LEADER 03969nam 2200685 450 001 9910456785803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8807-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442688070 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019371 035 $a(OCoLC)635461158 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382220 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478279 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11306617 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478279 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10419415 035 $a(PQKB)10664862 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430776 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224376 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268432 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672588 035 $a(DE-B1597)465320 035 $a(OCoLC)1013949301 035 $a(OCoLC)944176866 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442688070 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672588 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258249 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019371 100 $a20160923h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe external world and our knowledge of it $eHume's critical realism, an exposition and a defence /$fFred Wilson 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (824 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Studies in Philosophy 311 $a0-8020-9764-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNote on References -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Abstract Ideas and Other Linguistic Rules in Hume -- $t2. The Waning of Scientia -- $t3. Geometry as Scientia and as Applied Science: Hume's Empiricist Account of Geometry -- $t4. Hume's Defence of Empirical Science -- $t5. Hume on Testimony and Its Epistemological Problems -- $t6. Knowledge -- $t7. Naturalism and Scepticism -- $t8. Hume's Critical Realism -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDavid Hume is often considered to have been a sceptic, particularly in his conception of the individual's knowledge of the external world. However, a closer examination of his works gives a much different impression of this aspect of Hume's philosophy, one that is due for a thorough scholarly analysis. This study argues that Hume was, in fact, a critical realist in the early twentieth-century sense, a period in which the term was used to describe the epistemological and ontological theories of such philosophers as Roy Wood Sellars and Bertrand Russell.Carefully situating Hume in his historical context, that is, relative to Aristotelian and rationalist traditions, Fred Wilson makes important and unique insights into Humean philosophy. Analyzing key sections of the Treatise, the Enquiry, and the Dialogues concerning Natural Religion, Wilson offers a deeper understanding of Hume by taking into account the philosopher's theories of the external world. Such a reading, the author explains, is not only more faithful to the texts, but also reinforces the view of Hume as a critical realist in light of twentieth-century discussions between externalism and internalism, and between coherentists and foundationalists.Complete with original observations and ideas, this study is sure to generate debates about Humean philosophy, critical realism, and the limits of perceptual knowledge. 410 0$aToronto studies in philosophy. 606 $aPerception (Philosophy) 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of 606 $aCritical realism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPerception (Philosophy) 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of. 615 0$aCritical realism. 676 $a121.092 700 $aWilson$b Fred$f1937-$0916911 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456785803321 996 $aThe external world and our knowledge of it$92055557 997 $aUNINA