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Hume's Abject Failure

The Argument Against Miracles

By: John Earman

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Hume's Abject Failure

The Argument Against Miracles

By: John Earman

This vital study offers a new interpretation of Hume's famous "Of Miracles," which notoriously argues against the possibility of miracles. By situating Hume's popular argument in the context of the eighteenth-century debate on miracles, Earman shows Hume's argument to be largely unoriginal and chiefly without merit where it is original. Yet Earman constructively conceives how progress can be made on the issues that Hume's essay so provocatively posed about the ability of eyewitness testimony to establish the credibility of marvelous and miraculous events.

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Oxford University Press

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0198029314

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9780198029311

Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'

An Introduction

By: John P. Wright

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Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'

An Introduction

By: John P. Wright

David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the Treatise. He explains Hume's arguments concerning the inability of reason to establish the basic beliefs which underlie science and morals, as well as his arguments showing why we are nevertheless psychologically compelled to accept such beliefs. The book will be a valuable guide for those seeking to understand the nature of modern skepticism and its connection with the founding of the human sciences during the Enlightenment.

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337

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Cambridge University Press

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1139482955

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9781139482950

Opinion and Reform in Hume's Political Philosophy

By: John B. Stewart

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Opinion and Reform in Hume's Political Philosophy

By: John B. Stewart

The picture of Hume clinging timidly to a raft of custom and artifice, because, poor skeptic, he has no alternative, is wrong," writes John Stewart. "Hume was confident that by experience and reflection philosophers can achieve true principles." In this revisionary work Stewart surveys all of David Hume's major writings to reveal him as a liberal moral and political philosopher. Against the background of seventeenth-and eighteenth-century history and thought, Hume emerges as a proponent not of conservatism but of reform. Stewart first presents the dilemma over morals in the modern natural-law school, then examines the new approach to moral and political philosophy adopted by Hume's precursors Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Hutcheson, and Butler. Illuminating Hume's explanation of the standards and rules that should govern private and public life, the author challenges interpretations of Hume's philosophy as conservative by demonstrating that he did not dismiss reason as a key factor determining right and wrong in moral and political contexts. Stewart goes on to show that Hume viewed private property, the market, contracts, and the rule of law as essential to genuine civilized society, and explores Hume's criticism of contemporary British beliefs concerning government, religion, commerce, international relations, and social structure. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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140086285X

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9781400862856

Hume's Philosophy of Human Nature (Routledge Revivals)

By: John Laird

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Hume's Philosophy of Human Nature (Routledge Revivals)

By: John Laird

The essence of Hume’s eighteenth-century philosophy was that all the sciences were ‘dependent on the science of man’, and that the foundations of any such science need to rest on experience and observation. This title, first published in 1932, examines in detail how Hume interpreted ‘the science of man’ and how he applied his experimental methodology to humankind’s understanding, passions, social duties, economic activities, religious beliefs and secular history throughout his career. Particular attention is paid to the English, French and Latin sources that shaped Hume’s theories. This is a full and fascinating title, of particular relevance to students with an interest in the philosophy of Hume specifically, as well as the philosophy of human nature and the methodologies applied to its study more generally.

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294

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Routledge

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131795078X

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9781317950783

An Analysis of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

By: John Donaldson,Ian Jackson

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An Analysis of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

By: John Donaldson,Ian Jackson

David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical classic that displays a powerful mastery of the critical thinking skills of reasoning and evaluation. Hume’s subject, the question of the existence and possible nature of God, was, and still is, a persistent topic of philosophical and theological debate. What makes Hume’s text a classic of reasoning, though, is less what he says, than how he says it. As he noted in his preface to the book, the question of ‘natural religion’ was unanswerable: so ‘obscure and uncertain’ that ‘human reason can reach no fixed determination with regard to it.’ Hume chose, as a result, to cast his thoughts on the topic in the form of a dialogue – allowing different points of view to be reasoned out, evaluated and answered by different characters. Considering and judging different or opposing points of view, as Hume’s characters do, is an important part of reasoning, and is vital to building strong persuasive arguments. Even if, as Hume suggests, there can be no final answer to what a god might be like, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion shows high-level reasoning and evaluation at their best.

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CRC Press

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1351350412

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9781351350419

David Hume

By: John Valdimir Price

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David Hume

By: John Valdimir Price

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of David Hume.

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Boston : Twayne Publishers

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0805770046

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9780805770049

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Hume's Abject Failure

Hume's Abject Failure

Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'

Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'

Opinion and Reform in Hume's Political Philosophy

Opinion and Reform in Hume's Political Philosophy

Hume's Philosophy of Human Nature (Routledge Revivals)

Hume's Philosophy of Human Nature (Routledge Revivals)

An Analysis of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

An Analysis of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

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