Essays on the Active Powers of Man
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Essays on the Active Powers of Man is a major philosophical work by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Thomas Reid that explores human will, moral agency, and the foundations of active powers in the mind.
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book
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philosophical work → |
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Thomas Reid
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| countryOfOrigin |
Scotland
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| criticizes |
David Hume
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skepticism about free will → |
| discusses |
motives and reasons for action
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the concept of power and causation → the foundations of moral obligation → the nature of the will → |
| follows |
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
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| genre |
moral philosophy
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philosophy of mind → |
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Scottish
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| influenced |
19th-century philosophy of action
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later common sense philosophers → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
active powers of the mind
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free will → human action → human will → moral agency → moral responsibility → practical reason → |
| movement |
Scottish Enlightenment
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| partOf |
Thomas Reid’s Essays
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| philosophicalDiscipline |
ethics
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metaphysics of agency → philosophy of action → |
| philosophicalTradition |
common sense philosophy
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| publicationCentury |
18th century
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| supports |
libertarian conception of free will
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Essays on the Active Powers of Man
("Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man")
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Scottish Enlightenment
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Thomas Reid
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