The 3rd M. A. Stewart Workshop in Scottish Intellectual History
The Life of Thomas Reid:
Aberdeen and the North-East, 1710-1764
This year’s event will celebrate the publication of the first volume of Paul Wood’s long-awaited intellectual biography of Thomas Reid, The Life of Thomas Reid: Aberdeen and the North-East, 1710-1764 (EUP, 2026). Participants will include Thomas Ahnert, Rebecca Copenhaver, Sorana Corneanu, John Henry, Laurent Jaffro, Felicity Loughlin, Anna Plassart, Alasdair Raffe, and Paul Wood.
Philosophy, Edgecliffe,
The Scores, St Andrews.
22-23 October 2026.
To register please contact James Harris
E-mail: jah15@st-andrews.ac.uk
Final date for registration: 17 October.
9.00-10.00 Sorana Corneanu (Bucharest): “Reid and the Logical cultura animi”
10.00-11.00 Tamàs Demeter (Corvinus): "Reid and the Limits of Mental Chemistry: Lessons from Wood”
11.00-11.30 Tea + coffee
11.30-12.30 Thomas Ahnert (Edinburgh): "Thomas Reid, Religious Moderatism, and Philosophy”
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2.30 Felicity Loughlin (Edinburgh): "Reid and the Kirk: Calvinism, Ministry and the Manse”
2.30-3.30 Alasdair Raffe (Edinburgh): "Thomas Reid and Scottish Religious Politics”
3.30-4.00 Tea + coffee
4.00-5.00 Concluding discussion, chaired by James Harris (St Andrews)
Thursday 22 October
Friday 23 October
2.00-2.30 Paul Wood (Victoria): "Thomas Reid and the Nature of Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century”
2.30-3.30 Rebecca Copenhaver (Wash U): "Thomas Reid and the Science of Mind”
3.30-4.00 Tea + coffee
4.00-5.00 Laurent Jaffro (Paris 1): “Reid in Shaftesburyan Attire”