Reading Hume on human understanding : essays on the first Enquiry / edited by Peter Millican.
| Other author | Millican, P. J. R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| Description | xvi, 495 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The context, aims, and structure of Hume's first Enquiry / Peter Millican -- Two species of philosophy: the historical significance of the first Enquiry / M.A. Stewart -- Empiricism about meanings / Jonathan Bennett -- Hume's sceptical doubts concerning induction / Peter Millican -- Belief and instinct in Hume's first Enquiry / Martin Bell -- Hume, belief, and personal identity / Justin Broakes -- The idea of necessary connexion / Edward Craig -- David Hume: objects and power / Galen Strawson -- Hume and thick connexions / Simon Blackburn -- Hume on liberty and necessity / George Botterill -- Hume on testimony concerning miracles / Don Garrett -- Hume versus Price on miracles and prior probabilities: testimony and the Bayesian calculation / David Owen -- Religion: the useless hypothesis / J.C.A. Gaskin -- Of the academical or sceptical philosophy / David Fate Norton -- My own life / David Hume -- Abstract of the Treatise of human nature / David Hume -- Critical survey of the literature on Hume and the first Enquiry / Peter Millican. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2002020030 |
| ISBN | 0198752105 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0198752113 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | B1484 .R43 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |