Thomas Reid

Thomas Reid

FRSE
Thomas Reid; FRSE
	Reid as painted by Henry Raeburn in 1796
Born	26 April 1710; Strachan, Scotland
Died	7 October 1796 (aged 86); Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen
Era	18th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Scottish common sense realism ; Scottish Enlightenment ; Epistemological externalism ; Direct realism ; Foundationalism ; Correspondence theory of truth
Institutions	University of Glasgow
Main interests	Metaphysics; Epistemology; Philosophy of perception; Ethics; Theory of action; Natural theology; Aesthetics;
Notable ideas	Direct realism; Epistemological externalism; Sensation–perception distinction; Agent causality;

Thomas Reid FRSE (/riːd/; 7 May (O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 7 October 1796) 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.

He was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A contemporary of David Hume, Reid was also "Hume's earliest and fiercest critic".

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