Routledge philosophy guidebook to Hume on knowledge / Harold W. Noonan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noonan, Harold W.

Series:

Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hume, David, 1711-1776. Treatise of human nature--Book 1.

Hume, David.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Hume on knowledge

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Hume was one of the most important British philosophers of the eighteenth century. The first part of his Treatise on Human Nature is a seminal work in philosophy. Hume on Knowledge introduces and assesses:* Humes life and the background of the Treatise* The ideas and text in the Treatise* Humes continuing importance to philosophy

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Hume's life and work; Hume's life and times; The structure of Book 1 of the Treatise and its place in Hume's work; The place of the Treatise in the history of philosophy: precursors, influences and effects; Aims and methods; 2 Hume's theory of the mind; The contents of the mind; Impressions and ideas; The Copy Principle and the missing shade of blue; The Copy Principle and empiricism; The association of ideas; Abstract ideas; Hume's theory of thought; 3 Causation, induction and necessary connection

The grounds of belief and the role of causationThe idea of cause; The Causal Maxim; Inference from the observed to the unobserved; The nature and causes of belief; The idea of necessary connection; 4 The external world; The continued and distinct existence of body; The vulgar and philosophical forms of the belief in body; The causes of the vulgar form of the belief in body: constancy and coherence; The role of identity; The philosophical belief in double existence; 5 The self and personal identity; The fiction of personal identity; The reification of perceptions

The rejection of the substantial selfHume's account of the source of the mistake; Objections to Hume; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-74784-5

1-134-74785-3

0-203-01450-2

1-280-33416-9

9780203014509

OCLC:

318569869