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Hume's 'a Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction
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Hume's 'a Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

by John P. Wright


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David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the Treatise. He explains Hume's arguments concerning the inability of reason to establish the basic beliefs which underlie science and morals, as well as his arguments showing why we are nevertheless psychologically compelled to accept such beliefs. The book will be a valuable guide for those seeking to understand the nature of modern skepticism and its connection with the founding of the human sciences during the Enlightenment.

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  • Title Hume's 'a Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction
  • Author John P. Wright
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2009. 336p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts. David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1
  • Date 2009-12
  • ISBN 9780521833769 / 0521833760
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Philosophical
  • Library of Congress subjects Philosophical anthropology, Ethics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009027848
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128
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