The Blackwell guide to Hume's Treatise / / edited by Saul Traiger

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xi, 307 p
• Disciplina: 128
• Soggetto topico: Knowledge, Theory of; Emotions (Philosophy); Ethics
• Altri autori: TraigerSaul
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE BLACKWELL GUIDE TO Hume's Treatise -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- References to the Treatise, Abstract, and Enquiries -- Editor's Introduction -- PART I: Formulation, Reception, and Scope of the Treatise -- 1 The Treatise: Composition, Reception, and Response -- 2 Hume's Other Writings -- PART II: The Understanding -- 3 Impressions and Ideas -- 4 Space and Time -- 5 Belief, Probability, Normativity -- 6 Causation -- 7 Identity, Continued Existence, and the External World -- 8 Personal Identity and the Skeptical System of Philosophy -- 9 Hume's Conclusions in "Conclusion of this Book" -- PART III: The Passions -- 10 The Powers and Mechanisms of the Passions -- 11 Hume's "New And Extraordinary" Account of the Passions -- 12 Liberty, Necessity, and the Will -- PART IV: Morals -- 13 Reason, Passion, and the In uencing Motives of the Will -- 14 Hume's Arti cial and Natural Virtues -- 15 Virtue and the Evaluation of Character -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This Guide provides students with the scholarly and interpretive tools they need to understand Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature and its influence on modern philosophy. * A student guide to Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature. * Focuses on recent developments in Hume scholarship. * Covers topics such as the formulation, reception and scope of the Treatise, imagination and memory, the passions, moral sentiments, and the role of sympathy. * All the chapters are newly written by Hume scholars. * Each chapter guides the reader through a portion of the Treatise, explaining the central arguments and key contemporary interpretations of those arguments.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Blackwell guide to Hume's Treatise
• ISBN: 9786610286010; 9781782688884; 1782688889; 9781280286018; 1280286016; 9780470798010; 0470798017; 9780470776377; 0470776374; 9781405153133; 140515313X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811353503321
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