Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts)

<p>David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the Treatise. He explains Hume's arguments concerning the inability of reason to establish the basic beliefs which underlie science and morals, as well as his arguments showing why we are nevertheless psychologically compelled to accept such beliefs. The book will be a valuable guide for those seeking to understand the nature of modern skepticism and its connection with the founding of the human sciences during the Enlightenment.</p>

Politics & Social Sciences

Wright, John P.

Philosophy

Cambridge University Press

Hardcover with dust jacket. G/G. Bumped to top edge of spine.

The sceptical realism of David Hume (Studies in intellectual history)

Manchester University Press

The Sceptical Realism of David Hume

Univ of Minnesota Pr

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Hess, Kären M.

Orthmann, Christine H.

Social Sciences

Wadsworth Publishing

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Lilly, J. Robert

Sage Publications, Inc.

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