James Frederick Ferrier: Selected Writings

by Jennifer Keefe

Overview

This volume contains selections from the philosophical writings of James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864). Ferrier was the Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews between 1845 and 1864 and he was one of the earliest post-Hegelian British idealists. He develops a system of absolute idealism via a rejection of the Scottish school of common sense and Enlightenment philosophy in general. These selections focus on his primary philosophical interests: epistemology and ontology. Ferrier denies the possibility of a science of man and suggests that philosophy should focus on self-consciousness, the defining feature of humanity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845403164
Publisher:	Andrews UK
Publication date:	03/16/2016
Series:	Library of Scottish Philosophy , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jennifer Keefe is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Note iv

I Introduction 1

II 'An Introduction to the Philosophy of Consciousness' 13

Selection 1 Part II: Chapter I, Chapter II 13

Selection 2 Part III: Chapter III 29

Selection 3 Part IV: Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V 35

Selection 4 Part V: Chapter I 49

Selection 5 Part VI: Chapter I, Chapter II 57

III 'Berkeley and Idealism' 75

IV 'Reid and the Philosophy of Common Sense' 93

V Institutes of Metaphysic 123

Selection 6 Introduction 123

Selection 7 Epistemology 126

Selection 8 Agnoiology 158

Selection 9 Ontology 171

VI Scottish Philosophy: the Old and the New 195

Selection 10 Abridged 195

Index 201