Dugald Stewart

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academic human mathematician philosopher writer

Dugald Stewart was a prominent Scottish philosopher and mathematician known for advancing the Scottish Enlightenment through his influential work in moral philosophy and the philosophy of mind.

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → human → mathematician → philosopher → writer →
birthDate	1753-11-22 →
birthPlace	Edinburgh → Scotland →
burialPlace	Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → Scotland →
deathDate	1828-06-11 →
deathPlace	Edinburgh → Scotland →
educatedAt	University of Edinburgh → University of Glasgow →
employer	University of Edinburgh →
ethnicGroup	Scottish →
familyName	Stewart →
fieldOfWork	logic → mathematics → moral philosophy → philosophy of mind → political philosophy → rhetoric →
genre	essay → moral philosophy → philosophy →
givenName	Dugald →
influenced	19th-century liberal political thought → James Mill → John Stuart Mill → Sir Walter Scott →
influencedBy	Adam Smith → Francis Hutcheson → Scottish common sense realism → Thomas Reid →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Royal Society of Edinburgh →
movement	Scottish Enlightenment →
name	Dugald Stewart →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableIdea	development of Scottish common sense philosophy → empiricist approach to the philosophy of mind →
notableWork	Account of the Life and Writings of Adam Smith → Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind → Outlines of Moral Philosophy → Philosophical Essays →
occupation	mathematician → philosopher → professor →
positionHeld	Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh → Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh →
workLocation	Edinburgh →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Canongate Kirkyard →	burialPlaceOf
Scottish Enlightenment →	hasKeyFigure
University of Edinburgh →	hasNotableAlumnus
Thomas Reid →	influenced
Dugald Stewart →	name