An Inquiry into the Human Mind: On the Principles of Common Sense

Thomas Reid’s Inquiry has long been recognized as a classic text in the philosophy of mind. Reid scholars however, have been aware of the lack of full textual evidence when analyzing the composition of the piece. this work therefore presents a complete, critically edited text of the Inquiry , based on the fourth life-time edition (published in 1785), which contains notes including biographical details and allusions, translations, references to secondary literature and selected passages from Reid’s MSS.