| The New Hume Debate Revised Edition Contributor(s): Read, Rupert (Editor), Richman, Kenneth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415399750 ISBN-13: 9780415399753 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: For decades scholars thought they knew Hume's position on the existence of causes and objects he was a sceptic. However, this received view has been thrown into question by the new readings of Hume as a sceptical realist. For philosophers, students of philosophy and others interested in theories of causation and their history, The New Hume Debate is the first book to fully document the most influential contemporary readings of Humes work. Throughout, the volume brings the debate beyond textual issues in Hume to contemporary philosophical issues concerning causation and knowledge of the external world and issue in the history of philosophy, offering the reader a model for scholarly debate. This revised paperback edition includes three new chapters by Janet Broughton, Peter Kail and Peter Millican. Contributors: Kenneth A. Richman, Barry Stroud, Galen Strawson, Kenneth P. Winkler, John P. Wright, Simon Blackburn, Edward Craig, Martin Bell, Daniel Flage, Anne Jaap Jacobson, Rupert Read, Janet Broughton, Peter Millican, Peter Kail. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Criticism - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Dewey: 192 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.3" W x 9.03" (0.99 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scottish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For decades scholars thought they knew Hume's position on the existence of causes and objects � he was a sceptic. However, this received view has been thrown into question by the new� readings of Hume as a sceptical realist. For philosophers, students of philosophy and others interested in theories of causation and their history, The New Hume Debate is the first book to fully document the most influential contemporary readings of Hume�s work. Throughout, the volume brings the debate beyond textual issues in Hume to contemporary philosophical issues concerning causation and knowledge of the external world and issues in the history of philosophy, offering the reader a model for scholarly debate. This revised paperback edition includes three new chapters by Janet Broughton, Peter Kail and Peter Millican. Contributors: Kenneth A. Richman, Barry Stroud, Galen Strawson, Kenneth P. Winkler, John P. Wright, Simon Blackburn, Edward Craig, Martin Bell, Daniel Flage, Anne Jaap Jacobson, Rupert Read, Janet Broughton, Peter Millican, Peter Kail. |