid ⓘ early modern empiricism ⓘ
keyConcept	direct realism ⓘ first principles of common sense ⓘ moral sense ⓘ properly basic beliefs ⓘ
mainProponent	Dugald Stewart ⓘ George Campbell ⓘ James Beattie ⓘ Thomas Reid ⓘ
opposes	Cartesian doubt ⓘ Of Scepticism and Other Systems of Philosophy ⓘ surface form: Humean skepticism radical skepticism ⓘ subjective idealism ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
usedIn	19th-century American seminary education ⓘ Protestant apologetics ⓘ

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