Stability and Justification in Hume's Treatise [[electronic resource] /] / Louis E. Loeb |
Autore | Loeb Louis E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cary, NC, USA, : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 20050301 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Soggetto topico |
Knowledge, Theory of
PHILOSOPHY Epistemology Philosophy Philosophy & Religion |
ISBN |
1-281-19715-7
0-19-803350-8 1-4237-2253-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450295803321 |
Loeb Louis E | ||
Cary, NC, USA, : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 20050301 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stability and Justification in Hume's Treatise [[electronic resource] /] / Louis E. Loeb |
Autore | Loeb Louis E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cary, NC, USA, : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 20050301 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Soggetto topico |
Knowledge, Theory of
PHILOSOPHY Epistemology Philosophy Philosophy & Religion |
ISBN |
1-281-19715-7
0-19-803350-8 1-4237-2253-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783689103321 |
Loeb Louis E | ||
Cary, NC, USA, : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 20050301 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stability and justification in Hume's Treatise / / Louis E. Loeb |
Autore | Loeb Louis E |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Soggetto topico | Knowledge, Theory of |
ISBN |
1-281-19715-7
0-19-803350-8 1-4237-2253-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- I. Contexts for Hume's Epistemological Projects -- I.1. Hume's Distinction between Calm and Violent Emotions -- I.2. The Pyrrhonian Background to Hume's Interest in Stability -- I.3. The Motivational Role of Uneasiness -- I.4. The Two-Stage Development of Hume's Theory -- I.5. The Place of a Stability-Based Interpretation in the Literature -- I.6. A Prospectus -- II. Causal Inference, Associationism, and the Understanding -- II.1. Hume's Commitment to Causal Inference -- II.2. Hume's Intended Conclusion in I.iii.6 -- II.3. Hume's Reconstruction of Reason within a Faculty of Association -- III. Integrating Hume's Accounts of Belief and Justification -- III.1. A Puzzle in Regard to I.iii -- III.2. Steadiness and Infixing in Hume's Theory of Belief -- III.3. The Bearing of Hume's Treatment of Education -- III.4. The Natural Function of Belief -- III.5. Two Versions of the Stability-Based Theory -- III.6. A Defense of Attributing the Less Demanding Version to Hume -- III.7. Further Remarks on I.iv.7 -- IV. Unphilosophical Probability and Judgments Arising from Sympathy -- IV.1. Degrees of Belief and Justification -- IV.2. Instabilities Due to Observation of Accidental Conjunctions -- IV.3. Variations in Degree of Confidence Due to Memory and Causal Inference -- IV.4. Variations in Sentiment Due to Sympathy -- IV.5. Variations Due to Psychological Distance as Sources of Uneasiness -- IV.6. Corrections in Judgments of Probability and Moral Judgments -- V. The Propensity to Ascribe Identity to Related Objects -- V.1. A Pattern of Psychological Explanation in I.iv -- V.2. The Operation of the Propensity -- V.3. The Propensity and Instability -- V.4. The Propensity and Justification -- V.5. The Propensity and Meaning -- V.6. Tensions in Hume's Account of the Psychological Properties of the Propensity.
VI. Constancy and Coherence in I.iv.2 -- VI.1. A Puzzle in Regard to Hume's Treatment of Constancy -- VI.2. The Dispensability of the Propensity -- VI.3. Hume's Satisfaction with the Psychological Adequacy of His Treatment of Coherence -- VI.4. An Epistemological Obstacle to Subsuming Constancy under Coherence -- VI.5. A Metaphysical Obstacle to Subsuming Constancy under Coherence -- VI.6. An Amended Version of I.iv.2 -- VII. Difficulties-Contrived and Suppressed -- VII.1. Hume and Paradox -- VII.2. The Manifest Contradiction and Causal Inference -- VII.3. The Reduction of Probability "to Nothing -- VII.4. The Probability of Causes -- VII.5. Contrary Beliefs Based on Habit -- VII.6. Contrary Beliefs Not Based Solely on Habit -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816668603321 |
Loeb Louis E | ||
New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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