On September 29, 1694, a young man wrote to his old teacher and family friend about the
progress of his studies. No, he had not made any new discoveries, he wrote. And if he had …

" In Mozart and Enlightenment Semiotics, Stephen Rumph shifts the ground of interpretation
for late eighteenth century European music by reinstating the semiotics and language theory …

The Scottish Enlightenment was a vital moment in the history of Western civilization. As one
modern admirer of Scotland cogently wrote: & “No small nation&—except Greece&—has …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to deepen our understanding of the philosophical and
scientific pedigree of the concept of “common sense”, and explore the implications for …

The extension of philosophy is a general problem for historians but a particularly pressing
issue for a volume on eighteenth-century philosophy. Eighteenth-century philosophers …

Reid's thought and career provide an ideal vantage point from which to examine such
questions as the scope of philosophy in eighteenth-century Scotland, the role of philosophy …

Abstract Julius Otto Kaiser (1968–1927) was a special librarian and indexer who developed,
in last years of the 19 th and the first years of the 20 th centuries, an innovative method of …

The debate about soul and mind in the transition from the seventeenth to the eighteenth
century continued to be shaped by the broadly Cartesian distinction between extended …

Scottish born James Wilson is a significant, but often forgotten American Founder. He played
a key role in every stage of the development of the US Constitution, participating in the …

Situant les dessins de Constable dans un contexte épistémologique post-Berkleyien, cet
article suggère que le basculement vers une structure représentationnelle, qui met l'accent …