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Dugald Stewart FRSE FRS ( / ˈdjuːɡəld /; 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.
Jun 7, 2024 · Dugald Stewart was a philosopher and major exponent of the Scottish “common sense” school of philosophy. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, where his father was professor of mathematics, Stewart began teaching there when he was 19.
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Stewart was an immensely erudite, eclectic philosopher who drew on modern English and French philosophy as well as the domestic Scots tradition. His early encounter with Reid, however, who remained a friend and mentor until his death in 1796, had the greatest intellectual influence on him, and Stewart remained an exponent of common sense ...
Jun 27, 2001 · 12. Dugald Stewart on history and philosophy. One colleague of Blair and Ferguson at Edinburgh University was Dugald Stewart (1753–1828), who was a student first at Edinburgh, and then at Glasgow where his moral philosophy professor was Thomas Reid.
Dugald Stewart was a Scottish mathematician who also worked in moral philosophy and held chairs in both these subjects at Edinburgh University. View one larger picture. Biography. Dugald Stewart's father was Matthew Stewart who was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh at the time Dugald was born.
Dugald Stewart (1753-1828) was a professor of mathematics and moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, and a leading figure of the Scottish common sense school of philosophy. He influenced many fields of study with his lectures, writings and library, and is remembered with a monument on Calton Hill.
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Dugald Stewart (1753–1828) was a Scottish moral philosopher who taught at Edinburgh University and defended the common sense theory of Thomas Reid and the political economy of Adam Smith. He was also a defender of academic freedom, a friend of Robert Burns, and a critic of Humean skepticism and Lockean moral sense.
