Routledge philosophy guidebook to Hume on knowledge / / Harold W. Noonan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966680803321
• Autore: Noonan Harold W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-74784-5; 1-134-74785-3; 0-203-01450-2; 1-280-33416-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
• Disciplina: 128
• Soggetti: Knowledge, Theory of; Philosophy of mind
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Hume's life and work; Hume's life and times; The structure of Book 1 of the Treatise and its place in Hume's work; The place of the Treatise in the history of philosophy: precursors, influences and effects; Aims and methods; 2 Hume's theory of the mind; The contents of the mind; Impressions and ideas; The Copy Principle and the missing shade of blue; The Copy Principle and empiricism; The association of ideas; Abstract ideas; Hume's theory of thought; 3 Causation, induction and necessary connection; The grounds of belief and the role of causationThe idea of cause; The Causal Maxim; Inference from the observed to the unobserved; The nature and causes of belief; The idea of necessary connection; 4 The external world; The continued and distinct existence of body; The vulgar and philosophical forms of the belief in body; The causes of the vulgar form of the belief in body: constancy and coherence; The role of identity; The philosophical belief in double existence; 5 The self and personal identity; The fiction of personal identity; The reification of perceptions; The rejection of the substantial selfHume's account of the source of the ; mistake; Objections to Hume; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: David Hume was one of the most important British philosophers of the eighteenth century. The first part of his Treatise on Human Nature is a seminal work in philosophy. Hume on Knowledge introduces and assesses:* Humes life and the background of the Treatise* The ideas and text in the Treatise* Humes continuing importance to philosophy