The Bloomsbury Companion to Hume
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Hume

  1. 472 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Hume

About this book

David Hume (1711-1776), philosopher, historian, and essayist, is widely considered to be Britain's greatest philosopher. One of the leading intellectual figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, his major works and central ideas, especially his radical empiricism and his critique of the pretensions of philosophical rationalism, remain hugely influential on contemporary philosophers. This comprehensive and accessible guide to Hume's life and work includes 21 specially commissioned essays, written by a team of leading experts, covering every aspect of Hume's thought. The Companion presents details of Hume's life, historical and philosophical context, providing students with a comprehensive overview of all the key themes and topics apparent in his work, including his accounts of causal reasoning, scepticism, the soul and the self, action, reason, free will, miracles, natural religion, politics, human nature, women, economics and history, and an account of his reception and enduring influence. This textbook is indispensable to anyone studying in the areas of Hume Studies, British, and eighteenth-century philosophy.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781474243933
eBook ISBN
9781474243940
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. HalfTitle
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Abbreviations for Works Written by Hume
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. David Hume – A Timeline
  11. Introduction
  12. 1 Hume’s Life, Intellectual Context and Reception Emilio Mazza
  13. 2 Hume’s Empiricist Inner Epistemology:
  14. 3 Hume’s ‘Scepticism’ about Induction Peter Millican
  15. 4 The Psychology and Epistemology of Hume’s
  16. 5 Causation and Necessary Connection Helen Beebee
  17. 6 Hume on Scepticism and the Moral Sciences Alan Bailey
  18. 7 The Self and Personal Identity Harold Noonan
  19. 8 ‘All my hopes vanish’: Hume on the Mind Galen Strawson
  20. 9 Action, Reason and the Passions Constantine Sandis
  21. 10 Free Will James A. Harris
  22. 11 Hume on Miracles Duncan Pritchard and Alasdair Richmond
  23. 12 David Hume and the Argument to Design Andrew Pyle
  24. 13 Psychological Explanations of Religious Belief David O’Connor
  25. 14 Hume’s Sentimentalist Account of Moral Judgement Julia Driver
  26. 15 Hume and the Virtues Dan O’Brien
  27. 16 Hume’s Human Nature Russell Hardin
  28. 17 Hume and Feminism Lívia Guimarães
  29. 18 Hume on Economic Well-Being Margaret Schabas
  30. 19 ‘Of the Standard of Taste’: Decisions, Rules and Critical Argument M. W. Rowe
  31. 20 Hume on History Timothy M. Costelloe
  32. 21 Hume’s Legacy and the Idea of British Empiricism Paul Russell
  33. Bibliography
  34. INDEX OF NAMES
  35. INDEX OF TOPICS