Scottish Common Sense Realism
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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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Scottish Common Sense Realism Context triple: [The Christian System, influencedBy, Scottish Common Sense Realism]
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Metaphysics and Common Sense
Metaphysics and Common Sense is a philosophical work by A. J. Ayer in which he applies his logical empiricist approach to critique traditional metaphysical claims and defend a commonsense view of reality.
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Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics
The Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics is an approach rooted in P. F. Strawson’s work that emphasizes descriptive metaphysics, focusing on clarifying the fundamental conceptual framework underlying our ordinary thought and discourse rather than constructing revisionary ontological systems.
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Empiricism
Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine that holds that all or most human knowledge arises from sensory experience rather than innate ideas or pure reason.
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Reformed epistemology
Reformed epistemology is a school of thought in religious epistemology that argues belief in God can be rational and properly basic without requiring inferential evidence or arguments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish Common Sense Realism Target entity description: 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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A.
Metaphysics and Common Sense
Metaphysics and Common Sense is a philosophical work by A. J. Ayer in which he applies his logical empiricist approach to critique traditional metaphysical claims and defend a commonsense view of reality.
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B.
Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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C.
Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics
The Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics is an approach rooted in P. F. Strawson’s work that emphasizes descriptive metaphysics, focusing on clarifying the fundamental conceptual framework underlying our ordinary thought and discourse rather than constructing revisionary ontological systems.
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D.
Empiricism
Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine that holds that all or most human knowledge arises from sensory experience rather than innate ideas or pure reason.
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E.
Reformed epistemology
Reformed epistemology is a school of thought in religious epistemology that argues belief in God can be rational and properly basic without requiring inferential evidence or arguments.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
epistemological theory
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philosophical movement ⓘ school of Scottish philosophy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish Enlightenment
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University of Edinburgh ⓘ University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
certain basic beliefs are properly basic and do not require proof
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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
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emerged during the Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century American common-sense philosophy
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Presbyterian ⓘ
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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
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Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ Thomas Reid ⓘ early modern empiricism ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
direct realism
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first principles of common sense ⓘ moral sense ⓘ properly basic beliefs ⓘ |
| mainProponent |
Dugald Stewart
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George Campbell ⓘ James Beattie ⓘ Thomas Reid ⓘ |
| opposes |
Cartesian doubt
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Of Scepticism and Other Systems of Philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Humean skepticism
radical skepticism ⓘ subjective idealism ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
19th-century American seminary education
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Protestant apologetics ⓘ |
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