Cambridge Companion to Hume Norton David Fate McGill University Montreal
Cambridge Companion to Hume Norton David Fate McGill University Montreal Each Cambridge Companion to a philosophical figure is made up of specially commissioned essays by an international team of…
Specifikacia Cambridge Companion to Hume Norton David Fate McGill University Montreal
Cambridge Companion to Hume Norton David Fate McGill University Montreal
Each Cambridge Companion to a philosophical figure is made up of specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, providing students and non-specialists with an introduction to a major philosopher. David Hume is now considered one of the most important philosophers of the Western world. The series aims to dispel the intimidation that readers may feel when faced with the work of a challenging thinker.
The fifteen essays in this volume address all aspects of Hume's thought. Although best known for his contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, Hume also influenced developments in the philosophy of mind, psychology, ethics, political and economic theory, political and social history, and aesthetic theory. The picture of him that emerges is that of a thinker who, though often critical to the point of skepticism, was nonetheless able