Thomas Reid and the University / / Thomas Reid, Paul Wood.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Reid, Thomas,; Wood, Paul,
• MitwirkendeR: Haakonssen, Knud,; Wood, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid : EETHRE
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (576 p.)

A collection of documents that chart Thomas Reid’s philosophy of education and his influence on Scotland’s universitiesFirst critical edition of Reid’s major writings on educationIncludes systematic discussion of Reid’s views on education and his career as a regent and professor Includes a new transcription and English translation of Reid’s philosophical orations from King’s College Aberdeen Offers a critical and fully annotated edition of Dugald Stewart’s influential biography of ReidOf all the major thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, Thomas Reid was the most closely involved with university life as a librarian, teacher and administrator. The writings collected here illustrate his thinking about the aims, scope and value of a liberal education, as well as the foundations of his common sense philosophy.With an editorial introduction which both recounts his academic career at King’s College Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow and traces the connections between his educational ideals and his philosophical doctrines, the volume illuminates Reid’s distinctive contribution to the formation of Scotland’s ‘democratic intellect’.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The General Editor’s Retrospect on the Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid -- Acknowledgements -- The Manuscripts and Editorial Principles -- Index of Manuscripts and Published Texts -- Introduction -- THE MANUSCRIPTS AND TEXTS -- Part One: Reform and Union -- Part Two: Philosophical Orations -- Part Three: Statistical Account of the University of Glasgow -- Part Four: Biography -- Appendices -- NOTES -- Editorial Notes -- Textual Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons and Titles -- General Index