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Philosophy has been taught at Aberdeen since King's College was founded in 1495. Many distinguished philosophers have taught here, including Thomas Reid, the founder and leading member of the eighteenth-century Scottish school of Common Sense Philosophy, who had a European reputation in his own lifetime and now is studied throughout the world; and Alexander Bain, in the late nineteenth century, whose studies in the philosophy of mind helped to lay the foundations for modern scientific psychology.
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The department is lively and active in carrying on this tradition of teaching and research. Its members' interests cover a wide range of philosophical areas. There are currently four permanent members of staff in the department. There are about 350 undergraduate students, of whom 50 do Honours. |
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