Philosopher
Dugald Stewart
Overview
Dugald Stewart (; 22 November 1753 – 11 June 1828) was a Scottish philosopher and mathematician. Today regarded as one of the most important figures of the later Scottish Enlightenment, he was renowned as a populariser of the work of Francis Hutcheson and of Adam Smith. Trained in mathematics, medicine and philosophy, his lectures at the University of Edinburgh were widely disseminated by his many influential students. In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In most contemporary documents he is referred to as Dougal Stewart.
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Philosophers who discussed Dugald Stewart
- James Mill
- Victor Cousin
- Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)
- Richard Price
- James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
- Thomas Brown (philosopher)
- Théodore Jouffroy
Ideas Dugald Stewart discusses
- Empiricism
- French Revolution
- Immanuel Kant
- John Stuart Mill
- John Locke
- Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
- James Mill
- Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis
- Adam Ferguson
- Adam Smith
- Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)
- Richard Price
- Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
- Ontology
- Political philosophy
- University of Edinburgh
- Walter Scott
- American Philosophical Society
- Thomas Reid
- Thirteen Colonies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- University of Glasgow
- Joseph Priestley
- Scottish common sense realism
Place in the tradition
Part of British philosophy.