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UNINA9910821445903321 |
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Autore |
Wilson Fred <1937-> |
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Titolo |
The external world and our knowledge of it : Hume's critical realism, an exposition and a defence / / Fred Wilson |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9244-8 |
1-4426-8807-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (824 p.) |
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Collana |
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Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Perception (Philosophy) |
Knowledge, Theory of |
Critical realism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Abstract ideas and other linguistic rules in Hume -- The waning of scientia -- Geometry as scientia and as applied science : Hume's empiricist account of geometry -- Hume's defence of empirical science -- Hume on testimony and its epistemological problems -- Knowledge -- Naturalism and scepticism -- Hume's critical realism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Complete with original observations and ideas, this study is sure to generate debates about Humean philosophy, critical realism, and the limits of perceptual knowledge. |
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