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DUGALD STEWART'S ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF THOMAS REID, D.D.

SECTION I. From Dr Reid's birth till the date of his latest publication,

II. Observations on the Spirit and scope of Dr Reid's philosophy,

II. Conclusion of the Narrative,

(I.- WRITINGS NOT INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION.)

A.-To Drs Andrew and David Skene, 1764-1770,

B-To Lord Kames, 1772-1782,

C.-To Dr James Gregory, 1783-1793,

D-To the Rev. Archibald Alison, 1790,

E-To Prof. Robison, 1792,

F. To David Hume, 1763,

(II-WRITINGS INTENDED AND PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION.)

A. INQUIRY INTO THE HUMAN MIND.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.

SECTION I. The Importance of the subject, and the Means of prosecuting it,

II. The Impediments to our knowledge of the mind,

III. The Present State of this part of philo. ophy. Of Des Cartes, Male-

branche, and Locke,

IV. Apology for those philosophers,

V. Of Bishop Berkeley; the "Treatise of Human Nature" [by Hume;]

and of Scepticism,

VI. Of the "Treatise of Human Nature,”

VII. The system of all these authors is the same, and leads to Scepticism, 103

VIII. We ought not to despair of a better,

CHAPTER II-OF SMELLING.

SECTION 1. The Order of proceeding. Of the medium and organ of Smell,

II. The Sensation considered abstractly,

III. Sensation and Remembrance, natural principles of Belief,

IV. Judgment and Belief in some cases precede Simple Apprehension,

V. Two Theories of the nature of Belief refuted. Conclusions from

what hath been said,

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SECTION VI. Apology for metaphysical absurdities. Sensation without a sentient,

a consequence of the theory of Ideas. Consequences of this strange

VII. The conception and belief of a sentient being or Mind, is suggested

by our constitution. The notion of Relations not always got by

Comparing the related ideas,

VIII. There is a quality or virtue in bodies, which we call their Smell.

How this is connected in the imagination with the sensation,

IX. That there is a principle in human nature, from which the notion

of this, as well as all other natural virtues or causes, is derived,

X. Whether in Sensation the mind is Active or Passive,

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VII. of the existence of a Material World,

VIII. Of the Systems of Philosophers concerning the Senses,

CHAPTER VI.-OF SEEING.

I. The excellence and dignity of this faculty,

II. Sight discovers almost nothing which the Blind may not compre-

hend. The reason of this,

III. Of the Visible Appearances of objects,

IV. That Colour is a quality of bodies, not a sensation of the mind, 137

V. An inference from the preceding,

VI. That none of our sensations are Resemblances of any of the quali

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XVII. Of the effect of Custom in seeing objects Single,

XVIII. Of Dr Porterfield's account of single and double vision,

XIX. Of Dr Briggs's theory, and Sir Isaac Newton's conjecture on this

XX. Of Perception in general,

SECTION XXI. Of the Process of Nature in perception,

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XXII. Of the Signs by which we learn to perceive Distance from the eye, 188

XXIII. Of the Signs used in other acquired perceptions,

XXIV. Of the Analogy between Perception, and the credit we give to

Human Testimony,

CHAPTER VII-CONCLUSION.

Containing Reflections upon the opinions of Philosophers on this subject,

B-ESSAYS ON THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS OF MAN.

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IV. Of Analogy,

V. Of the proper means of Knowing the operations of the mind,

VI. Of the difficulty of Attending to the operations of our own minds, 240

VII. Division of the powers of the mind,

VIII. of Social [and Solitary] operations of mind.

ESSAY II-OF THE POWERS WE HAVE BY MEANS OF OUR EXTERNAL SENSES.

I. Of the Organs of Sense,

II. Of the Impressions on the organs, nerves, and brain,

III. Hypothesis concerning the Nerves and Brain,

IV. False Conclusions drawn from the impressions before mentioned, 253

V. Of Perception,

VI. What it is to Account for a Phænomenon in Nature,

VII. Sentiments of Philosophers about the Perceptions of External

objects; and first, of the theory of Father Malebranche,

VIII. Of the Common Theory of Perception; and of the sentiments of

the Peripatetics, and of Des Cartes,

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XVII. Of the Objects of Perception; and first, of Primary and Second-

XX. Of the Evidence of Sense, and of Belief in general,

XXI. Of the Improvement of the Senses,

XXII. Of the Fallacy of the Senses,

ESSAY III-OF MEMORY.

CHAPTER I. Things obvious and certain with regard to Memory,

V. Mr Locke's account of the Origin of our Ideas, and particularly

II. Memory an original faculty,

III. Of Duration,

IV. Of Identity,

of the idea of Duration,

VI. Mr Locke's account of our Personal Identity,

VII. Theories concerning Memory,

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IV. Of general conceptions formed by Combination,

V. Observations concerning the Names given to our general notions,

VI. Opinion of philosophers about Universals,

ESSAY VI.-OF JUDGMENT.

1. Of Judgment in general,

II. Of Common Sense,

III. Sentiments of philosophers concerning Judgment,

IV. Of First Principles in general,

V. The first principles of Contingent Truths. [On Consciousness,]

VI. First principles of Necessary Truths,

VII. Opinions, ancient and modern, about First Principles,

VIII. Of Prejudices, the causes of error,

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