Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 447 g
An Examination of the First Book of His Treatise
Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 447 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-875100-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford
In this book, Professor Pears examines the foundations of Hume's system as laid down in the first book of his Treatise, where his ideas are presented in their first fresh and undiluted form. The author steers a middle course between the two extreme views adopted in recent writings on Hume: that he relies exclusively on a theory of meaning, or that he relies exclusively on a theory of truth and evidence. Professor Pears argues that Hume's theory of ideas serves both
functions, and he examines in detail its application to three difficult problems: causation, personal identity, and sense-perception. Hume's solutions are shown not to be theories which can be given a place in a standard classification of philosophical theories, but rather to depend upon a subtle form of
naturalism not altogether unlike Wittgenstein's naturalism.
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I: Hume's General Theory of Mind: A General Account of Hume's Theory of Mind; The Derivation of Ideas from Impressions; Memory; Belief and Existence; II: The Application of the Theory of Mind to Three Problems: Causation Personal Identity and Perception: Causation: The Evidence and its First Effect on Us; Causation: The Gap Between Evidence and Belief; Causation: The Second Effect of the Evidence; Personal Identity: The Problem an Hume's Rejection of Current Solutions;
Personal Identity: Hume's solution and his later Recantation; Sense-Perception: Hume's Assessment of the Problem and his Strategy for Eliminating Current Solutions; Sense Perception: Hume's Heroic Solution
