Author : John P. Wright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2009-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521833760
Examines the development of Hume's ideas and their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions.
Author : David Landy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,39 MB
Release : 2019-12-17
Category :
ISBN : 9780367891718
Hume's Science of Human Nature is an investigation of the philosophical commitments underlying Hume's methodology in pursuing what he calls 'the science of human nature'. It argues that Hume understands scientific explanation as aiming at explaining the inductively-established universal regularities discovered in experience via an appeal to the nature of the substance underlying manifest phenomena. For years, scholars have taken Hume to employ a deliberately shallow and demonstrably untenable notion of scientific explanation. By contrast, Hume's Science of Human Nature sets out to update our understanding of Hume's methodology by using a more sophisticated picture of science as a model.
Author : David Fate Norton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191569089
David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This first volume contains the critical text of David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature (1739/40), followed by the short Abstract (1740) in which Hume set out the key arguments of the larger work; the volume concludes with A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend in Edinburgh (1745), Hume's defence of the Treatise when it was under attack from ministers seeking to prevent Hume's appointment as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.
Author : David Hume
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN :
Author : David Hume
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 39,12 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780872202290
A landmark of enlightenment though, HUme's An Enquiry Concerning Human understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentlemen to His Friend in Edinburgh, hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme scepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of HUman Nature, which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry. In his concise Introduction, Eric Steinberg explores the conditions that led to write the Enquiry and the work's important relationship to Book 1 of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.
Author : David Hume
Publisher :
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 17,95 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Ethics
ISBN :
Enquiry concerning the principles of morals / Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Author : David Hume
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 2024-09-09T19:27:34Z
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
A foundational text in empiricism and skepticism, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding comprehensively examines the nature of human cognition, the limits of human knowledge, and the role of reason in understanding the world. Hume argues that our understanding of the world is based on custom, habit, and experience, rather than pure reason or innate knowledge. He challenges the notions of causality, induction, and the concepts of connections between cause and effect, arguing that our understanding of these relationships is based on probability and custom. It lays the groundwork for modern philosophy, emphasizing the importance of empirical evidence and the role of human psychology in shaping our beliefs and understanding of reality. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Author : David Hume
Publisher :
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781789431599
Philosopher David Hume was considered to one of the most important figures in the age of Scottish enlightenment. ""A Treatise of Human Nature"" broke new ground by attempting to base philosophy on human nature, making it one of the most important texts in Western Philosophy. Human passions and the ability to distinguish between virtue and vice are elucidated in the text. In ""An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding"" Hume discusses the weaknesses that humans have in their abilities to unders
Author : David Hume
Publisher :
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 49,52 MB
Release : 1826
Category :
ISBN :
Author : David Hume
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 20,58 MB
Release : 1938
Category :
ISBN :
