Brown, Thomas

Scottish philosopher (1778-1820). Brown’s main work was his Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, which was published posthumously in 1820.  Though associated by some with the ‘Common Sense’ school of philosophy, Brown’s philosophy was much more sceptical and empiricist than that of e.g. Thomas Reid or Dugald Stewart. He was a pupil of Stewart, and was Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1810-1820.

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