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1249 followers · 435 posts · Server mastodon.ieThomas Kingsmill Abbott (1829-1913), Kantian scholar and critic of Berkeley's theory of vision. Born #otd in 1829.
#DIB bio: https://www.dib.ie/biography/abbott-thomas-kingsmill-a0005
Berkeley's theory of vision and Abbott's critique: https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/18/small-far-away/
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Irish Philosophy · @Irishphilosophy
1249 followers · 432 posts · Server mastodon.ieThomas Kingsmill Abbott (1829-1913), Kantian scholar and critic of Berkeley's theory of vision. Born #otd in 1829.
#DIB bio: https://www.dib.ie/biography/abbott-thomas-kingsmill-a0005
Berkeley's theory of vision and Abbott's critique: https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/18/small-far-away/
#otd #dib #kingsmillabbott #georgeberkeley
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Irish Philosophy · @Irishphilosophy
973 followers · 813 posts · Server mastodon.ieThomas #KingsmillAbbott (1829–1913), scholar, TCD librarian and clergyman, died #OTD in 1913.
He argued against #Berkeley 's theory of #vision which had been the orthodoxy in the 18th and 19th centuries. (For Berkeley's theory and Kingsmill Abbott's counter arguments see https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/18/small-far-away/ )
He was also one of the #TCD #Kantian Circle, and translated #Kant 's ethical works. https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2015/03/26/irish-kantians-translation/
Bio from #DIB: https://www.dib.ie/biography/abbott-thomas-kingsmill-a0005
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