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'''Common Sense Realism''' is a philosophy that originated in the ideas of Scottish philosophers [[Thomas Reid]] and [[Dugald Stewart]] during the 18th century [[Scottish Enlightenment]]. It swept American intellectual circles in the 19th century.  It was strongest at Princeton Seminary, and greatly influenced conservative relgious thought, especially of Fundamentalists like [[John Gresham Machen]] (1881-1937)
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'''Common Sense Realism''' is a philosophy that originated in the ideas of Scottish philosophers [[Thomas Reid]],  [[Adam Ferguson]] and [[Dugald Stewart]] during the 18th century Scottish [[Enlightenment]].  
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It swept American intellectual circles in the 19th century.  It was strongest at Princeton Seminary, and greatly influenced conservative relgious thought, especially of Fundamentalists like [[John Gresham Machen]] (1881-1937)
    
==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
 
* Ahlstrom, Sydney E. "The Scottish Philosophy and American Theology," ''Church History,'' Vol. 24, No. 3 (Sep., 1955), pp. 257-272 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3162115 in JSTOR]
 
* Ahlstrom, Sydney E. "The Scottish Philosophy and American Theology," ''Church History,'' Vol. 24, No. 3 (Sep., 1955), pp. 257-272 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3162115 in JSTOR]
 
*  Marsden, George M. ''Fundamentalism and American Culture'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentalism-American-Culture-George-Marsden/dp/0195300475/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239441231&sr=8-14 excerpt and text search]
 
*  Marsden, George M. ''Fundamentalism and American Culture'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentalism-American-Culture-George-Marsden/dp/0195300475/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239441231&sr=8-14 excerpt and text search]
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===Primary sources===
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* ''Selections from the Scottish Philosophy of Common Sense,'' ed. by G.A. Johnston (1915) [http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=2044&Itemid=28 online], essays by  Thomas Reid, [[Adam Ferguson]], James Beattie, and Dugald Stewart
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[[Category:Philosophy]]
 
[[Category:Philosophy]]
 
[[Category:Fundamentalism]]
 
[[Category:Fundamentalism]]
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