Hutcheson, Francis(1694–1746)
Francis Hutcheson, a moral-sense theorist, was born at Drumalig in County Down, Ulster. His father and grandfather were Presbyterian ministers. In 1711 he entered ...
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Hutcheson, Francis [addendum]
Although Francis Hutcheson's name is frequently associated with the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713), the truth is that once he rejects John Locke...
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Francis Hutcheson, moral philosopher, led the attempts of the Scottish Enlightenment to ground moral discourse on the presuppositions of current psychological and epistemological theories--primarily t...
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Francis Hutcheson, leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, is too often considered a minor moral philosopher, of interest only for his influence on David Hume and Adam Smith. Yet, Hutcheson crea...
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