UID:
edocfu_9959236683502883
Format:
1 online resource (233 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-74784-5
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1-134-74785-3
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0-203-01450-2
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1-280-33416-9
Series Statement:
Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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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
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The rejection of the substantial selfHume's account of the source of the mistake; Objections to Hume; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-15047-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-15046-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203014509
