A Companion to Hume

Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Hume

Editor(s): Elizabeth S. Radcliffe

Published Online: 15 APR 2008

Print ISBN: 9781405114554

Online ISBN: 9780470696583

DOI: 10.1002/9780470696583

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Comprised of twenty-nine specially commissioned essays, A Companion to Hume examines the depth of the philosophies and influence of one of history's most remarkable thinkers.

  • Demonstrates the range of Hume's work and illuminates the ongoing debates that it has generated
  • Organized by subject, with introductions to each section to orient the reader
  • Explores topics such as knowledge, passion, morality, religion, economics, and politics
  • Examines the paradoxes of Hume's thought and his legacy, covering the methods, themes, and consequences of his contributions to philosophy

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xiii)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–17)

      Elizabeth S. Radcliffe

  3. Part 0: Hume's Context

    1. Chapter 1

      Hume in the Enlightenment Tradition (pages 19–37)

      Stephen Buckle

  4. Part I: Mind and Knowledge

    1. Chapter 2

      Hume's Theory of Ideas (pages 39–57)

      Don Garrett

    2. Chapter 3

      Hume on Memory and Imagination (pages 58–71)

      Saul Traiger

    3. Chapter 4

      Hume and the Origin of Our Ideas, of Space and Time (pages 72–88)

      Wayne Waxman

    4. Chapter 5

      Hume on the Relation of Cause and Effect (pages 89–105)

      Francis Watanabe Dauer

    5. Chapter 6

      Inductive Inference in Hume's Philosophy (pages 106–125)

      Louis E. Loeb

    6. Chapter 7

      Hume on Belief in the External World (pages 126–139)

      Michel Malherbe

    7. Chapter 8

      Hume on Personal Identity (pages 140–156)

      Donald C. Ainslie

  5. Part II: Passions and Action

    1. Chapter 9

      Hume's Indirect Passions (pages 157–184)

      Rachel Cohon

    2. Chapter 10

      Hume on the Direct Passions and Motivation (pages 185–200)

      Tito Magri

    3. Chapter 11

      Hume on Liberty and Necessity (pages 201–216)

      John Bricke

  6. Part III: Morality and Beauty

    1. Chapter 12

      Hume on Moral Rationalism, Sentimentalism, and Sympathy (pages 217–239)

      Charlotte R. Brown

    2. Chapter 13

      Sympathy and Hume's Spectator-Centered, Theory of Virtue (pages 240–256)

      Kate Abramson

    3. Chapter 14

      Hume's Theory of Justice, or Artificial Virtue (pages 257–272)

      Eugenio Lecaldano

    4. Chapter 15

      Hume on Beauty and Virtue (pages 273–292)

      Jacqueline Taylor

    5. Chapter 16

      Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals: Incomparably the Best? (pages 293–320)

      Annette C. Baier

  7. Part IV: Religion

    1. Chapter 17

      Hume's Views on Religion: Intellectual, and Cultural Influences (pages 321–337)

      Terence Penelhum

    2. Chapter 18

      Hume on the Nature and Existence of God (pages 338–352)

      Martin Bell

    3. Chapter 19

      Hume on Miracles and Immortality (pages 353–370)

      Michael P. Levine

  8. Part V: Economics, Politics, and History

    1. Chapter 20

      Hume's Economic Theory (pages 371–387)

      Tatsuya Sakamoto

    2. Chapter 21

      “One of the Finest and Most Subtile Inventions”: Hume on Government (pages 388–405)

      Richard H. Dees

    3. Chapter 22

      “The Most Illustrious Philosopher and Historian of the Age”: Hume's History of England (pages 406–422)

      Mark Salber Phillips

  9. Part VI: Contemporary Themes

    1. Chapter 23

      Hume's Naturalism and His Skepticism (pages 423–440)

      Janet Broughton

    2. Chapter 24

      Is Hume a Realist or an Anti-Realist? (pages 441–456)

      P. J. E. Kail

    3. Chapter 25

      Hume's Epistemological Legacy (pages 457–476)

      William Edward Morris

    4. Chapter 26

      The Humean Theory of Motivation, and Its Critics (pages 477–492)

      Elizabeth S. Radcliffe

    5. Chapter 27

      The Sources of Normativity in Hume's Moral Theory (pages 493–512)

      Tom L. Beauchamp

    6. Chapter 28

      Hume's Metaethics: Is Hume a Moral Noncognitivist? (pages 513–528)

      Nicholas L. Sturgeon

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      Bibliography (pages 529–552)

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      Index (pages 553–573)

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