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The Role of Thomas Reid’s Philosophy in Science and Technology; The Case of W.J.M. Rankine

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The Philosophy of Thomas Reid

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The faculties of our minds are the tools and engines we must use in every disquisition; and the better we understand their nature and force, the more successfully we shall be able to apply thorn.(1)

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  1. IP, Preface (Works, p. 218).

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  2. See Reingold and Mollela (1976).

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  3. For biographical information on Rankine see Channell (1984) and Tait (1881).

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  4. Tait (1881, p. xxi).

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  5. See Olson (1975, pp. 225–6).

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  6. See Davie (1964, pp. 186–7, 197–8).

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  7. Tait (1881, p. xxi).

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  8. AP, Preface (Works, p. 511).

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  9. Stewart (1793, p. 3).

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  10. Forbes (1849, p. 7).

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  11. Rankine (1856, pp. 4–5).

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  12. Rankine (1856, pp. 9–10).

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  14. Rankine (1856, pp. 17–18).

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  15. Rankine (1856, p. 20).

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  16. IP, I, vii (Works, p. 242).

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  17. See Olson (1975, pp. 106–111).

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  18. See Stewart (1814, vol. 2, p. 332).

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  19. ’On the Mechanical Action of Heat Especially in Gases and Vapours’, in Rankine (1881).

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  20. Rankine (1864, p. 132).

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  21. Rankine (1859, p. xviii).

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  22. IP, I, iii (Works, p. 236).

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  23. ’Outlines of the Science of Energetics’, in Rankine (1881, pp. 209–28).

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  24. E.g., see Olson (1975, pp. 271–87).

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  26. Corr, Letter to Lord Karnes (Works, p. 53). Also see Stewart, Philosophy of Mind, II, p. 266.

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  27. ’Outlines of the Science of Energetics’ in Rankine (1881, p.212).

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  28. Ibid.

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  29. Op.cit., pp. 210, 213.

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  30. Op.cit., p. 213.

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  31. Stewart quoting Dr. Gregory (1814, vol. 2, p. 337).

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  32. Stewart (1814, vol. 1, pp. 371–3).

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  33. ’Outlines of the Science of Energetics’ in Rankine (1881, pp. 212, 215, 226).

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  34. For example, see Donavan (1982) and Olson (1975).

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  35. This study is based on work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. SES-8015514.

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  1. David F. Channeil
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Channeil, D.F. (1989). The Role of Thomas Reid’s Philosophy in Science and Technology; The Case of W.J.M. Rankine. In: Dalgarno, M., Matthews, E. (eds) The Philosophy of Thomas Reid. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2338-6_28

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