Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Gordon Graham reveals a rich tradition of Scottish philosophy that continued after the golden age of David Hume, Adam Smith and Thomas Reid. Beginning with Sir William Hamilton's revitalisation of philosophy in Scotland in the 1830s, Graham takes up the theme of George Davie's The Democratic Intellect and explores a century of underappreciated thinkers and debates surrounding the identity and continuity of the Scottish philosophical tradition. He concludes by considering the relation between the Scottish philosophical tradition and the 20th-century philosopher John Macmurray.