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Thomas Reid

philosopher, librarian, mathematician, writer, university teacher

1710 – 1796

Thomas Reid was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher best known for his philosophical method, his theory of perception, and its wide implications on epistemology, and as the developer and defender of an agent-causal theory of free will. He also focused extensively on ethics, theory of action, language and philosophy of mind.

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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

Thomas Reid

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

Thomas Reid

The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

Thomas Reid