Adam Ferguson
Adam Ferguson | |
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 Adam Ferguson as pentit bi Joshua Reynolds, c. 1782 | |
| Born | 20 Juin 1723 Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Dee'd | 22 Februar 1816 (aged 92) St Andras, Fife, Scotland |
| Naitionality | Scots |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Edinburgh Varsity o St Andras |
| Era | 18t-century philosophy |
| Region | Wastren philosophy |
| Schuil | Scots Common Sense Realism[1] Scots Enlichtment |
| Institutions | Varsity o Edinburgh |
Main interests | Sociology, poleetical philosophy, ethics, history |
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Adam Ferguson, FRSE (Scots Gaelic: Adhamh MacFhearghais), forby kent as Ferguson o Raith (20 Juin (Auld Style) 1723 – 22 Februar 1816), wis a Scots philosopher an historian o the Scots Enlichtment.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Selections from the Scottish Philosophy of Common Sense, ed. by G. A. Johnston (1915), essays by Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, James Beattie, and Dugald Stewart (online version).
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