Francis Hutcheson was an Irish philosopher widely regarded as one of the key figures of the early Scottish Enlightenment. He served as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and wa
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, c. 1745
Plaque to Francis Hutcheson on the Guildhall, Saintfield
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The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By the eighteenth century, Scotland ha
Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)
…Francis Hutcheson (; 8 August 1694 – 8 August 1746) was an Irish philosopher widely regarded as one of the key figures of the early Scottish Enlightenment. He served as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and was a major advocate of moral sense theory, which holds that humans possess…
David Hume and Adam Smith on the Scottish National Portrait Gallery