Helen Beebee

Hume on Causation

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Produktbeschreibung

Hume on Causation provides a sustained discussion and comparison of the major interpretative positions concerning Hume's hugely influential work on causation: the regularity theory, projectivism, and sceptical realism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780415243391
• ISBN-10: 0415243394
• Artikelnr.: 21800726

Autorenporträt

Helen Beebee is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Hume's Targets 2. A Priori Reasoning and the Genesis of Knowledge 3.
Causal Reasoning and the Genesis of Belief 4. The Idea of Necessary
Connection 5. The Traditional Interpretation 6. Projectivism 7. Sceptical
Realism

Rezensionen

'This is a sophisticated and sustained discussion of Hume on causal reasoning and the idea of necessary connection ... The various issues and authors are always handled with skill, and the main interpretations of Hume's meaning are treated intelligently and fairly.' Stephen Buckle, Australian Catholic University