12.17.2011

An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy, ch. 14

I appreciate Berkeley's attempt to argue for the existence of God. This seems similar to what Descartes tried to do in Meditations, but I would need a philosopher to clear that one up. I have done some work on Hume's philosophy. So, I was pleased to see Kenny treat him here. I appreciated his critique of Hume and his movement from Hume to Reid. Reid is a new person for me having been introduced to him in one of our previous books (Soul of Science, I believe). I love Reid's no nonsense/common sense approach to philosophy. I ordered one of his works and it is the first thing I plan to read after the course in January.

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