REID, THOMAS
Reid, Thomas: translation
(1710-1796)
A Scottish philosopher, parish minister, and astronomer, who is renowned for his criticism of David Hume (1711-1776). Reid is sometimes referred to as the first person to describe a case of "metamorphopsia. Reportedly, he himself contracted the condition in 1764 after a period of sungazing.
References
Reid, Th. (1818).An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles ofcommon sense. Edinburgh:
Anderson and MacDowall. Wood, P.B. (1985).Thomas Reid and the Scottish Enlightenment. Toronto: Thomas Fischer Rare Book Library.
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