1. Concept
The term “Scottish Enlightenment” was coined in 1900 by William R. Scott [19. 7] to reflect the profusion of thinkers, artists, scientists, and technicians who emerged in 18th-century Scotland to exert crucial influence on the European and American Enlightenment movements and enrich them. The best-known protagonists of the Scottish Enlightenment are the philosopher David Hume and th…