The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment offers a
philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century movement that
has been profoundly influential on western culture. A distinguished
team of contributors examines the writings of David Hume, Adam
Smith, Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, Colin Maclaurin and other
Scottish thinkers, in fields including philosophy, natural
theology, economics, anthropology, natural science and law. In
addition, the contributors relate the Scottish Enlightenment to its
historical context and assess its impact and legacy in Europe,
America and beyond. The result is a comprehensive and accessible
volume that illuminates the richness, the intellectual variety and
the underlying unity of this important movement. It will be of
interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy, theology,
literature and the history of ideas.
目錄:
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Chronology of events relating to the Scottish
Enlightenment
Introduction
1. The context of the Scottish Enlightenment
2. Religion and rational theory
3. The human mind and its powers
4. Anthropology: the ''original'' of human nature
5. Science in the Scottish Enlightenment
6. Scepticism and common sense
7. Moral sense and the foundations of morals
8. The political theory of the Scottish Enlightenment
9. Economic theory
10. Natural jurisprudence and the theory of justice
11. Legal theory
12. Sociality and socialisation
13. Historiography
14. Art and aesthetic theory
15. The impact on Europe
16. The impact on America: Scottish philosophy and the American
Founding
17. The nineteenth-century aftermath
Select bibliography
Index