Hume's scepticism : pyrrhonian and academic / Peter S. Fosl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fosl, Peter S., author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in Scottish philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Hume, David.

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 378 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2020]

Summary:

"Making a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume's scepticism, Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic. He does this by first situating Hume's thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of Hume's work"--Publisher website.

"Making a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume's scepticism, Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic. He does this by first situating Hume's thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of Hume's work"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Hume and ancient academic scepticism

Hume and the legacy of academic scepticism

Hume and ancient Pyrrhonian scepticism

Hume and the legacy of Pyrrhonian scepticism

Phûsis, the fatalities of appearance

Ethos, the great sceptical guide

Technai, dogmatism and Hume's technologies of doubt

Pathê, Hume's non-dogmatic philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-370) and index.

ISBN:

9781474451123

1474451128

OCLC:

1110131147