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Oct 2024
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Ep. 352: Thomas Reid on Smelling and Kno...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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Continuing on Inquiry into the Human Mind, getting further into the chapter on smelling as well as the conclusion and Reid's exchange with Hume.

What exactly is our relation with objects in the world according to Reid?

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