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Why the five senses? Like many other philosophers, Reid does not answer this question, because it is out of place: philosophy (which is the study of the human mind) has nothing to say about the senses, except that, as a matter of fact, they are five.
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I, I, ii (Works, p. 98).
I, II, i (Works, p. 104).
I, I, ii (Works, p. 99).
I, II, ii (Works, p. 105).
I, II, i (Works, p. 104).
I, V, i (Works, p. 119).
I, II, viii (Works, p. 112).
cf. IP, II, xxi (Works, p. 331).
I, III, (Works, p. 116).
I, IV, i (Works, p. 117).
I, V, i (Works, p. 119).
I, V, iv (Works, p. 123).
cf. IP, II, xvii (Works, p. 313).
I, VI, ii (Works, p. 133).
I, VI, vii (Works, p. 142).
I, VI, viii (Works, p. 146).
I, VI, viii (Works, p. 145).
Ibid.
I, VI, i (Works, p. 133).
I, V, ii (Works, p. 120).
I, VI, iii (Works, p. 135).
IP, II, iv (Works, p. 257).
IP, II, ii (Works, p. 248).
IP, II, i (Works, p. 245).
IP, II, i (Works, p. 247); II, iv (Works, p. 257), etc.
IP, II, v (Works, p. 258).
IP, II, iv (Works, p. 257).
IP, II, xx (Works, p. 326).
IP, II, i (Works, p. 246).
IP, II, ii (Works, p. 248).
IP, II, xvi (Works, p. 312).
IP, II, xvi (Works, p. 310).
IP, II, xvii (Works, p. 318).
IP, II, xvi (Works, P. 311).
IP, II, xvi (Works, p. 312).
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Malherbe, M. (1989). Thomas Reid on the Five Senses. In: Dalgarno, M., Matthews, E. (eds) The Philosophy of Thomas Reid. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2338-6_9
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