THE REFORMING DOCTOR OF THE COMMON SENSE PHILOSOPHY CURRENT-THOMAS BROWN
THE REFORMING DOCTOR OF THE COMMON SENSE PHILOSOPHY CURRENT-THOMAS BROWN

Summary/Abstract: The Scottish physician, philosopher and poet Thomas Brown (1778-1820) was recognized by the medical world for his exceptional diagnostic ability and structured thinking, but the literary world also owes him his signature lyricism. Brown graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1792 and later became one of the Common Sense philosophers. In fact, Brown represented the link that made the transition from the creed of these philosophers to empiricism. What connects him to the Common Sense Philosophy movement is the abandonment of the skepticism promoted by Hume and the consideration of the mind as being fully reliable in organizing personal experiences. What brings him close to empiricism is the common nature of ideas-personal experience, contemplation as a way of self-knowledge. Initially, he took philosophy courses, then he was attracted to the study of law but, in the end, he chose medicine, from which he graduated with the thesis De Somno. At the same time, the doctor published many of his writings in The Edinburgh Review and was even one of the intellectuals who founded this magazine in 1802.

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