Hume's intentions

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Hume's intentions

by J.A. Passmore

Cambridge University Press, 2013, c1952

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"First published 1952, first paperback edition 2013"--T.p. verso

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

John Passmore (1914-2004) was a renowned Australian empirical philosopher and historian of ideas. In this book, which was originally published in 1952, Passmore's intention was to disentangle certain main themes in Hume's philosophy and to show how they relate to Hume's main philosophic purpose. Rather than offering a detailed commentary, the text provides an account based on specificity and critical scholarship, seeking to complement the other more comprehensive works on Hume's philosophy that had become available around the same time. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in perspectives on Hume and Passmore's philosophical approach.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. In defence of the moral sciences
  • 2. The critic of formal logic
  • 3. The methodologist
  • 4. The positivist
  • 5. The phenomenalist
  • 6. The associationist
  • 7. The sceptic
  • Epilogue. Hume's achievement
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BB21797965
  • ISBN
    • 9781107697867
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 164 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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