![]() It is likely that Reid belonged to the “moderate party” of Hugh Blair (a popular Scottish minister). This was due to rumors that Reid was given his call through patronage–an unpopular practice in small, rural parishes like New Machar. Little is known about Reid’s ministry in New Machar, but the story circulates that he was not near as popular in the parish as was his wife. Together they had nine children–eight of whom, sadly, Reid outlived. While in New Machar (1740) Reid married his wife, Elizabeth. In 1737, Reid was ordained and took a pastoral call to a small church in New Machar (near Aberdeen). He was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland in 1731, and briefly pursued theological studies after licensure. During his time at Marischal, Reid became thoroughly acquainted with Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathmatica, and showed much appreciation for Newton throughout the course of his career.īefore becoming a philosopher, Reid served as a parish minister. Turnbull was a follower of idealist philosopher Bishop George Berkeley–Reid later came to oppose the Bishop with great vigor, as he did the empiricist philosophers John Locke and David Hume. Reid was greatly influenced by his teacher, George Turnbull. Reid was only 16, but this was typical for the time. Reid began attending Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1723, and graduated Master in 1726. Her first cousin, James Gregory (1638–1675), was a respected mathematician and astronomer who invented the reflecting telescope. Lewis Reid, 1676-1762), Reid’s mother was Margaret Gregory, one of twenty-nine children, and from the famed Gregory clan. The son of a Church of Scotland minister (the Rev. Reid was born and raised in Strachan, near Aberdeen, Scotland. ![]() The purpose of this essay is to introduce Thomas Reid’s philosophy of “common sense,” which, I believe, has been far too long misunderstood and therefore neglected, and which still has an important role to play in formulating a “common sense” apologetic for the Christian religion–an apologetic which centers in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ as Christianity’s chief truth claim. Of late, there has been a Reidian resurgence of sorts, reflected in several volumes about Reid’s philosophy, the publication of a new critical edition of his works (by the University of Edinburgh), and through favorable treatment by so-called “Reformed Epistemologists,” Alvin Plantinga and Nicholas Wolterstorff. Although destined for relative obscurity, Reid’s influence did remain strong in several quarters. Reid was highly respected and quite influential in the days of the eighteenth century Scottish Enlightenment, but the popularity of Reid and his common sense philosophy quickly faded in subsequent generations. ![]() Thomas Reid (Ap– October 7, 1796) is best known as the founder and principal philosopher of “common sense,” or more properly, “Scottish Common Sense Realism” (SCSR). Who Was Thomas Reid and Why Does His “Common Sense” Philosophy Still Matter? What Should I Read to Learn About Covenant Theology What Should I Read to Learn More About Infant Baptism What Should I Read to Learn About the Lord's Supper What Should I Read to Learn About the Westminster Confession What Should I Read to Learm about the Three Forms? What Should I Read to Learn More About the End Times WarfieldĪ Few of My Favorite Books on World War One Sam Storms - Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternativeįred Zaspel - The Theology of B. ![]() Jesse Norman - Edmund Burke: The First Conservative Debby Applegate - The Most Famous Man in Americaĭavid Jeremiah - Agents of the Apocalypse ![]()
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