Hume's Scepticism and the Science of Human Nature

by Stanistreet,Paul

• ISBN13: 9780754604846
• ISBN10: 0754604845
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book explores the relationship between Hume's sceptical philosophy and his Newtonian ambition of founding a science of human nature. Assessing both received and 'new' readings of Hume's philosophy, Stanistreet offers a line of interpretation which, he argues, makes sense of many of the apparent conflicts and paradoxes in Hume's work and describes how well-known controversies concerning Hume's thinking about causation, induction and the external world can be resolved. Offering important new contributions to Hume scholarship, this book also surveys and assesses the new research responsible for the recent sea-change in thinking about Hume. It offers an accessible overview of these developments while suggesting significant revisions to current readings of Hume's philosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Science and the Study of Human Nature	p. 16
Ideas and Association	p. 46
Causality, Reason and Causal Inference	p. 71
Hume and the New Hume	p. 109
Hume's Scepticism Regarding the Senses	p. 146
Hume's True Philosophy and Reid's Common Sense	p. 182
Conclusion	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 220
Index	p. 223
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