Hume's 'New Scene of Thought' and The Several Faces of David Hume in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

by Broome, Jeff; Nelson, John O.

• ISBN13: 9780761847366
• ISBN10: 0761847367
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780761847366, 9780761886617
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-15
• Publisher: UPA
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Summary

This book is a defense of Hume's philosophical principles in the Treatise of Human Nature. Nelson shows that Hume's new philosophy was a uniquely original and profound masterpiece in philosophical literature, worthy of serious study and acceptance. It is argued that Dialoguesis a reflective philosophical autobiography of Hume himself.

Author Biography

John O. Nelson (1917-2005) spent his academic career as a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell, where he studied under Norman Malcolm. Nelson is the author of more than 120 articles in professional philosophy journals, and Hume's "New Scene of Thought," published here for the first time, is his only book. Jeff Broome is professor of philosophy at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Calorado. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied with John O. Nelson. He is the author of two books, Dog Soldier Justice and Custer into the West.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Hume's "New Scene of Thought"	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The Science of Man in the Treatise	p. 16
The Interrelationships of the Four Parts of Book I	p. 35
The Internal Structures of Parts I-IV	p. 44
The Disowning of the Treatise	p. 83
Lockian Passages in the Treatise	p. 92
The Several Faces of David Hume in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion	p. 111
Introduction: A Retrospect and Confession	p. 113
Philo and Hume in Parts I-XI and Skepticism	p. 115
Philo and Hume in Part XII	p. 135
Bibliography	p. 163
Index	p. 167
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