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Understanding Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid offers a powerful challenge to Hume and his skeptical system. In “Thomas Reid on Epistemic Principles,” William Alston gives an explanation of that challenge and concludes in favor of a Reidian-inspired thesis. I argue, however, that Alston’s thesis is a diluted version of Reid’s radical position, one that Reid’s principles cannot accommodate. Thus, I conclude that, because Alston’s...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Biochemist
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0954-982X,1740-1194
DOI: 10.1042/bio03204054