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A week-long event in recognition of Thomas Reid will be held at the two universities where he taught: the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Glasgow The conference will be devoted to all aspects of Reid's work and its context.
Thomas Reid (1710-96) taught at King’s College, Aberdeen, and at Glasgow University. To celebrate the three hundredth anniversary of his birth the universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow are jointly hosting a major international conference on his work, its contemporary relevance and its historical influence. Plenary speakers include James Harris, Laurent Jaffro, Paul Wood, Rebecca Copenhaver and Udo Thiel.
Papers will be delivered on Reid’s thought in terms of its historical or its contemporary relevance, its relationship with his contemporaries in the Scottish Englightenment, and on other aspects of his influence on philosophical thinking in Britain, Europe, North America or other parts of the world where he has been studied.
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