Coordinator: Richard Gunn
I am the author, with Adrian Wilding, of Revolutionary Recognition (London: Bloomsbury Academic 2021). The book has recently appeared in paperback. I was involved in editing the small journal Common Sense. Read more…
Civil War; Ranters, Quakers and Revolution by Richard Gunn
The Philosophy of Mutual Recognition by Richard Gunn
Title of talk:
Mutual Recognition
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On Mutual Recognition by Richard Gunn
In recent years, the term ‘mutual recognition’ has become more central to what I write and argue and say. More specifically, the terms ‘recognition’, and ‘mutual’ recognition have been central to a number of papers that my friend Adrian Wilding and myself have jointly produced’.[1] Read more…
A Note On The Senses: Common Sense From Aristotle to Marx and Beyond by Richard Gunn
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.”– William Blake ‘The Marriage of Heaven and Hell’ in G. Keynes, ed., Poetry and Prose of William Blake (London: Nonesuch Library 1961)
29th Oct 2015: Why Should One See Oneself ‘With The Eyes of Other People?’? Adam Smith and the Human Condition by Richard Gunn
Come along to The Counting House at 7pm to listen to Richard, share a crust of bread, and learn about Adam Smith…
Title of talk:
Why Should One See Oneself ‘With The Eyes of Other People?’? Adam Smith and the Human Condition
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The Democratic Intellect was recommended by Richard Gunn
As part of the Ragged Library, Richard Gunn – a recently retired lecturer on political theory at the University of Edinburgh suggested ‘The Democratic Intellect: Scotland and Her Universities in the Nineteenth Century (Edinburgh University Press 1961 and – more recently – 2013’…
Davie’s book (published in 1961) opened a window on Scottish thought from the eighteenth century onwards; in addition, it brought a then-neglected philosophy into view.The philosophy was that of ‘common sense’, and Davie underlined the significance of common sense in the history of Scottish education.