The Riddle Of Hume S Treatise

Author : Paul Russell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199751525

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The Riddle of Hume's Treatise by Paul Russell Pdf

It is widely held that Hume's Treatise has little or nothing to do with problems of religion. Contrary to this view, Paul Russell argues that it is irreligious aims and objectives that are fundamental to the Treatise and account for its underlying unity and coherence

Author : David Hume
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141904641

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A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume Pdf

One of the most significant works of Western philosophy, Hume's Treatise was published in 1739-40, before he was thirty years old. A pinnacle of English empiricism, it is a comprehensive attempt to apply scientific methods of observation to a study of human nature, and a vigorous attack upon the principles of traditional metaphysical thought. With masterly eloquence, Hume denies the immortality of the soul and the reality of space; considers the manner in which we form concepts of identity, cause and effect; and speculates upon the nature of freedom, virtue and emotion. Opposed both to metaphysics and to rationalism, Hume's philosophy of informed scepticism sees man not as a religious creation, nor as a machine, but as a creature dominated by sentiment, passion and appetite.

Author : Robert J. Fogelin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429590306

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Hume's Skepticism in the Treatise of Human Nature by Robert J. Fogelin Pdf

This work, first published in 1985, offers a general interpretation of Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature. Most Hume scholarship has either neglected or downplayed an important aspect of Hume’s position – his scepticism. This book puts that right, examining in close detail the sceptical arguments in Hume’s philosophy.

Author : John P. Wright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521833769

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Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature' by John P. Wright Pdf

Examines the development of Hume's ideas and their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions.

Author : David Hume
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781770485457

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A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume Pdf

In his autobiography, David Hume famously noted that A Treatise of Human Nature “fell dead-born from the press.” Yet it is now widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophical works written in the English language. Within, Hume offers an empirically informed account of human nature, addressing a range of topics such as space, time, causality, the external world, personal identity, passions, freedom, necessity, virtue, and vice. This edition includes not only the full text of the Treatise but also Hume’s summarizing Abstract, as well as selections drawn from critical book reviews which showcase the work’s reception in Hume’s own time. Angela Coventry’s expert introduction and annotations serve to contextualize the book’s themes and arguments for modern readers.

Author : David Hume
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025557252

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A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume Pdf

Author : Donald L.M. Baxter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135196752

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Hume's Difficulty by Donald L.M. Baxter Pdf

In this volume--the first, focused study of Hume on time and identity--Baxter focuses on Hume’s treatment of the concept of numerical identity, which is central to Hume's famous discussions of the external world and personal identity. Hume raises a long unappreciated, and still unresolved, difficulty with the concept of identity: how to represent something as "a medium betwixt unity and number." Superficial resemblance to Frege’s famous puzzle has kept the difficulty in the shadows. Hume’s way of addressing it makes sense only in the context of his unorthodox theory of time. Baxter shows the defensibility of that theory against past dismissive interpretations, especially of Hume’s stance on infinite divisibility. Later the author shows how the difficulty underlies Hume’s later worries about his theory of personal identity, in a new reading motivated by Hume’s important appeals to consciousness. Baxter casts Hume throughout as an acute metaphysician, and reconciles this side of Hume with his overarching Pyrrhonian skepticism.

Author : David Hume
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014373435

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Hume's Treatise of Morals by David Hume Pdf

Author : David Hume
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123251188

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A Treatise of Human Nature: Texts by David Hume Pdf

David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of Hume's Treatise, one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This second volume contains their historical account of how the Treatise was written and published; an explanation of how they have established the text; an extensive set of annotations which illuminate Hume's texts; and a comprehensive bibliography and index.

Author : David Hume
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000431429

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A Treatise on Human Nature by David Hume Pdf

Author : Rachael M. Kydd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Reason
ISBN : LCCN:lc64011846

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Reason and Conduct in Hume's Treatise by Rachael M. Kydd Pdf

Author : David Hume
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788027303878

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The Essence of Hume's Philosophy by David Hume Pdf

One of the most central doctrines of Hume's philosophy is his notion that the mind consists of its mental perceptions, or the mental objects which are present to it, and which divide into two categories: impressions and ideas. David Hume strove to create a total naturalistic science of man that examined the psychological basis of human nature. He argued against the existence of innate ideas, positing that all human knowledge is founded solely in experience. This book presents all the main Hume's ideas and teaching, beginning with his classic statement of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism, " A Treatise of Human Nature".

Author : Oliver A. Johnson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0252021568

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The Mind of David Hume by Oliver A. Johnson Pdf

Author : Rachael Mary Kydd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:313414987

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Reason and Conduct in Hume's Treatise by Rachael Mary Kydd Pdf

Author : Simon Blackburn
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783781454

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How To Read Hume by Simon Blackburn Pdf

'Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.' David Hume David Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and essayist and a central figure of the Enlightenment. Yet his work is delicately poised between scepticism and naturalism, between despair at the limited powers of the mind and optimism at the progress we can make by understanding it. This difficult balancing act has given rise to a multitude of different interpretations: reading Hume has never been free of controversy. In this new approach to his writings, Simon Blackburn describes how Hume can be considered one of the earliest, and most successful, evolutionary psychologists, weaving plausible natural accounts of the way we should think of ourselves and of how we have come to be what we are.