When1: 1764
When2: 1788
Who: Thomas Reid [Reid, Thomas]
What: philosopher
Where: Scotland
works\ Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense [1764]; Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man [1785]; Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind [1788]
Detail: He lived 1710 to 1796, founded Scottish School of common sense and realism, and developed faculty psychology. Perception and sensation are separate. Sensations are mental and have no objects except themselves. Sensations cause belief directly, as signifiers. Perceptions are mental and represent physical objects. Perceptions depend on sensory beliefs. Ethical judgments are not feelings.
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