Hume's Philosophy of Human Nature (Routledge Revivals)
Hume's Philosophy of Human Nature (Routledge Revivals)

Author: John Laird

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-02

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 131795078X

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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.

Hume's Philosophy of Belief (Routledge Revivals)
Hume's Philosophy of Belief (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Antony Flew

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1135087598

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First published in 1961, this book considers Hume’s request to be judged solely by the acknowledged works of his maturity. It focuses on Hume’s first Inquiry in its own right as a separate book to the likes of his other works, such as the Treatise and the Dialogues, which are here only used as supplementary evidence when necessary. This approach brings out, as Hume himself quite explicitly wished to do, the important bearing of his more technical philosophy on matters of religion and of world-outlook generally: "Be a philosopher; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man."

British Empirical Philosophers (Routledge Revivals)
British Empirical Philosophers (Routledge Revivals)

Author: A. J. Ayer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1136751351

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First published in 1952, British Empirical Philosophers is a comprehensive picture of one of the most important movements in the history of philosophic thought. In his introduction, Professor A. J. Ayer distinguishes the main problems of empiricism and gives a critical account of the ways in which the philosophers whose writings are included in this volume attempted to solve them. Editors Ayer and Raymond Winch bring together an authoritative abridgement of John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding; Bishop George Berkeley’s Principles of Human Knowledge; almost the entire first book of David Hume’s Treatise Concerning Human Nature; and extracts from Thomas Reid’s Essay on the Intellectual Powers of Man and John Stuart Mill’s Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy.

An Enquiry into Moral Notions (Routledge Revivals)
An Enquiry into Moral Notions (Routledge Revivals)

Author: John Laird

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-09

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1317917243

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First published in 1935, this book compares and examines what John Laird termed the ‘three most important notions in ethical science’: the concepts of virtue, duty and well-being. Laird poses the question of whether any one of these three concepts is capable of being the foundation of ethics and of supporting the other two. This is an interesting reissue, which will be of particular value to students researching the philosophy of ethics and morality.

An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)
An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)

Author: A. R. M. Murray

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-01-14

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1136971157

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First published in 1953, this seminal introduction to political philosophy is intended for both the student of political theory and for the general reader. After an introduction which explains the nature and purpose of philosophy, Dr Murray provides a critical examination of the principle theories advanced by political philosophers from Plato to Marx, paying special attention to contemporary issues. The book also makes an attempt to define the essential issues of philosophical significance in contemporary politics, with special reference to the conflict between political authority and individual rights, and to show how the different moral assumptions underlying authoritarian and democratic systems of government are ultimately based upon different theories of logic.

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2013

Author: Massimo Mastrogregori

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-11-20

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 3110530678

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Every year, the Bibliography catalogues the most important new publications, historiographical monographs, and journal articles throughout the world, extending from prehistory and ancient history to the most recent contemporary historical studies. Within the systematic classification according to epoch, region, and historical discipline, works are also listed according to author’s name and characteristic keywords in their title.

British Empirical Philosophers (Routledge Revivals)
British Empirical Philosophers (Routledge Revivals)

Author: A. J. Ayer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 1136751289

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First published in 1952, British Empirical Philosophers is a comprehensive picture of one of the most important movements in the history of philosophic thought. In his introduction, Professor A. J. Ayer distinguishes the main problems of empiricism and gives a critical account of the ways in which the philosophers whose writings are included in this volume attempted to solve them. Editors Ayer and Raymond Winch bring together an authoritative abridgement of John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding; Bishop George Berkeley’s Principles of Human Knowledge; almost the entire first book of David Hume’s Treatise Concerning Human Nature; and extracts from Thomas Reid’s Essay on the Intellectual Powers of Man and John Stuart Mill’s Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy.

Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mind (Routledge Revivals)
Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mind (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Ashok Vohra

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 1317688279

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Philosophers since Descartes have felt themselves compelled to make a choice between mind and body. Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mind, first published in 1986, argues that there is no genuine epistemological problem of mind, and that the widespread philosophical scepticism with regard to our knowledge of other minds is without foundation. Ashok Vohra applies Wittgenstein’s method to show that the problem has arisen through a tendency to over-philosophise our simple experiences. Vohra presents a positive account of Wittgenstein’s philosophy of mind, arguing that to consider his philosophy entirely destructive is misleading. He shows that knowledge of mind is gained through a large complex of intersubjectively identifiable factors such as the linguistic and non-linguistic past, present and future behaviour of the person concerned. He thus justifies the belief, on which psychology and psychoanalysis are based, that mind is not a mystery to which only the owner has privileged access.

Hume's Science of Human Nature
Hume's Science of Human Nature

Author: David Landy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780367891718

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Hume's Science of Human Nature is an investigation of the philosophical commitments underlying Hume's methodology in pursuing what he calls 'the science of human nature'. It argues that Hume understands scientific explanation as aiming at explaining the inductively-established universal regularities discovered in experience via an appeal to the nature of the substance underlying manifest phenomena. For years, scholars have taken Hume to employ a deliberately shallow and demonstrably untenable notion of scientific explanation. By contrast, Hume's Science of Human Nature sets out to update our understanding of Hume's methodology by using a more sophisticated picture of science as a model.