Philosophical Essays

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Philosophical Essays is a major work of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Dugald Stewart, in which he explores topics in epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of mind.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
philosophical work
addresses criteria of certainty
moral motivation
philosophical skepticism
the analysis of mental powers
the nature of evidence
the relation between feeling and judgment in ethics
aimsTo clarify the operations of the human mind
defend common sense principles in philosophy
author Dugald Stewart
contributedTo 19th-century British philosophy
the reception of Scottish common sense philosophy
countryOfOrigin Scotland
discusses consciousness
moral agency
moral judgment
perception
the association of ideas
the faculties of the mind
the foundations of knowledge
the nature of human understanding
the relation between understanding and will
the role of reason in morality
field early modern philosophy
history of philosophy
genre philosophy
hasPart essays
hasPhilosophicalPerspective anti-skeptical stance
moderate empiricism
historicalContext Scottish Enlightenment
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy
Scottish Common Sense Realism
surface form: Scottish common sense realism

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language English
mainSubject epistemology
moral philosophy
philosophy of mind
movement Scottish Enlightenment
notableFor systematic treatment of mind and morals within the Scottish common sense tradition
philosophicalDiscipline practical philosophy
theoretical philosophy
philosophicalTradition common sense philosophy
empiricism

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Dugald Stewart notableWork Philosophical Essays