Alexander Broadie is honorary professorial research fellow and emeritus professor of logic and rhetoric at Glasgow University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, holds a PhD and a DLitt from Glasgow University and a DUniv honoris causa from Blaise Pascal University (Clermont-Ferrand). He has published twenty books, the majority of them on the history of Scottish philosophy. Recent publications include, Philosophical Discourse in Seventeenth-Century Scotland: Key Texts (Boydell Press for the Scottish History Society, forthcoming), Scottish Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century (ed. A. Broadie, OUP 2020) and A History of Scottish Philosophy (EUP 2009) (Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year for 2009).

Broadie’s book is impressive in many ways… Scottish philosophy … has been rich and sophisticated for some seven centuries – arguably one of the longest periods of relatively sustained investigations of any peoples in the world. Alexander Broadie is to be thanked for vividly reminding us of this remarkable achievement.

• Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. John Duns Scotus; 3. The fifteenth century; 4. The Circle of John Mair; 5. Humanism and after; 6. Scotland moves into the Age of Enlightenment; 7. David Hume; 8. Adam Smith; 9. The Scottish school of common sense philosophy; 10. The nineteenth century: Ferrier to Seth; 11. Realism and idealism: Some twentieth-century narratives; 12. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Alexander Broadie is honorary professorial research fellow and emeritus professor of logic and rhetoric at Glasgow University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, holds a PhD and a DLitt from Glasgow University and a DUniv honoris causa from Blaise Pascal University (Clermont-Ferrand). He has published twenty books, the majority of them on the history of Scottish philosophy. Recent publications include, Philosophical Discourse in Seventeenth-Century Scotland: Key Texts (Boydell Press for the Scottish History Society, forthcoming), Scottish Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century (ed. A. Broadie, OUP 2020) and A History of Scottish Philosophy (EUP 2009) (Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year for 2009).

Broadie’s book is impressive in many ways… Scottish philosophy … has been rich and sophisticated for some seven centuries – arguably one of the longest periods of relatively sustained investigations of any peoples in the world. Alexander Broadie is to be thanked for vividly reminding us of this remarkable achievement.

• Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. John Duns Scotus; 3. The fifteenth century; 4. The Circle of John Mair; 5. Humanism and after; 6. Scotland moves into the Age of Enlightenment; 7. David Hume; 8. Adam Smith; 9. The Scottish school of common sense philosophy; 10. The nineteenth century: Ferrier to Seth; 11. Realism and idealism: Some twentieth-century narratives; 12. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Alexander Broadie is honorary professorial research fellow and emeritus professor of logic and rhetoric at Glasgow University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, holds a PhD and a DLitt from Glasgow University and a DUniv honoris causa from Blaise Pascal University (Clermont-Ferrand). He has published twenty books, the majority of them on the history of Scottish philosophy. Recent publications include, Philosophical Discourse in Seventeenth-Century Scotland: Key Texts (Boydell Press for the Scottish History Society, forthcoming), Scottish Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century (ed. A. Broadie, OUP 2020) and A History of Scottish Philosophy (EUP 2009) (Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year for 2009).

Broadie’s book is impressive in many ways… Scottish philosophy … has been rich and sophisticated for some seven centuries – arguably one of the longest periods of relatively sustained investigations of any peoples in the world. Alexander Broadie is to be thanked for vividly reminding us of this remarkable achievement.

• Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. John Duns Scotus; 3. The fifteenth century; 4. The Circle of John Mair; 5. Humanism and after; 6. Scotland moves into the Age of Enlightenment; 7. David Hume; 8. Adam Smith; 9. The Scottish school of common sense philosophy; 10. The nineteenth century: Ferrier to Seth; 11. Realism and idealism: Some twentieth-century narratives; 12. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.