Recasting Hume and Early Modern Philosophy

Selected Essays

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvPaul Russell,Lund University & University of British Columbia) Russell, Paul (Professor, Department of Philosophy, Professor, Department of Philosophy

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In this collection of essays, philosopher Paul Russell addresses major figures and central topics of the history of early modern philosophy. Most of these essays are studies on the philosophy of David Hume, one of the great figures in the history of philosophy. One central theme, connecting many of the essays, concerns Hume's fundamental irreligious intentions. Russell argues that a proper appreciation of the significance of Hume's irreligious concerns, which runs through his whole philosophy, serves to discredit the deeply entrenched framework for understanding Hume - and much of early modern philosophy - in terms of the idea of "British Empiricism". In a substantive introduction, Russell outlines how his various insights overlap and connect to each other. The volume is organized thematically into five sections: metaphysics, free will, ethics, religion, and general interpretations of Hume's philosophy. The collection also features a previously unpublished essay on Hume's atheism and an essay on Adam Smith's views on religion and ethics that has not been previously published in English. Recasting Hume and Early Modern Philosophy presents the reader with Russell's substantial and significant set of interconnected observations and insights on the matters and figures of the greatest importance in early modern philosophy. These essays not only provide different and original perspectives on the subject, they also show that the various issues addressed are very relevant to each other, as well as to a number of major topics in contemporary philosophy.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-10-12
Mått238 x 163 x 36 mm
Vikt894 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor520
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197577264

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ContentsIntroductionAcknowledgmentsSources I. Metaphysics & Epistemology1. Hume's "Two Definitions" of Cause and the Ontology of "Double Existence"Appendix 2020: Was Hume a "Causal Realist"?2. Probability, Induction and a Future State: Hume contra Butler3. The Material World and Natural Religion in Hume's Treatise4. Causation, Cosmology and the Limits of Philosophy II. Free Will and Moral Luck5. Of Gods and Clocks: Free Will and the Hobbes-Bramhall Debate6. "Hume's Lengthy Digression": Free Will in the Treatise7. Hume on Responsibility and Punishment8. Smith on Moral Sentiment and Moral Luck III. Ethics, Virtue and Optimism9. Hume's Anatomy of Virtue10. Hume's Optimism and Williams' Pessimism IV. Skepticism, Religion and Atheism 11. Hume's Lucretian Mission: Is it Self-Refuting?12. Hume's Skepticism and the Problem of AtheismAppendix: "Abduction and Hume's Atheism"13. "True Religion" and Hume's Practical Atheism14. Irreligion and the Impartial Spectator in Smith's Moral System V. Irreligion and the Unity of Hume's Thought 15. Hume's Legacy and the Idea of British Empiricism16. Hume's Philosophy of Irreligion and the Myth of British Empiricism Other writings by Paul Russell on Hume and Early Modern PhilosophyIndex

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