The Bloomsbury Companion to Hume

Alan Bailey, Daniel Jayes O'Brien, Alan Bailey, Daniel Jayes O'Brien

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781474243933
• eBook ISBN:
  9781474243940
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Modern Philosophy

David Hume (1711-1776), philosopher, historian, and essayist, is widely considered to be Britain's greatest philosopher. One of the leading intellectual figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, his major works and central ideas, especially his radical empiricism and his critique of the pretensions of philosophical rationalism, remain hugely influential on contemporary philosophers. This comprehensive and accessible guide to Hume's life and work includes 21 specially commissioned essays, written by a team of leading experts, covering every aspect of Hume's thought. The Companion presents details of Hume's life, historical and philosophical context, providing students with a comprehensive overview of all the key themes and topics apparent in his work, including his accounts of causal reasoning, scepticism, the soul and the self, action, reason, free will, miracles, natural religion, politics, human nature, women, economics and history, and an account of his reception and enduring influence. This textbook is indispensable to anyone studying in the areas of Hume Studies, British, and eighteenth-century philosophy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• HalfTitle
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Abbreviations for Works Written by Hume
• Acknowledgements
• David Hume – A Timeline
• Introduction
• 1 Hume’s Life, Intellectual Context and Reception Emilio Mazza
• 2 Hume’s Empiricist Inner Epistemology:
• 3 Hume’s ‘Scepticism’ about Induction Peter Millican
• 4 The Psychology and Epistemology of Hume’s
• 5 Causation and Necessary Connection Helen Beebee
• 6 Hume on Scepticism and the Moral Sciences Alan Bailey
• 7 The Self and Personal Identity Harold Noonan
• 8 ‘All my hopes vanish’: Hume on the Mind Galen Strawson
• 9 Action, Reason and the Passions Constantine Sandis
• 10 Free Will James A. Harris
• 11 Hume on Miracles Duncan Pritchard and Alasdair Richmond
• 12 David Hume and the Argument to Design Andrew Pyle
• 13 Psychological Explanations of Religious Belief David O’Connor
• 14 Hume’s Sentimentalist Account of Moral Judgement Julia Driver
• 15 Hume and the Virtues Dan O’Brien
• 16 Hume’s Human Nature Russell Hardin
• 17 Hume and Feminism Lívia Guimarães
• 18 Hume on Economic Well-Being Margaret Schabas
• 19 ‘Of the Standard of Taste’: Decisions, Rules and Critical Argument M. W. Rowe
• 20 Hume on History Timothy M. Costelloe
• 21 Hume’s Legacy and the Idea of British Empiricism Paul Russell
• Bibliography
• INDEX OF NAMES
• INDEX OF TOPICS