Abstract

ELTON, María. MORAL FREEDOM IN THOMAS REID THE QUESTION OF METHOD. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2021, vol.70, n.176, pp.117-135.  Epub July 09, 2021. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v70n176.70962.

Precisely, by the time in which humean's will determinism was beginning to have strength of tradition, Thomas Reid arises with a philosophy of free will that had the main features of the pre-Hume classic tradition, medieval and early modern. His inductive method, however, is taken from Newton and from common sense. Since this illustrated methodology, Reid states that will is a metaphysical faculty. It has had influence in agent-cause theory, which has opposed to event-cause theory in contemporary action theory, thence its high historical interest.

Keywords : T. Reid; D. Hume; will; freedom; method.

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