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This is a new edition of "An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth", by Scottish philosopher James Beattie (1735-1803). It is the most infamous attack on the philosophy of David Hume that appeared during Hume's life. This new... more
Throughout the history of the abolition of the Slave Trade and Colonial slavery the city of Aberdeen and it's surrounds played a role far and above what it's size and regional locality might have suggested. This dissertation examines... more
This AHRC funded PhD thesis examines the relationship between Scottish Enlightenment philosophy and Abolitionist activism. This work asserts that Scottish philosophers opposed legislative Abolition, and that Henry Dundas’s ‘gradual’... more
Looking back at the early thought of parliamentary reform pioneer Major John Cartwright (1740-1824) in an essay of 1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge contended that no-one could ‘have more nakedly or emphatically identified the foundations of... more
This is the first of a two-volume set of critical reactions to the four major common sense philosophers of the Scottish enlightenment: Thomas Reid, James Oswald, James Beattie, and Dugald Stewart.
Open Access Version: https://e-book.fwf.ac.at/o:1277 This study explores the historical development of Hanslick´s reception in Anglo-American discourse up to his notable impact on analytical philosophy of music. Chapter 1 addresses the... more
James Beattie was an opponent of Slavery in his lectures. In 1778 he wrote a tract entitled On the Lawfulness and Expediency of Slavery, the first document written by a member of the literati specifically addressing the issue of black... more
A paper given at the 2014 BSHP conference on The Common Sense Philosophy. Argues that relations between Hume and his common sense critics (Kames, Reid, Campbell, Beattie) were more complex and interesting than generally assumed. Focusses... more
This is a bibliography of the twelve most important Scottish philosophers associated with the common sense school. They are, alphabetically, John Abercrombie, James Beattie, Thomas Brown, George Campbell, James Dunbar, David Fordyce,... more
This is the second of a two-volume set of critical reactions to the four major common sense philosophers of the Scottish enlightenment: Thomas Reid, James Oswald, James Beattie, and Dugald Stewart.
This AHRC funded PhD thesis examines the relationship between Scottish Enlightenment philosophy and Abolitionist activism. This work asserts that Scottish philosophers opposed legislative Abolition, and that Henry Dundas’s ‘gradual’... more
On the genealogy of common sense In general the book presents an idea of irreducible variety in the meaning of common sense since Aristotle to the 18th century philosophy. However the focus is on reflections of common sense in the early... more
In a 1766 letter, Beattie states his intention to write a book on the nature of truth with this central thesis: "that as we know nothing of the eternal relations of things, that to us is and must be truth, which we feel that we must... more