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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fosl, Peter S., author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in Scottish philosophy.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh studies in Scottish philosophy

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Hume, David.

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 378 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Peter S. Fosl offers a radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He first contextualises Hume's thought in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of his work - including the Treatise, Enquiries, Essays, History, Dialogues and letters.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Series Editor’s Introduction

Abbreviations and Conventions

Introduction: Into Those Immense Depths

Part I Academic and Pyrrhonian Scepticism, Ancient and Modern

1 Hume and Ancient Academic Scepticism

2 Hume and the Legacy of Academic Scepticism

3 Hume and Ancient Pyrrhonian Scepticism

4 Hume and the Legacy of Pyrrhonian Scepticism

Part II Hume’s True Sceptical Philosophy

5 Phûsis: The Fatalities of Appearance

6 Ethos: The Great Sceptical Guide

7 Technai: Dogmatism and the Technologies of Doubt

8 Pathê: Hume’s Non-Dogmatic Philosophy

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7692-9

1-4744-5114-4

OCLC:

1306539805