Hume on knowledge, Filozofia współczesna, Hume
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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to
Hume
on knowledge
‘This book is written with admirable clarity, contains concise and
helpful historical background, examines all the major issues in Hume’s
epistemology including important sections of the
Treatise
which are all
too often skipped over, and gives a good sense of scholarly controversies
among commentators on the
Treatise
. It is an excellent introduction to
Hume for both undergraduates and beginning graduate students, and
contains material which should be of interest even to Hume scholars.’
Francis W.Dauer, University of California, Santa Barbara
‘This book gives us an accessible and philosophically sound discussion
of the main themes of Hume’s
Treatise
.’
R.S.Woolhouse, University of York
David Hume (1711–76) is one of the greatest figures in the history of
British philosophy. Of all of Hume’s writings, the philosophically most
profound is undoubtedly his first,
A Treatise of Human Nature
. Of the three
books that make up the
Treatise,
the first, in which he outlines the epistemology
and metaphysics underpinning his system, is universally acknowledged
to be his greatest intellectual achievement.
Hume on Knowledge
thus provides us with a map to Book 1 of the
Treatise
and sets out its principal ideas and arguments in a clear and readable way.
This book will enable any reader coming to the
Treatise
for the first time
easily to understand the importance of and intricacies inherent in Hume’s
thought.
Harold W.Noonan
is a Reader in Philosophical Logic at the University
of Birmingham. He is the author of
Objects and Identity
and
Personal Identity
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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to
Hume
on knowledge
Harold W.Noonan
First published 1999 by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane,
London EC4P 4EE
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Noonan, Harold W.
Routledge philosophy guidebook to
Hume on knowledge/Harold W.
Noonan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references
and index.
1. Hume, David, 1711–1776.
Treatise of human nature.
Book 1. 2. Knowledge, Theory of.
3. Philosophy of mind. I. Title.
B1489.N66 1999
128–dc21 99–14365
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