Includes index.

The two key philosophical figures at the peak of the Enlightenment are Thomas Reid in Scotland and Immanuel Kant in Germany. Reid was the most influential figure across Europe and the United States well into the nineteenth century, but since then, his prominence has been overshadowed by his German counterpart. This significant book by one of today’s foremost philosophers of knowledge and religion aims to restore Reid's importance to contemporary philosophy. Nicholas Wolterstorff offers the first systematic account of Reid's epistemology, linking Reid's philosophy to modern epistemological discussions and showing how it remains strikingly relevant and thought-provoking. No other work both reveals the underlying structure of Reid's ideas and connects them to current philosophical debates. This book is essential reading for historians of philosophy and any philosopher interested in epistemology and the philosophy of mind.