Man and society : the Scottish inquiry of the eighteenth century /

"The aim of this book is concerned with the efforts of the eighteenth century to establish an empirical basis for the study of man and society. Attention is focused on a group of Scottish writers of moral philosophy who were absorbed in that empirical enterprise, even though they gave expressio...

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Main Author:	Bryson, Gladys, 1894-1952
Corporate Author:	American Psychological Association
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1945.
Subjects:	Sociology. Philosophers, Scottish. Philosophy. Sociology Philosophy Sociologie. Philosophie. sociology. philosophy. Philosophers > Scotland Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	"The aim of this book is concerned with the efforts of the eighteenth century to establish an empirical basis for the study of man and society. Attention is focused on a group of Scottish writers of moral philosophy who were absorbed in that empirical enterprise, even though they gave expression to "mixed modes of thought." The author contends that the choice of this Scottish group can be justified. The writers discussed include David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, Dugald Stewart, Lord Kames, and Lord Monboddo"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix pages, 1 leaf, 287 pages)
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	"Notes" (bibliographical) : p. [247]-274. "Principal works of the Scottish authors under discussion": pages [275]-279.