Scottish Common Sense in Germany, 1768-1800

A Contribution to the History of Critical Philosophy

By Manfred Kuehn
Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Hardcover : 9780773510098, 320 pages, February 1987
Ebook (PDF) : 9780773564046, 320 pages, March 2004

Description

Proponents of Scottish common-sense philosophy, especially Thomas Reid, James Oswald, and James Beattie, had substantial influence on late enlightenment German philosophy. Kuehn explores the nature and extent of that influence.