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The Continuum companion to Hume / general editors: Dan O'Brien, Alan Bailey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Continuum companions.
- Continuum companions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophers--Great Britain.
- Philosophers.
- Hume, David, 1711-1776.
- Hume, David.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (473 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- David Hume (1711-1776), philosopher, historian, and essayist, is widely considered to be Britains greatest philosopher.One of the leading intellectual figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, his major works and central ideas, especially his radical empiricism and his critique of the pretensions of philosophical rationalism, remain hugely influential on contemporary philosophers. This comprehensive and accessible guide to Hume's life and work includes 21 specially commissioned essays, written by a team of leading experts, covering every aspect of Hume's thought. The Companion presents details of Hume.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Abbreviations for Works Written by Hume; Acknowledgements; David Hume - A Timeline; INTRODUCTION; 1. HUME'S LIFE, INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT AND RECEPTION; 2. HUME'S EMPIRICIST INNER EPISTEMOLOGY:A REASSESSMENT OF THE COPY PRINCIPLE; 3. HUME'S 'SCEPTICISM' ABOUT INDUCTION; 4. THE PSYCHOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF HUME'S ACCOUNT OF PROBABLE REASONING; 5. CAUSATION AND NECESSARY CONNECTION; 6. HUME ON SCEPTICISM AND THE MORAL SCIENCES; 7. THE SELF AND PERSONAL IDENTITY; 8. 'ALL MY HOPES VANISH': HUME ON THE MIND
- 9. ACTION, REASON AND THE PASSIONS10. FREE WILL; 11. HUME ON MIRACLES; 12. DAVID HUME AND THE ARGUMENT TO DESIGN; 13. PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF; 14. HUME'S SENTIMENTALIST ACCOUNT OFMORAL JUDGEMENT; 15. HUME AND THE VIRTUES; 16. HUME'S HUMAN NATURE; 17. HUME AND FEMINISM; 18. HUME ON ECONOMIC WELL-BEING; 19. 'OF THE STANDARD OF TASTE': DECISIONS,RULES AND CRITICAL ARGUMENT; 20. HUME ON HISTORY; 21. HUME'S LEGACY AND THE IDEA OF BRITISH EMPIRICISM; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Topics
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613607164
- 9781441183293
- 1441183299
- 9781280577437
- 1280577436
- 9781441114617
- 1441114610
- OCLC:
- 787843555
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