Hume : a very short introduction
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Hume : a very short introduction
(Very short introductions, 33)
Oxford University Press, 2000
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"First published 1980 as an Oxford University Press paperback and simultaneously in a hardback edition"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 119-120
Includes index
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Hume is one of the greatest of all British philosophers, and even in his own lifetime was celebrated as one of the pivotal figures of the Enlightenment. A central theme of his philosophy is the conviction that questions traditionally thought of as completely independent of the scientific realm-questions about the mind, about morality, and about God, for example-are actually best explained using the experimental methods characteristic of the natural
sciences. Hume's 'naturalist' approach to a wide variety of philosophical topics resulted in highly original theories about perception, self-identity, causation, morality, politics, and religion, all of which are discussed in this stimulating introduction by A J Ayer, himself one of the twentieth century's most
important philosophers. Ayer also gives an account of Hume's fascinating life and character, and includes generous quotations from Hume's lucid and often witty writings.
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- 1. LIFE AND CHARACTER
- 2. AIMS AND METHODS
- 3. BODIES AND SELVES
- 4. CAUSE AND EFFECT
- 5. MORALS, POLITICS AND RELIGION
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- INDEX
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