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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philosophical Essays canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
criteria of certainty
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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
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defend common sense principles in philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Dugald Stewart ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
19th-century British philosophy
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the reception of Scottish common sense philosophy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| discusses |
consciousness
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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
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history of philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart | essays ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPerspective |
anti-skeptical stance
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moderate empiricism ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment philosophy
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Scottish Common Sense Realism ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish common sense realism
Thomas Reid ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
epistemology
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moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| movement | Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ |
| notableFor | systematic treatment of mind and morals within the Scottish common sense tradition ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
practical philosophy
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theoretical philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
common sense philosophy
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empiricism ⓘ |
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