Order and artifice in Hume's political philosophy / Frederick G. Whelan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whelan, Frederick G., 1947- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hume, David, 1711-1776. Treatise of human nature.

Hume, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 pages).

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Frederick G. Whelan relates Hume's political theory to the other parts of his philosophy, including his epistemology, his account of human nature, and his ethics, emphasizing the unity of the whole.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Bibliographic Note

Acknowledgments

Chapter I. Introduction

Chapter II. Philosophical Foundations

Chapter III. Hume's Science of Human Nature

Chapter IV. The Political Theory of Artifice

Chapter V. Skepticism and Politics

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691653938

0691653933

9780691611730

0691611734

OCLC:

1016806640