Body Mind And Self In Hume S Critical Realism
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Body Mind And Self In Hume S Critical Realism
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Author : Fred Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-05-02
Body Mind And Self In Hume S Critical Realism written by Fred Wilson and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-02 with Philosophy categories.
This essay proposes that Hume’s non-substantialist bundle account of minds is basically correct. The concept of a person is not a metaphysical notion but a forensic one, that of a being who enters into the moral and normative relations of civil society. A person is a bundle but it is also a structured bundle. Hume’s metaphysics of relations is argued must be replaced by a more adequate one such as that of Russell, but beyond that Hume’s account is essentially correct. In particular it is argued that it is one’s character that constitutes one’s identity; and that sympathy and the passions of pride and humility are central in forming and maintaining one’s character and one’s identity as a person. But also central is one’s body: a person is an embodied consciousness: the notion that one’s body is essential to one’s identity is defended at length. Various concepts of mind and consciousness are examined - for example, neutral monism and intentionality - and also the concept of privacy and our inferences to other minds.
Body Mind And Self In Hume S Critical Realism
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Author : Fred Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2008
Body Mind And Self In Hume S Critical Realism written by Fred Wilson and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Hume, David, 1711-1776 categories.
This essay proposes that Hume s non-substantialist bundle account of minds is basically correct. The concept of a person is not a metaphysical notion but a forensic one, that of a being who enters into the moral and normative relations of civil society. A person is a bundle but it is also a structured bundle. Hume s metaphysics of relations is argued must be replaced by a more adequate one such as that of Russell, but beyond that Hume s account is essentially correct. In particular it is argued that it is one s character that constitutes one s identity; and that sympathy and the passions of pride and humility are central in forming and maintaining one s character and one s identity as a person. But also central is one s body: a person is an embodied consciousness: the notion that one s body is essential to one s identity is defended at length. Various concepts of mind and consciousness are examined - for example, neutral monism and intentionality - and also the concept of privacy and our inferences to other minds."
The Bloomsbury Companion To Hume
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Author : Alan Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-07-30
The Bloomsbury Companion To Hume written by Alan Bailey and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-30 with Philosophy categories.
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.
The Continuum Companion To Hume
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Author : Alan Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-03-08
The Continuum Companion To Hume written by Alan Bailey and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-08 with Philosophy categories.
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, 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 is an essential reference tool for anyone working in the fields of Hume Studies and Eighteenth-Century Philosophy.
Studies In The Philosophy Of Herbert Hochberg
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Author : Erwin Tegtmeier
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-05-02
Studies In The Philosophy Of Herbert Hochberg written by Erwin Tegtmeier and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-02 with Philosophy categories.
Herbert Hochberg is one of the most influential analytical philosophers and one of the most influential critics of analytical philosophy. He disputed with almost all leading analytical philosophers, from Quine, Goodman and Wilfrid Sellars to David Lewis and David Armstrong. His point of view is ontological and he harks back to the origins of analytical philosophy where he finds unknown precursors of current views. And he finds parallels to contemporary non-analytic philosophies. In his own ontology he tries to dispense with simple particulars.
The Early Modern Subject
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Author : Udo Thiel
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2011-09-29
The Early Modern Subject written by Udo Thiel and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Philosophy categories.
Udo Thiel presents a critical evaluation of the understanding of self-consciousness and personal identity in early modern philosophy. He explores over a century of European philosophical debate from Descartes to Hume, and argues that our interest in human subjectivity remains strongly influenced by the conceptual framework of early modern thought.
Idealist Alternatives To Materialist Philosophies Of Science
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-12-09
Idealist Alternatives To Materialist Philosophies Of Science written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-09 with Philosophy categories.
Idealist Alternatives to Materialist Philosophies of Science (ed. Philip MacEwen) presents some of the major challenges to materialist interpretations of science while also giving materialism a full hearing.
Hume S Labyrinth
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Author : Alan Schwerin under the auspices of the Bertrand Russell Society
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2012-04-25
Hume S Labyrinth written by Alan Schwerin under the auspices of the Bertrand Russell Society and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-25 with Philosophy categories.
In his magnum opus, David Hume asserts that a person is “nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.” (Treatise 252) Hume is clearly proud of his bold thesis, as is borne out by his categorical arguments and analyses on the self. Contributions like this will, in his opinion, help establish a new science of human nature, “which will not be inferior in certainty, and will be much superior in utility to any other of human comprehension.” (Treatise xix) Unfortunately for Hume, the bundle theory of the self subsequently elicits substantial criticism and hostility from numerous critics, both philosophical and non-philosophical. As confident as the young Scot is about the merits of his theory when he first proposes it, the sharp critical responses to his thought on the self ultimately compel him to withdraw his controversial views from public scrutiny. The irony is that the author of the bundle theory of the self himself acknowledges that his account of the self is seriously defective. In his appendix to the Treatise, Hume decries the labyrinth that his views on the self have driven him into. Five years in the making, Hume’s Labyrinth: A Search for the Self explores in detail both Hume’s views on the self and his critical reservations on an account of the self that would subsequently become highly influential in the philosophy of mind. Central to Hume’s Labyrinth is the suggestion that a careful analysis of the appendix to the Treatise throws an invaluable light on a number of elements fundamental to Hume’s views on the self, not least of which is the role of Berkeley’s views on language. While Hume often acknowledges the significance of Berkeley’s philosophy in the Treatise, the argument here is that Berkeley’s account of terms is the foundation of Hume’s philosophy of the mind, with its contentious bundle theory of the self. And when this influence is assayed a new dimension of Hume’s views on the self emerges. For now it appears that the bundle theory of the self is nothing but a heuristic device adopted by Hume to help further philosophical investigations into the mind. In short, it turns out that Hume is a pragmatist, intent on presenting an account of the self that researchers interested in the problems of human nature will find useful.
Hume S Philosophy Of Mind
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Author : John Bricke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Hume S Philosophy Of Mind written by John Bricke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Philosophy categories.
The External World And Our Knowledge Of It
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Author : Fred Wilson
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
The External World And Our Knowledge Of It written by Fred Wilson and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
David Hume is often considered to have been a sceptic, particularly in his conception of the individual's knowledge of the external world. However, a closer examination of his works gives a much different impression of this aspect of Hume's philosophy, one that is due for a thorough scholarly analysis. This study argues that Hume was, in fact, a critical realist in the early twentieth-century sense, a period in which the term was used to describe the epistemological and ontological theories of such philosophers as Roy Wood Sellars and Bertrand Russell. Carefully situating Hume in his historical context, that is, relative to Aristotelian and rationalist traditions, Fred Wilson makes important and unique insights into Humean philosophy. Analyzing key sections of the Treatise, the Enquiry, and the Dialogues concerning Natural Religion, Wilson offers a deeper understanding of Hume by taking into account the philosopher's theories of the external world. Such a reading, the author explains, is not only more faithful to the texts, but also reinforces the view of Hume as a critical realist in light of twentieth-century discussions between externalism and internalism, and between coherentists and foundationalists. Complete with original observations and ideas, this study is sure to generate debates about Humean philosophy, critical realism, and the limits of perceptual knowledge.