Philosophical Methodology offers an up-to-date assessment of different methods of doing philosophy, and develops a novel account of the structure and goals of inquiry. It allows philosophers and students of philosophy to better understand their topics, and shows how philosophy can continue to make progress in answering its central questions.
Presenting Thomas Reid's agency-centered ethical theory. This means, one according to which agency intersects with the subject matter of ethics in a sufficiently wide range of important ways that we cannot satisfactorily engage in ethical theorizing without committing ourselves to and, ultimately developing, particular understandings of agency.
Thomas Reid's philosophical contributions provide a robust counter to the skepticism of Hume, the idealism of Kant, and the rationalism of Descartes, establishing him as a key figure in eighteenth-century thought. The work delves into his scientific inquiries and the significant historical impact of his ideas, showcasing his role as a principal architect of Scottish common sense philosophy. Reid's sophisticated arguments offer an important alternative perspective in the landscape of Enlightenment philosophy.
One of the few railway artist actually to be commissioned by the railway companys, and particularly by British Rail when steam was still operational, Terence Cuneo's paintings are renowned throughout the world. As well as illustrating his most famous works, the book includes many new and unseen paintings. Both the paintings and the text, laced with fascinating sketches and anecdotes, reflects this great British artist's genius and real love of railways. Indeed, his enthusiasm has produced paintings of railways as diverse as the small trains of Kashmir and the giants of America and Canada, at the same time remaining true to his first love, the great railways of Britain.