Download or read book Selections from the Scottish Philosophy of Common Sense (Classic Reprint) written by G. A. Johnston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selections From the Scottish Philosophy of Common Sense Now, Locke's doctrine admitted Of two, and only two, answers. One Of these was given by Berkeley, and led to the scepticism Of Hume. The other was given by Reid. For Locke perception involves three elements: the percipient, the idea perceived, and the thing and it is assumed that the idea is somehow a copy Of the external reality. Both Berkeley and Reid saw clearly the difficulties Of the doctrine Of Representative Perception. If the mind is confined to its own ideas and is cut Off from immediate knowledge of the real world how is it to know if its ideas do or do not agree w1th things? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.