03233nam 2200661 a 450 991045943340332120200520144314.01-282-87325-397866128732561-4411-1691-5(CKB)2670000000055075(EBL)601995(OCoLC)676697129(SSID)ssj0001143925(PQKBManifestationID)12429248(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143925(PQKBWorkID)11113004(PQKB)10132694(SSID)ssj0000415465(PQKBManifestationID)11273619(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415465(PQKBWorkID)10410712(PQKB)10922674(MiAaPQ)EBC601995(Au-PeEL)EBL601995(CaPaEBR)ebr10427603(CaONFJC)MIL287325(OCoLC)893335218(EXLCZ)99267000000005507520081103d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDavid Hume and the problem of other minds[electronic resource] /Anik WaldowLondon ;New York Continuumc20091 online resource (217 p.)Continuum studies in British philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-2343-1 0-8264-3304-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-201) and index.Other minds and their place in the Hume-literature -- A modern approach -- Scepticism versus naturalism -- The vulgar and the philosopher -- Relative ideas -- Concepts of the real -- Intuition and common sense -- Epistemic responsibility -- Degeneration of reason -- Just philosophy -- Conceiving minds -- Abstraction -- Argument from analogy -- Sympathy -- Limitations -- Generality -- Hume's concept of mind -- The world and the other -- Habit and intersubjective responsiveness -- Belief and education -- Mental facts -- Signs of mind and world -- The belief-grounding function of sympathy -- Corrigibility of belief -- Cognitive architecture.The problem of other minds has widely been considered as a special problem within the debate about scepticism. If one cannot be sure that there is a world existing independent ly of one's mind, how can we be sure that there are minds - minds which we cannot even experience the way we experience material objects?. This book shows, through a detailed examination of David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature , that these concerns are unfounded. By focusing on Hume's discussion of sympathy - the ability to connect with the mental contents of other persons - Anik Waldow demonstrates that belief in othContinuum studies in British philosophy.Other minds (Theory of knowledge)Electronic books.Other minds (Theory of knowledge)121/.2Waldow Anik953900MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459433403321David Hume and the problem of other minds2157348UNINA