Projection and realism in Hume's philosophy / P.J.E. Kail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kail, P. J. E. (Peter J. E.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Hume, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 264 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his writings, Hume talks of our 'gilding and staining' natural objects, and of the mind's propensity to 'spread itself' on the world. This has led commentators to use the metaphor of 'projection' in connection with his philosophy: Hume is held to have taught that causal power and self are projections, that God is a projection of our fear, and that value is a projection of sentiment. By considering what it is about Hume's writing that occasions this metaphor, P. J. E. Kailspells out its meaning, the role it plays in Hume's work, and examines how, if at all, what sounds 'projective' in Hume c

Contents:

Religion and the external world

Projection, religion, and the external world

The senses, reason and the imagination

Realism, meaning and justification : the external world and religious belief

Modality, projection and realism

'Our profound ignorance' : causal realism, and the failure to detect necessity

Spreading the mind : projection, necessity and realism

Into the labyrinth : persons, modality, and Hume's undoing

Value, projection, and realism

Gilding : projection, value and secondary qualities

The gold : good, evil, belief and desire

The golden : relational values, realism and a moral sense.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-254) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-161459-9

0-19-171072-5

0-19-152800-5

1-281-15022-3

9786611150228

1-4356-2196-4

OCLC:

735625212