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The Cambridge companion to Hume's Treatise / edited By Donald C. Ainslie and Annemarie Butler.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge companions to philosophyPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Description: xvi, 398 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780521529143
- 128 AIN
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Summary: This Companion examines Hume's philosophical arguments in A Treatise of Human Nature and explores their historical context, especially within the framework of British empiricism.
1. Hume's early biography and A Treatise of Human Nature Annemarie Butler; 2. From impressions to justice and the virtues: the structure of Hume's Treatise Amélie Oksenberg Rorty; 3. The ideas of space and time and spatial and temporal ideas in Treatise 1.2 Lorne Falkenstein; 4. Hume's theory of causation: inference, judgment, and the causal sense Don Garrett; 5. Scepticism with regard to reason David Owen; 6. Hume on scepticism and the senses Kenneth P. Winkler; 7. The problem of believing in yourself: Hume's doubts about personal identity Annemarie Butler; 8. Sympathy, self, and others Jacqueline Taylor; 9. The indirect passions, myself, and others Terence Penelhum; 10. 'Hume's lengthy digression': free will in the Treatise Paul Russell; 11. Hume on reason and passion Nicholas L. Sturgeon; 12. Hume and moral motivation Donald C. Ainslie; 13. Hume's justice Tito Magri; 14. What's so 'natural' about Hume's natural virtues? Kate Abramson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Hume's early biography and A Treatise of Human Nature Annemarie Butler; 2. From impressions to justice and the virtues: the structure of Hume's Treatise Amélie Oksenberg Rorty; 3. The ideas of space and time and spatial and temporal ideas in Treatise 1.2 Lorne Falkenstein; 4. Hume's theory of causation: inference, judgment, and the causal sense Don Garrett; 5. Scepticism with regard to reason David Owen; 6. Hume on scepticism and the senses Kenneth P. Winkler; 7. The problem of believing in yourself: Hume's doubts about personal identity Annemarie Butler; 8. Sympathy, self, and others Jacqueline Taylor; 9. The indirect passions, myself, and others Terence Penelhum; 10. 'Hume's lengthy digression': free will in the Treatise Paul Russell; 11. Hume on reason and passion Nicholas L. Sturgeon; 12. Hume and moral motivation Donald C. Ainslie; 13. Hume's justice Tito Magri; 14. What's so 'natural' about Hume's natural virtues? Kate Abramson.
This Companion examines Hume's philosophical arguments in A Treatise of Human Nature and explores their historical context, especially within the framework of British empiricism.