The Continuum Companion to Hume

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David Hume (1711-1776), philosopher, historian, and essayist, is widely considered to be the most important philosopher ever to write in English. This guide to Hume's life and work includes 22 specially commissioned essays, written by a team of leading experts, covering various aspects of Hume's thought.

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Full title :The Continuum Companion to Hume / Dan O'Brien ; Alan Bailey.

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Publication Date:2012.

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Publisher(s):Continuum Publishing Corporation
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Editor's Introduction; Part I: Life and Context; 1. Hume's Life and Intellectual Context Christine Battersby; Part II: Themes and Topics; 2. Ideas and Impressions Galen Strawson; 3. Hume's Positive Account of Causal Reasoning Peter Millican; 4. Scepticism About Causal Reasoning Duncan Pritchard -- 5. Causation and Necessary Connection Helen Beebee; 6. Philosophy and Intellectual Pathology Christopher Hookway; 7. Scepticism and 'True' Philosophy Alan Bailey; 8. Hume on the Soul and the Self Harold Noonan; 9. Action, Reason, and the Passions Don Garrett; 10. Free Will Helen Steward; 11. Miracles, Prophecy, and Revealed Religion Robert Fogelin; 12. Design and Natural Religion Paul Russell; 13. Psychological Explanations of Religious Belief Martin Bell; 14. The Origins of our Moral Distinctions Alexander Miller; 15. The Content of Morality Dan O'Brien; 16. Political Life and Human Nature John Horton; 17. Hume on Women Beth Savickey; 18. Hume and the Science of Economics Margaret Schabas.