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Hume's System An Examination of the First Book of his Treatise

Pears, David
Innbundet / 1991 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198751007
Publisert
1991
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
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415 gr
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224 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
19 mm
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P, 06
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Engelsk
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Innbundet
Antall sider
216

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Pears, David

Hume's System An Examination of the First Book of his Treatise

Pears, David
Innbundet / 1991 / Engelsk
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Innbundet / 1991 / Engelsk
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characteristically lucid study

Times Literary Supplement

excellently thought-provoking

Alan R. White, University of Nottingham

Challenging, thought-provoking, lucid: well-informed.

Dr E.J. Lowe, University of Durham

Se alle

A stimulating and clear discussion of central issues in Hume's philosophy.

Professor John Cottingham, University of Reading

characteristically lucid study

Times Literary Supplement

Professor Pears, as was to be expected, has presented the philosophical world with most acute analyses of the problems of causation, personal identity and perception in Hume's Treatise.

Dr Paul Tomassi, University of Edinburgh

Hume's System is a thorough and carefully argued encounter with Hume's Treatise.

Christian K. Campolo, Hume Studies, Volume XIX, Number 1

excellent study ... Pears excels at putting back those considerations that Hume inconsistently neglects, and having put them back he is able to explain Hume's vacillations as the result of his failure to face up to those alternatives. Pear's book is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the problems that Hume addresses in the Treatise ... his prose style is a delight to read, possessing a polished elegance that is all too rare in academic work. The book is also free of misprints and contains a comprehensive and highly useful set of internal references in the footnotes.

Adrian Heathcote, University of Sydney, Australian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 71, No. 2, June 1993

each of these verbal portraits is true to its subject. And each conveys a lively impression not only of Hume, but of a second distinctive philosophical personality...the justification for working through this very stimulating book..is not to hear yet another scholarly voice in a debate over Hume as skeptic versus Hume as naturalist. It is to join a creative philosopher as he struggles, with Hume at his side, to illuminate problems that are as much our own as they were the eighteenth century's.

The Philosophical Review Vol 103 no 4

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.
Les mer
It is argued that Hume's early philosophy can be seen as both an essay in the theory of meaning as well as an inquiry into the nature of truth and evidence. Pears examines the application of Hume's theories to the questions of causation, identity and perception.
Les mer
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
Les mer
`characteristically lucid study' Times Literary Supplement `excellently thought-provoking ' Alan R. White, University of Nottingham `Challenging, thought-provoking, lucid: well-informed. ' Dr E.J. Lowe, University of Durham `A stimulating and clear discussion of central issues in Hume's philosophy. ' Professor John Cottingham, University of Reading `characteristically lucid study ' Times Literary Supplement `Professor Pears, as was to be expected, has presented the philosophical world with most acute analyses of the problems of causation, personal identity and perception in Hume's Treatise. ' Dr Paul Tomassi, University of Edinburgh `Hume's System is a thorough and carefully argued encounter with Hume's Treatise. ' Christian K. Campolo, Hume Studies, Volume XIX, Number 1 `excellent study ... Pears excels at putting back those considerations that Hume inconsistently neglects, and having put them back he is able to explain Hume's vacillations as the result of his failure to face up to those alternatives. Pear's book is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the problems that Hume addresses in the Treatise ... his prose style is a delight to read, possessing a polished elegance that is all too rare in academic work. The book is also free of misprints and contains a comprehensive and highly useful set of internal references in the footnotes. ' Adrian Heathcote, University of Sydney, Australian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 71, No. 2, June 1993 `each of these verbal portraits is true to its subject. And each conveys a lively impression not only of Hume, but of a second distinctive philosophical personality...the justification for working through this very stimulating book..is not to hear yet another scholarly voice in a debate over Hume as skeptic versus Hume as naturalist. It is to join a creative philosopher as he struggles, with Hume at his side, to illuminate problems that are as much our own as they were the eighteenth century's.' The Philosophical Review Vol 103 no 4
Les mer

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characteristically lucid study

Times Literary Supplement

excellently thought-provoking

Alan R. White, University of Nottingham

Challenging, thought-provoking, lucid: well-informed.

Dr E.J. Lowe, University of Durham

Se alle

A stimulating and clear discussion of central issues in Hume's philosophy.

Professor John Cottingham, University of Reading

characteristically lucid study

Times Literary Supplement

Professor Pears, as was to be expected, has presented the philosophical world with most acute analyses of the problems of causation, personal identity and perception in Hume's Treatise.

Dr Paul Tomassi, University of Edinburgh

Hume's System is a thorough and carefully argued encounter with Hume's Treatise.

Christian K. Campolo, Hume Studies, Volume XIX, Number 1

excellent study ... Pears excels at putting back those considerations that Hume inconsistently neglects, and having put them back he is able to explain Hume's vacillations as the result of his failure to face up to those alternatives. Pear's book is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the problems that Hume addresses in the Treatise ... his prose style is a delight to read, possessing a polished elegance that is all too rare in academic work. The book is also free of misprints and contains a comprehensive and highly useful set of internal references in the footnotes.

Adrian Heathcote, University of Sydney, Australian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 71, No. 2, June 1993

each of these verbal portraits is true to its subject. And each conveys a lively impression not only of Hume, but of a second distinctive philosophical personality...the justification for working through this very stimulating book..is not to hear yet another scholarly voice in a debate over Hume as skeptic versus Hume as naturalist. It is to join a creative philosopher as he struggles, with Hume at his side, to illuminate problems that are as much our own as they were the eighteenth century's.

The Philosophical Review Vol 103 no 4

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.
Les mer
It is argued that Hume's early philosophy can be seen as both an essay in the theory of meaning as well as an inquiry into the nature of truth and evidence. Pears examines the application of Hume's theories to the questions of causation, identity and perception.
Les mer
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
Les mer
`characteristically lucid study' Times Literary Supplement `excellently thought-provoking ' Alan R. White, University of Nottingham `Challenging, thought-provoking, lucid: well-informed. ' Dr E.J. Lowe, University of Durham `A stimulating and clear discussion of central issues in Hume's philosophy. ' Professor John Cottingham, University of Reading `characteristically lucid study ' Times Literary Supplement `Professor Pears, as was to be expected, has presented the philosophical world with most acute analyses of the problems of causation, personal identity and perception in Hume's Treatise. ' Dr Paul Tomassi, University of Edinburgh `Hume's System is a thorough and carefully argued encounter with Hume's Treatise. ' Christian K. Campolo, Hume Studies, Volume XIX, Number 1 `excellent study ... Pears excels at putting back those considerations that Hume inconsistently neglects, and having put them back he is able to explain Hume's vacillations as the result of his failure to face up to those alternatives. Pear's book is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the problems that Hume addresses in the Treatise ... his prose style is a delight to read, possessing a polished elegance that is all too rare in academic work. The book is also free of misprints and contains a comprehensive and highly useful set of internal references in the footnotes. ' Adrian Heathcote, University of Sydney, Australian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 71, No. 2, June 1993 `each of these verbal portraits is true to its subject. And each conveys a lively impression not only of Hume, but of a second distinctive philosophical personality...the justification for working through this very stimulating book..is not to hear yet another scholarly voice in a debate over Hume as skeptic versus Hume as naturalist. It is to join a creative philosopher as he struggles, with Hume at his side, to illuminate problems that are as much our own as they were the eighteenth century's.' The Philosophical Review Vol 103 no 4
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198751007
Publisert
1991
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
415 gr
Høyde
224 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
216

Forfatter
Pears, David

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