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Mary Shepherd's An essay upon the relation of cause and effect / edited by Don Garrett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shepherd, Mary, Lady, 1777-1847, author.
- Series:
- Oxford new histories of philosophy.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford new histories of philosophy
- Oxford scholarship online
- Standardized Title:
- Essay upon the relation of cause and effect, controverting the doctrine of Mr. Hume, concerning the nature of that relation ; with observations upon the opinions of Dr. Brown and Mr. Lawrence, connected with the same subject
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shepherd, Mary, Lady, 1777-1847.
- Shepherd, Mary.
- Hume, David, 1711-1776.
- Hume, David.
- Causation.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Essay upon the relation of cause and effect
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Mary Shepherd's 'An Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect', first published in 1824, was a pioneering work in metaphysics & epistemology. Together with her 1827 'Essays on the Perception of an External Universe', they make her one of the most important philosophers of her era. Although widely neglected by the history of philosophy, her works have recently begun to attract the attention & sustained study they deserve. In the course of her writings, Shepherd offers trenchant & detailed rebuttals of the arguments & conclusions of many prominent predecessors, including George Berkeley, Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Brown, William Lawrence, & especially David Hume, but she is no merely negative thinker. On the contrary, her critiques are always in the service of her own distinctive & highly original doctrines, which are of striking contemporary interest.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series
- Mary Shepherd's An Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series Editors' Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Short Titles and Forms of Citation
- Notes on the Text
- Editor's Introduction
- AN ESSAY UPON THE RELATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT
- Advertisement to the Reader
- Preface
- Introductory Chapter
- Chapter the Second
- Chapter the Third
- Chapter the Fourth: Observations on Dr. Brown's Essay on the Doctrine of Mr. Hume
- Chapter the Fifth: Observations on Mr. Lawrence's Lectures
- Chapter the Sixth
- Errata
- Appendix I: Two Essays of 1828
- Observations by Lady Mary Shepherd on the 'First Lines of the Human Mind'
- On the Causes of Single and Erect Vision
- Appendix II: Letters
- Letters to Charles Babbage (Letters 1- 8)
- Letters to William Whewell (Letters 9- 11)
- Letter to Robert Blakey (Letter 12)
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 2, 2024).
- Contains:
- Shepherd, Mary, Lady, 1777-1847. Correspondence.
- ISBN:
- 9780197649664
- 0197649661
- 9780197649640
- 0197649645
- OCLC:
- 1437542960
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