Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

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book non-fiction book philosophical treatise

Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Thomas Reid that systematically defends common sense realism and analyzes human cognitive faculties such as perception, memory, and reasoning.

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Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man canonical 2
Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
author Thomas Reid ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
critiques David Hume's account of perception ⓘ
skeptical empiricism ⓘ
theory of ideas ⓘ
followedBy Essays on the Active Powers of Man ⓘ
genre philosophy ⓘ
hasPart essay on abstraction ⓘ
essay on conception ⓘ
essay on judgment ⓘ
essay on memory ⓘ
essay on reasoning ⓘ
essay on taste ⓘ
essay on the powers of external perception ⓘ
historicalPeriod Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
influenced 19th-century Scottish philosophy ⓘ
American pragmatism ⓘ
G. E. Moore ⓘ
analytic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic belief ⓘ
common sense ⓘ
consciousness ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
evidence ⓘ
human cognitive faculties ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
memory ⓘ
perception ⓘ
reasoning ⓘ
notableFor detailed analysis of mental faculties ⓘ
systematic defense of common sense ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline philosophy of mind ⓘ
philosophy of perception ⓘ
theory of knowledge ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Scottish Common Sense Realism ⓘ
surface form: Scottish common sense realism
placeOfPublication Edinburgh ⓘ
positionDefended anti-skepticism ⓘ
common sense realism ⓘ
direct realism about perception ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1785 ⓘ
structure series of essays ⓘ

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Thomas Reid → work → Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man ⓘ
Dugald Stewart → notableWork → Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind
An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense → followedBy → Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man ⓘ