Diss.--Universität St. Gallen, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 221-263. Index.

The first aim is to present the correct interpretation of Thomas Reid’s (1710-96) social epistemology. The second is to use Reid’s insights on these matters to help make some progress on a related contemporary philosophical problem. In the first chapter, I present and argue for an original interpretation of Reid’s account of the social operations. In the second, I do the same with respect to Reid’s account of testimony (a particular species of social operation) and its epistemology. In the third, I discuss a contemporary debate between epistemic individualists and epistemic socialists. I point out that the theorists engaged in that debate assume that epistemic individualism and epistemic socialism are inconsistent positions. I then consider the debate from Reid’s perspective, and, in doing so, show how the two positions might be reconciled. / Graduate / a.l.v.crosby@gmail.com

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Zugl.: Diss.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in an electronic version at http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1039111436.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2002. / Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 369 p. Includes bibliographical references. Abstract available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2005 Dec. 5.

Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universiẗat, Magisterarbeit, 2007.

Inaug. -- Dissertation. -- Kiel. / Vita. Bibliography: p. [51].

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cambridge, 1991.