David Hume and the Aberdeen Philosophers: Reid, Campbell, Gerard, Beattie

by Gordon Graham

David Hume is the most famous philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. Yet his prominence in the history of philosophy has had the unhappy effect of overshadowing some of the most insightful critics amongst his contemporaries. This book aims to restore the philosophical credentials of a remarkable set of eighteenth-century philosophers based in Aberdeen's two university colleges. In their own time, Thomas Reid, George Campbell, Alexander Gerard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399541617
• ISBN13: 9781399541619
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages