Thomas Reid

Scottish philosopher of common sense.

Key Aspects:

• Developed common sense realism.
• Critiqued skepticism.
• Influenced epistemology.

Related Concepts & Works:

• Scottish Enlightenment (related movement)
• Epistemology (parent branch)
• Perception (related concept)
• An Inquiry into the Human Mind (major work)

Record

Portrait: Public domain

Lived: 1710–1796

Tradition: Scottish

Wikidata: Q316347 — dates from this record, not from this page