Stability and justification in Hume's treatise / Louis E. Loeb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loeb, Louis E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Hume, David.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Louis Loeb argues that the paradoxical corollary to Hume's 'stability-based' theory, stated in his 'Treatise on Human Nature', is that no belief generating mechanism is fully stable or justified - for a fully reflective person.

Contents:

I. Contexts for Hume's Epistemological Projects

II. Causal Inference, Associationism, and the Understanding

III. Integrating Hume's Accounts of Belief and Justification

IV. Unphilosophical Probability and Judgments Arising from Sympathy

V. The Propensity to Ascribe Identity to Related Objects

VI. Constancy and Coherence in I.iv.2

VII. Difficulties-Contrived and Suppressed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611197155