Hume

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Routledge, Nov 13, 2014 - Philosophy - 384 pages

Beginning with an overview of Hume's life and work, Don Garrett introduces in clear and accessible style the central aspects of Hume's thought. These include Hume's lifelong exploration of the human mind; his theories of inductive inference and causation; skepticism and personal identity; moral and political philosophy; aesthetics; and philosophy of religion.

The final chapter considers the influence and legacy of Hume's thought today. Throughout, Garrett draws on and explains many of Hume's central works, including his Treatise of Human Nature, Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding, and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.

Hume is essential reading not only for students of philosophy, but anyone in the humanities and social sciences and beyond seeking an introduction to Hume's thought.

 

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Contents

Chronology
Introduction
One A ruling passion
Two Perceptions and their principles
Three The mind and its faculties
Further reading
Five Normative concepts
Six Induction and Causation
Seven Skepticism and probability
Eight Morality and virtue
Nine Religion and
Ten Leaving It to Posterity to Add the Rest
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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About the author (2014)

Don Garrett is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University, USA. He is the author of Cognition and Commitment in Hume's Philosophy (1997) and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza (1996). He has served as co-editor of Hume Studies and as North American editor of Archiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie.

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TitleHume
The Routledge Philosophers
AuthorDon Garrett
Editionreprint
PublisherRoutledge, 2014
ISBN1136309357, 9781136309359
Length384 pages
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