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Hume's labyrinth : a search for the self / by Alan Schwerin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwerin, Alan, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hume, David, 1711-1776.
- Hume, David.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (382 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In his magnum opus David Hume asserts that a person is "nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other Other an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement." (Treatise 252) Hume is clearly proud of his bold thesis, as is borne out by his categorical arguments and analyses on the self. Contributions like this will, in his opinion, help establish a new science of human nature, "which will not be inferior in certainty, and will be much s...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The appendix and the self
- pt. 2. The treatise and the self
- pt. 3. Alternative theories and the labyrinth.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-3947-7
- OCLC:
- 821178898
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