This book provides the first-ever substantial account of the seven-centuries-old Scottish philosophical tradition. It focuses on a number of philosophers in the period from the later thirteenth century until the mid-twentieth and gives space to some brilliantly original texts.Among the greatest philosophers that Scotland has produced are John Duns Scotus, Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Thomas Reid. But there were many other fine, even brilliant philosophers who are less highly regarded, such as John Mair, George Lokert, James Frederick Ferrier, Andrew Seth, Norman Kemp Smith and John Macmurray. All these thinkers and many others are discussed in these pages and it is demonstrated that Scotland's philosophy is intimately bound up with Scotland's broader culture.This clearly written and approachable book gives us a strong sense of the Scottish philosophical tradition.