TY - JOUR AU - Allen, Garrett PY - 2012/09/12 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Understanding Thomas Reid JF - Stance: an international undergraduate philosophy journal JA - stance VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.33043/S.5.1.55-62 UR - https://openjournals.bsu.edu/stance/article/view/1809 SP - 55-62 AB - <p>Thomas Reid offers a powerful challenge to Hume and his skeptical system. In “Thomas Reid on Epistemic Principles,” William Alston gives an explanation of that challenge and concludes in favor of a Reidian-inspired thesis. I argue, however, that Alston’s thesis is a diluted version of Reid’s radical position, one that Reid’s principles cannot accommodate. Thus, I conclude that, because Alston’s position is not available, we are left with Reid’s radical thesis, with which we are rightly uncomfortable.</p> ER -