The Tradition of Scottish Philosophy: A New Perspective on the Enlightenment

by Alexander Broadie

Book Overview

Many previous works on Scottish Philosophy have tended to concentrate exclusively on the Scottish Enlightenment. Yet, two and a half centuries prior to that period, a circle of Scottish philosophers gained Europe-wide appreciation for their work. This study attempts to correct this bias in the history of thought. Broadie looks at the evolution of the subject from the beginning of the sixteenth-century in Scotland. He relates ideas and concerns in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038920921X
• ISBN13: 9780389209218
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages