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Understanding Hume

Author: John J Jenkins; Peter Lewis; Geoffrey Madell
Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press ; Lanham, MD : Barnes & Noble, 1992.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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David Hume was one of the most signincant thinkers of the eighteenth century and his philosophical writings encompass the major themes of his subject: epistemology, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy and the philosophy of religion. In Understanding Hume the standard problems posed by these topics are introduced and explored in the context of eighteenth-century thought and as they relate to  Read more...
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Jenkins, John J.
Understanding Hume.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press ; Lanham, MD : Barnes & Noble, 1992
(OCoLC)644640958
Named Person: David Hume; David Hume; David Hume
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John J Jenkins; Peter Lewis; Geoffrey Madell
ISBN: 0389209864 9780389209867 0748601120 9780748601127
OCLC Number: 25201171
Description: 216 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Where does thought begin? --
How does thought proceed? --
What do we mean by cause and how do we reason from experience? --
What do we mean by cause? : (the source of our idea of necessary connection) --
Is it rational to be guided by experience? --
What is it to believe that something is the case? --
Are our choices free? --
What constitutes the identity of a person? --
How do emotions work? --
The mechanism of sympathy --
How to make moral judgements --
Is religious belief rational?
Responsibility: by John J. Jenkins ; and edited by Peter Lewis and Geoffrey Madell.

Abstract:

David Hume was one of the most signincant thinkers of the eighteenth century and his philosophical writings encompass the major themes of his subject: epistemology, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy and the philosophy of religion. In Understanding Hume the standard problems posed by these topics are introduced and explored in the context of eighteenth-century thought and as they relate to contemporary philosophy. The discussion is not over-complicated by arcane minutiae or narrowly-focussed exegesis. Instead, written in jargon-free language, this is an ideal introduction not only to the often difficult writings of David Hume, but also to the main areas of modern philosophical debate.

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