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Hume's Scepticism : Pyrrhonian and Academic / Peter S. Fosl.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy : ESSPPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474451123
  • 9781474451147
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 149/.73 23
LOC classification:
  • B1499.S4 F67 2020
  • B1499.S4 F67 2020
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Introduction -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction: Into Those Immense Depths -- Part I Academic and Pyrrhonian Scepticism, Ancient and Modern -- 1 Hume and Ancient Academic Scepticism -- 2 Hume and the Legacy of Academic Scepticism -- 3 Hume and Ancient Pyrrhonian Scepticism -- 4 Hume and the Legacy of Pyrrhonian Scepticism -- Part II Hume’s True Sceptical Philosophy -- 5 Phûsis: The Fatalities of Appearance -- 6 Ethos: The Great Sceptical Guide -- 7 Technai: Dogmatism and the Technologies of Doubt -- 8 Pathê: Hume’s Non-Dogmatic Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Argues that David Hume was a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic groundsAdvances both historical and logical reasons for the conclusion that Hume is a radical scepticExhibits extraordinary historical depth and breadth, with a sweep covering the history of Western philosophyCovers Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature; An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals; Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary; The History of England; Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion; and lettersMaking a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume’s scepticism, Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic. He does this by first situating Hume’s thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of Hume's work.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Introduction -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction: Into Those Immense Depths -- Part I Academic and Pyrrhonian Scepticism, Ancient and Modern -- 1 Hume and Ancient Academic Scepticism -- 2 Hume and the Legacy of Academic Scepticism -- 3 Hume and Ancient Pyrrhonian Scepticism -- 4 Hume and the Legacy of Pyrrhonian Scepticism -- Part II Hume’s True Sceptical Philosophy -- 5 Phûsis: The Fatalities of Appearance -- 6 Ethos: The Great Sceptical Guide -- 7 Technai: Dogmatism and the Technologies of Doubt -- 8 Pathê: Hume’s Non-Dogmatic Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Index

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Argues that David Hume was a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic groundsAdvances both historical and logical reasons for the conclusion that Hume is a radical scepticExhibits extraordinary historical depth and breadth, with a sweep covering the history of Western philosophyCovers Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature; An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals; Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary; The History of England; Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion; and lettersMaking a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume’s scepticism, Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic. He does this by first situating Hume’s thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of Hume's work.

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In English.

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