Philosophers past and present : selected essays / Barry Stroud.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hume, David, 1711-1776--Influence.

Hume, David.

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Philosophy--History--20th century.

Philosophy.

Naturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume of essays explores central ideas in the work of individual philosophers from Descartes, Berkeley, and Locke to Quine, Burge, McDowell, Goldman, Fogelin and Sosa. Stroud confronts a series of philosophical issues, and examines the sources, implications, and legacy of Hume's 'naturalism' and 'scepticism'.

Contents:

Our debt to Descartes

Berkeley v. Locke on primary qualities

Colours and powers

The study of human nature and the subjectivity of value

Hume's An enquiry concerning human understanding

Ayer's Hume

Hume's scepticism: natural instincts and philosophical reflection

"Gilding or staining" the world with "sentiments" and "phantasms"

The constraints of Hume's naturalism

Practical reasoning

The charm of naturalism

The transparency of 'naturalism'

Anti-individualism and scepticism

Sense-experience and the grounding of thought

The 'unity of cognition' and the explanation of mathematical knowledge

Contemporary Pyrrhonism

Perceptual knowledge and epistemological satisfaction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-26560-5

9786613265609

0-19-161941-8

OCLC:

756822466