The Philosophy of David Hume With a New Introduction by Don Garrett

by Smith, Norman Kemp; Garrett, Don

• ISBN13: 9781403915078
• ISBN10: 1403915075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Norman Kemp Smith's The Philosophy of David Hume continues to be unsurpassed in its comprehensive coverage of the ideas and issues of Hume's Treatise. Now, after years of waiting, this currently out-of-print and highly sought-after classic is being re-issued.This ground-breaking book has long been regarded as a classic study by scholars in the field, yet a new introduction by Don Garrett places the book in its contemporary context, showing Humes's continuing importance in the field.

Author Biography

Norman Kemp Smith (1872-1958) was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh. Amongst his books are New Studies in the Philosophy of Descartes, The Credibility of Divine Existence and his translation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.

Don Garrett is Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carlolina, Chapel Hill. He is the Co-Editor of the journal Hume Studies, and The Encyclopedia of Empiricism, author of Cognition and Commitment in Hume's Philosophy, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza and Early Modern Philosophy (OUP forthcoming).

Table of Contents

Introduction--Don Garrett * Preface to the First Edition * Bibliography * Abbreviations * PART I: THE ORIGINS OF HUME'S PHILOSOPHY * Introductory: The Distinctive Principles and Ethical Origins of Hume's Philosophy * Hutcheson's Teaching and Its Influence on Hume * The Influence of Newton and of Locke * PART II: PRELIMINARY SIMPLIFIED STATEMENT OF HUME'S CENTRAL DOCTRINES, TAKEN MAINLY IN THE ORDER OF THEIR EXPOSITION IN THE TREATISE AND ENQUIRIES * Current Misunderstandings of Hume's Teachings * Preliminary Outline Statement of Hume's Teaching as Expounded in Parts i, iii and iv of Book I of the Treatise * Preliminary Outline Statement of Hume's Theory of Morals, as Expounded in Books II and III of the Treatise * PART III: DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE CENTRAL DOCTRINES, TAKEN IN WHAT MAY BE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN THE ORDER OF THEIR FIRST DISCOVERY * Doctrine of the Passions and of Sympathy in Its Bearing on Hume's Theory of Morals * The Indirect Passions of Pride and Humility, Love and Hatred; And in Connection Therewith Hume's First Statement and Application of the Principles of Association * The Function of Reason in the Moral Sphere * The Opening Sections of the Treatise, as Predetermined by Hume's Early Doctrine of Belief * Memory, the Association of Ideas, and Its Products * Abstract Ideas * Hume's Version of Hutcheson's Teaching That Space and Time are Non-Sensational 'Knowledge' in the Strict Sense of the Term * Belief in Causality: The Nature of Causal 'Inference' * Belief in Causality: The Origin of the Idea of Necessity * The Causal Maxim Neither Self-Evident nor Demonstrable: Its Sanctions Solely Those of Natural Belief * Probability of Chances and Probability of Causes * Liberty and Necessity * The Sceptical and the Positive Aspects of Hume's Doctrine of Natural Belief * Belief as It Enters into Sense-Perception * 'Identity' and 'Substance' in Their Bearing on the Nature of the Self * PART IV: THE FINAL OUTCOME * The Relation of the Treatise to the Enquiries * Concluding 20Comments * Index of Proper Names

Introduction--Don Garrett * Preface to the First Edition * Bibliography * Abbreviations * PART I: THE ORIGINS OF HUME'S PHILOSOPHY * Introductory: The Distinctive Principles and Ethical Origins of Hume's Philosophy * Hutcheson's Teaching and Its Influence on Hume * The Influence of Newton and of Locke * PART II: PRELIMINARY SIMPLIFIED STATEMENT OF HUME'S CENTRAL DOCTRINES, TAKEN MAINLY IN THE ORDER OF THEIR EXPOSITION IN THE TREATISE AND ENQUIRIES * Current Misunderstandings of Hume's Teachings * Preliminary Outline Statement of Hume's Teaching as Expounded in Parts i, iii and iv of Book I of the Treatise * Preliminary Outline Statement of Hume's Theory of Morals, as Expounded in Books II and III of the Treatise * PART III: DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE CENTRAL DOCTRINES, TAKEN IN WHAT MAY BE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN THE ORDER OF THEIR FIRST DISCOVERY * Doctrine of the Passions and of Sympathy in Its Bearing on Hume's Theory of Morals * The Indirect Passions of Pride and Humility, Love and Hatred; And in Connection Therewith Hume's First Statement and Application of the Principles of Association * The Function of Reason in the Moral Sphere * The Opening Sections of the Treatise, as Predetermined by Hume's Early Doctrine of Belief * Memory, the Association of Ideas, and Its Products * Abstract Ideas * Hume's Version of Hutcheson's Teaching That Space and Time are Non-Sensational 'Knowledge' in the Strict Sense of the Term * Belief in Causality: The Nature of Causal 'Inference' * Belief in Causality: The Origin of the Idea of Necessity * The Causal Maxim Neither Self-Evident nor Demonstrable: Its Sanctions Solely Those of Natural Belief * Probability of Chances and Probability of Causes * Liberty and Necessity * The Sceptical and the Positive Aspects of Hume's Doctrine of Natural Belief * Belief as It Enters into Sense-Perception * 'Identity' and 'Substance' in Their Bearing on the Nature of the Self * PART IV: THE FINAL OUTCOME * The Relation of the Treatise to the Enquiries * Concluding
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