List of contributors Acknowledgements Chronology of events relating to the Scottish Enlightenment Introduction ALEXANDER BROADIE 1 The contexts of the Scottish Enlightenment ROGER EMERSON 2 Religion and rational theology M.A.STEWART 3 The human mind and its powers ALEXANDER BROADIE 4 Anthropology:the'original'of human nature AARON GARRETT 5 Science in the Sottish Enlightenment PAUL WOOD 6 Scepticism and common sense HEINER F.KLE 7 Moral sense and the foundations of morals MEMLUIGI TURCO 8 The political theory of the Scottish Enlightenment FANIA OZ-SALZBRGER 9 Economic theory ANDREW S.SKINNER 10 Natural jurisprudence and the theory of justice KNUD HAAKONSSEN 11 Legal theory JOHN W.CAIRNS 12 Sociality and socialisation CHRISTOPHER J.BERRY 13 Historography MURRAY .H.PITTOCK 14 Art and aesthetic theory ALEXANDER BROAKIE 15 The impact on Europe MICHEL MALHERBE 16 The impact on America:Scottish philosophy and the American founding SAMUEL FLEISCHACKER 17 The nineteenth-century aftermath GORDON GRAHAM Select bibliography Index