James Burnett, Lord Monboddo wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists James Burnett, Lord Monboddo as Scottish judge, scholar of language evolution and philosopher.
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo was born at Monboddo House in 1714. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He studied at University of Edinburgh and University of Aberdeen.
Enlightenment argument moved philosophy into public life: it was now about government, rights and religion as much as metaphysics.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
That the work was done from United Kingdom matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo died in 1799, aged 85. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
