The concealed influence of custom : Hume's Treatise from the inside out

The concealed influence of custom : Hume's Treatise from the inside out / Jay L. Garfield.

Jay L. Garfield defends two exegetical theses regarding Hume's Treatise on Human Nature. The first is that Book II is the theoretical foundation of the Treatise. Second, Garfield argues that we cannot understand Hume's project without an appreciation of his own understanding of custom, and...

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Main Author: Garfield, Jay L., 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Hume, David, > 1711-1776. > Treatise of human nature.
Treatise of human nature (Hume, David)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Philosophy, English.
epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Knowledge, Theory of
Philosophy, English
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The Concealed Influence of Custom; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I; 1. Introduction: Principles of Interpretation; 2. Why the Treatise? Why Book II? Why Custom?; Part II; 3. The Passions: Some Basic Distinctions; 4. The Passions and Human Nature; 5. Hume's Moral Psychology; Part III; 6. Epistemological Foundations; 7. Causality; 8. Skepticism with Regard to Reason; 9. Of Skepticism with Regard to the Senses; 10. Personal Identity and Philosophical Method; 11. Ethics; Part IV; 12. The Appendix: Second Thoughts about Second Thoughts; 13. Persons as Customary Creatures

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