Rene van Woudenberg Libri

Thomas Reid's philosophical contributions provide a robust counter to the skepticism of Hume, the idealism of Kant, and the rationalism of Descartes, establishing him as a key figure in eighteenth-century thought. The work delves into his scientific inquiries and the significant historical impact of his ideas, showcasing his role as a principal architect of Scottish common sense philosophy. Reid's sophisticated arguments offer an important alternative perspective in the landscape of Enlightenment philosophy.

Over the last two decades foundationalism has been severely criticized. In response to this various alternatives to it have been advanced, notably coherentism. At the same time new versions of foundationalism were crafted, that were claimed to be immune to the earlier criticisms. This volume contains 12 papers in which various aspects of this dialectic are covered. A number of papers continue the trend to defend foundationalism, and foundationalism's commitment to basic beliefs and basic knowledge, against various attacks. Others aim to show that one important objection against coherentism, viz. that the notion of 'coherence' is too vague to be useful, can be countered.