The Cambridge companion to Hume

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Author:

Norton, David Fate.

ISBN:

9780521677349

9780521859868

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Physical Description:

xx, 554 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

An introduction to hume's thought / David Fate Norton -- Hume's new science of the mind / John Biro -- Hume and the mechanics of mind : impressions, ideas, and association / David Owen -- Hume's theory of space and time in its sceptical context / Donald L.M. Baxter -- Hume on causation / Martin Bell -- Hume and the problem of personal identity / Jane L. Mcintyre -- Hume's scepticism / Robert J. Fogelin -- Hume's moral psychology / Terence Penelhum -- The foundations of morality in Hume's treatise / David Fate Norton -- Hume's later moral philosophy / Jacqueline Taylor -- The structure of Hume's political theory / Knud Haakonssen -- David Hume : principles of political economy / Andrew S. Skinner -- Hume on the arts and "the standard of taste" : texts and contexts / Peter Jones -- David Hume: "the historian" / David Wootton -- Hume on religion / J.C.A. Gaskin.

Personal Subject:

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Added Author:

Norton, David Fate.

Taylor, Jacqueline.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007044296-b.html
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Summary

Although best known for his contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, Hume also influenced developments in the philosophy of mind, psychology, ethics, political and economic theory, political and social history, and aesthetic theory. The fifteen essays in this volume address all aspects of Hume's thought. The picture of him that emerges is that of a thinker who, though often critical to the point of scepticism, was nonetheless able to build on that scepticism a constructive, viable, and profoundly important view of the world. Also included in this volume are Hume's two brief autobiographies and a bibliography suited to those beginning their study of Hume. This second edition of one our most popular Companions includes six new essays and a new introduction, and the remaining essays have all been updated or revised.