Kant, Hume, and the interruption of dogmatic slumber / Abraham Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Abraham, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Hume, David, 1711-1776--Influence.

Hume, David.

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

God--Proof.

God.

Sufficient reason.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

xxii, 180 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Kant, Hume, and the Interruption of Dogmatic Slumber argues that Hume inspired Kant's Critique of Pure Reason not by challenging empirical knowledge, but by attacking metaphysics and the proofs of the existence of God. It shows that both Kant and Hume were primarily interested not in scepticism about science or ordinary experience but in a question of much greater existential and political importance: whether the belief in God can be based on proof. It thereby helps us see the problem of knowledge in Kant and Hume as champions of the Enlightenment in its struggle with superstition"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Objection of David Hume and the Project of Enlightenment p. 43

2 Defining "The Objection of David Hume" p. 72

3 Hume's Attack on the Rationalist Principle of Sufficient Reason in the Enquiry p. 100

4 Interpreting Hume on the Causal Principle: Treatise 1.3.3, "A letter from a gentleman," and Kant's German Contemporaries p. 122

5 Hume's Attack on the "Impious Maxim" as the Hidden Spine of the Critique p. 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Anderson, Abraham, Kant, hume, and the interruption of dogmatic slumber

ISBN:

9780190096748

0190096748

OCLC:

1122687214

Publisher Number:

99984434757