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Autore: | Noonan Harold W |
Titolo: | Routledge philosophy guidebook to Hume on knowledge / / Harold W. Noonan |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina: | 128 |
Soggetto topico: | Knowledge, Theory of |
Philosophy of mind | |
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 |
Altri titoli varianti: | Hume on knowledge |
Titolo autorizzato: | Routledge philosophy guidebook to Hume on knowledge |
ISBN: | 1-134-74784-5 |
1-134-74785-3 | |
0-203-01450-2 | |
1-280-33416-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910824235903321 |
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