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Author | : Galen Strawson |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2011-05-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191619388 |
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The Evident Connexion presents a new reading of Hume's 'bundle theory' of the self or mind, and his later rejection of it. Galen Strawson argues that the bundle theory does not claim that there are no subjects of experience, as many have supposed, or that the mind is just a series of experiences. Hume holds only that the 'essence of the mind [is] unknown'. His claim is simply that we have no empirically respectable reason to believe in the existence of a persisting subject, or a mind that is more than a series of experiences (each with its own subject). Why does Hume later reject the bundle theory? Many think he became dissatisfied with his account of how we come to believe in a persisting self, but Strawson suggests that the problem is more serious. The keystone of Hume's philosophy is that our experiences are governed by a 'uniting principle' or 'bond of union'. But a philosophy that takes a bundle of ontologically distinct experiences to be the only legitimate conception of the mind cannot make explanatory use of those notions in the way Hume does. As Hume says in the Appendix to the Treatise of Human Nature: having 'loosen'd all our particular perceptions' in the bundle theory, he is unable to 'explain the principle of connexion, which binds them together'. This lucid book is the first to be wholly dedicated to Hume's theory of personal identity, and presents a bold new interpretation which bears directly on current debates among scholars of Hume's philosophy.
Author | : Galen Strawson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2014-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199605858 |
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In this revised edition of The Secret Connexion, Galen Strawson explores one of the most discussed subjects in philosophy: David Hume's work on causation. He argues that Hume believes in causal influence, but insists that we cannot know its nature. The regularity theory of causation is indefensible, and Hume never adopted it in any case.
Author | : Forbes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 1850 |
Genre | : Stars |
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Author | : David Hume |
Publisher | : VM eBooks |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2016-11-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
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Moral philosophy, or the science of human nature, may be treated after two different manners; each of which has its peculiar merit, and may contribute to the entertainment, instruction, and reformation of mankind. The one considers man chiefly as born for action; and as influenced in his measures by taste and sentiment; pursuing one object, and avoiding another, according to the value which these objects seem to possess, and according to the light in which they present themselves. As virtue, of all objects, is allowed to be the most valuable, this species of philosophers paint her in the most amiable colours; borrowing all helps from poetry and eloquence, and treating their subject in an easy and obvious manner, and such as is best fitted to please the imagination, and engage the affections. They select the most striking observations and instances from common life; place opposite characters in a proper contrast; and alluring us into the paths of virtue by the views of glory and happiness, direct our steps in these paths by the soundest precepts and most illustrious examples. They make us feel the difference between vice and virtue; they excite and regulate our sentiments; and so they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour, they think, that they have fully attained the end of all their labours.
Author | : Rupert Read |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2002-11 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1134555288 |
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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : James Silk Buckingham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 1834 |
Genre | : Alcoholism |
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Author | : Heimir Giersson |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2000-06-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781551112923 |
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This anthology is designed for use as a brief introduction to ethical theory. Included are sections on various forms of ethical theory: Ethical Relativism; Divine Command Theory; Egoism; Consequentialism; Deontology; Justice; Virtue Ethics; and Feminist Ethics. Each section includes two or three of the most important and interesting contributions to the field, together with brief introductions by the editors. A final section, Theories in Practice, consists of five selections on the issues of abortion, world poverty, and affirmative action.
Author | : John Pitt Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 1858 |
Genre | : Evidence (Law) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 1858 |
Genre | : Physical sciences |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : P. J. E. Kail |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2010-04-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191614599 |
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In his writings, Hume talks of our 'gilding and staining' natural objects, and of the mind's propensity to 'spread itself' on the world. This has led commentators to use the metaphor of 'projection' in connection with his philosophy: Hume is held to have taught that causal power and self are projections, that God is a projection of our fear, and that value is a projection of sentiment. By considering what it is about Hume's writing that occasions this metaphor, P. J. E. Kail spells out its meaning, the role it plays in Hume's work, and examines how, if at all, what sounds 'projective' in Hume can be reconciled with what sounds 'realist'. In addition to offering some highly original readings of Hume's central ideas, Projection and Realism in Hume's Philosophy offers a detailed examination of the notion of projection and the problems it faces.