Hume : a guide for the perplexed / Angela Coventry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coventry, Angela Michelle.

Series:

Guides for the perplexed.

Guides for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--History--18th century.

Philosophy.

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Hume, David.

Physical Description:

xiii, 178 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A student guide that covers the full range of Hume's major works and ideas, including detailed examination of his influential contributions to epistemology and metaphysics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Life and Works of David Hume

1.1. Publication Time-Line

Chapter 2: Intellectual Heritage

2.1. The Growth of Science

2.2. Empiricism and Rationalism

2.3. Main Influences

2.3.1. Descartes

2.3.2. Malebranche

2.3.3. Newton

2.3.4. Locke

2.3.5. Berkeley

2.3.6. Bayle

2.4. Summary

Chapter 3: Approach to Philosophy

3.1. Definition of Philosophy

3.2. Characterization of the Present State of Philosophy

3.3. The Science of Human Nature

3.3.1. The experimental method

3.4. Summary

Chapter 4: Operations of the Mind

4.1. The Copy Principle

4.1.1. Two examples in support of the Copy Principle

4.1.2. The case of the missing shade of blue

4.1.3. Impressions and ideas further classified

4.2. The Separability Principle

4.3. Principles of the Association of Ideas

4.3.1. Relations

4.3.2. Substance and mode

4.3.3. Abstract ideas

4.4. Summary

Chapter 5: Space and Time

5.1. Against the Infinite Divisibility of Space and Time

5.2. The Origin of our Ideas of Space and Time

5.3. The Vacuum

5.4. Three Objections Considered

5.5. Space, Time and the Copy Principle

Chapter 6: Cause and Effect

6.1. The Relation of Cause and Effect

6.2. Why a Cause Is Always Necessary

6.3. The Inference from Cause to Effect

6.3.1. The reason of animals

6.4. Belief

6.4.1. The causes of belief

6.4.2. The influence of belief

6.5. Probability

6.6. Rules to Judge Causes and Effects

6.7. Kant's'Reply'to Hume

Chapter 7: Necessary Connection

7.1. The Idea of Necessary Connection

7.2. Liberty and Necessity

7.3. Moral and Religious Implications of Necessity

7.4. The Imaginary Standard of a Necessary Connection

7.5. Summary

Chapter 8: Scepticism.

8.1. Scepticism about Reason

8.2. The Existence of External Objects

8.2.1. Senses

8.2.2. Reason

8.2.3. Imagination

8.3. Ancient Philosophy

8.4. Modern Philosophy

8.5. The Immaterial Soul

8.6. Personal Identity

8.7. Effects of Scepticism on Philosophy

8.8. Scepticism and the Science of Human Nature

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613271624

9781283271622

1283271621

9781441119810

1441119817

OCLC:

893336044