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Hume´s ´A Treatise of Human Nature´: An Introduction
John P. Wright
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Hardback. Examines the development of Hume's ideas and their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 56.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521833769
SKU
V9780521833769
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About John P. Wright
John P. Wright is Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University, and was Visiting Professor in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 2004 to 2007. He is the author of The Sceptical Realism of David Hume (1983), and co-editor of Hume and Hume's Connexions (1994) and Psyche and Soma: Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem from Antiquity to ... Read more
Reviews for Hume´s ´A Treatise of Human Nature´: An Introduction
'… a book that undergraduates will understand, learn much from, and enjoy reading, and it will be extremely helpful for existing undergraduate courses on the Treatise. The book is such that I hope it will be able not just to fit into current courses on Hume's Treatise, but also help to shape future ones for the better … this is ... Read more