Thomas Reid
 | April 26, 1710, Aberdeen |
| October 7, 1796 | |
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"Reid believed that common sense (in a special philosophical sense) is, or at least should be, at the foundation of all philosophical inquiry."
-- www.wikipedia.org
Achievements
- Founder of 'Scottish School of Common Sense'
- Played integral role in 'Scottish Enlightenment'
- Direct Realism
"Direct realism is the view that the immediate (direct) objects of perception are external objects, qualities, and events.
[...] Obviously, sometimes we misperceive the world. The direct realist does not deny that there are perceptual illusions. The claim is, rather, simply that when we do perceive something, what we directly perceive, the immediate object of perception, is in the external world, not in the mind."
-- www.wikipedia.org - Brave Officer counter-example to John Locke