The Continuum Companion to Hume

by Alan Bailey (Editor), Dan O'Brien (Editor)

Overview

David Hume (1711-1776), philosopher, historian, and essayist, is widely considered to be Britain's greatest philosopher.One of the leading intellectual figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, his major works and central ideas, especially his radical empiricism and his critique of the pretensions of philosophical rationalism, remain hugely influential on contemporary philosophers.

This comprehensive and accessible guide to Hume's life and work includes 21 specially commissioned essays, written by a team of leading experts, covering every aspect of Hume's thought. The Companion presents details of Hume's life, historical and philosophical context, a comprehensive overview of all the key themes and topics apparent in his work, including his accounts of causal reasoning, scepticism, the soul and the self, action, reason, free will,
miracles, natural religion, politics, human nature, women, economics and history, and an account of his reception and enduring influence. This is an essential reference tool for anyone working in the fields of Hume Studies and Eighteenth-Century
Philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826443595
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/10/2012
Series:	Bloomsbury Companions
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Alan Bailey is a Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wolverhampton and has taught in the Philosophy departments at
Keele University and the University of Birmingham, UK.
Dan
O'Brien is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University,
Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors \ Abbreviationsfor Works Written by Hume \ Preface \ David Hume - A Timeline \ Introduction \ 1.Hume's Life, Intellectual Context and Reception Emilio Mazza \ 2. Hume'sEmpiricist Inner Epistemology: A Reassessment of the Copy Principle TomSeppalainen and Angela Coventry \ 3. Hume's ‘Scepticism' About Induction PeterMillican \ 4. The Psychology and Epistemology of Hume's Account of ProbableReasoning Lorne Falkenstein \ 5. Causation and Necessary Connection AlanBailey \ 6. Hume on Scepticism and the Moral Sciences Helen Beebee \ 7. TheSelf and Personal Identity Harold Noonan \ 8. ‘All My Hopes Vanish': Hume onthe Mind Galen Strawson \ 9. Action, Reason and the Passions ConstantineSandis \ 10. Free Will James A. Harris \ 11. Hume on Miracles DuncanPritchard and Alasdair Richmond \ 12. David Hume and the Argument to Design AndrewPyle \ 13. Psychological Explanations of Religious Belief David O'Connor \ 14.Hume's Sentimentalist Account of Moral Judgement Julia Driver \ 15. Hume andthe Virtues Dan O'Brien \ 16. Hume's Human Nature Russell Hardin \ 17. Humeand Feminism Lívia Guimarães \ 18. Hume on Economic Well-Being MargaretSchabas \ 19. ‘Of the Standard of Taste': Decisions, Rules and CriticalArgument Mark W. Rowe \ 20. Hume on History Timothy M. Costelloe \ 21. Hume'sLegacy and the Idea of British Empiricism Paul Russell
Bibliography \ Index