Table of Contents

Introduction Alexander Broadie; 1. The context of the Scottish Enlightenment Roger Emerson; 2. Religion and rational theory M. A. Stewart; 3. The human mind and its powers Alexander Broadie; 4. Anthropology: the 'original' of human nature Aaron Garrett; 5. Science in the Scottish Enlightenment Paul Wood; 6. Scepticism and common sense Heiner Klemme; 7. Moral sense and the foundations of morals Luigi Turco; 8. The political theory of the Scottish Enlightenment Fania Oz-Salzberger; 9. Economic theory Andrew Skinner; 10. Natural jurisprudence and the theory of justice Knud Haakonssen; 11. Legal theory John Cairns; 12. Sociality and socialisation Christopher J. Berry; 13. Historiography Murray Pittock; 14. Art and aesthetic theory Alexander Broadie; 15. The impact on Europe Michel Malherbe; 16. The impact on America: Scottish philosophy and the American Founding Samuel Fleischacker; 17. The nineteenth-century aftermath Gordon Graham.

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This offers a philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century movement influential on western culture.

About the Author

Alexander Broadie is Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at the University of Glasgow. His recent publications include Why Scottish Philosophy Matters (2000) and The Scottish Enlightenment: The Historical Age of the Historical Nation (2001).

Reviews

'... this valuable collection ...' Contemporary Review '... succeeds admirably in providing wide coverage of Scottish intellectual life from 1681 to 1795 ... the present volume will be useful to a wide variety of readers interested in the Enlightenment in Scotland.' Journal of Scottish Philosophy 'Historians of science will rejoice to find how well-written this book is ...' Ambix