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Adam Ferguson, FRSE (Scottish Gaelic: Adhamh MacFhearghais), also known as Ferguson of Raith (1 July N.S. [citation needed] /20 June O.S. 1723 – 22 February 1816), was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Jun 16, 2024 · Adam Ferguson (born June 20, 1723, Logierait, Perthshire, Scot.—died Feb. 22, 1816, St. Andrews, Fife) was a historian and philosopher of the Scottish “common sense” school of philosophy who is remembered as a forerunner of modern sociology for his emphasis on social interactions.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 26, 2016 · Adam Ferguson is best known for his 1767 work, An Essay on the History of Civil Society, as well as his Principles of Moral and Political Science (1792).
May 14, 2018 · The Scottish philosopher, moralist, and historian Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) produced a number of notable works concerning the nature of society. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern sociology. Adam Ferguson was born in Logierat, Perthshire.
Jun 18, 2023 · The first was Adam Smith, born in Kirkcaldy on June 5, 1723, and the second is Adam Ferguson, born on June 20, 1723, who is often known as Ferguson of Raith due to his ancestors having once been the lairds of the Kirkcaldy suburb, though back then Raith was a separate settlement.
- Hamish Macpherson
Scottish philosopher of the Enlightenment, and often regarded as a pioneer of sociology. Adam Ferguson was educated at St Andrews and became a chaplain of the Black Watch Highlander regiment (he fought at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745).
Ferguson’s philosophical works exhibit some of the distinctive features of Scottish philosophy in interesting ways. For him moral philosophy has to combine educational purpose with intellectual inquiry, and the study of human nature is the study of essentially social beings.
