David Hume: His Theory of Knowledge and Morality - 9780367136055

Taylor & Francis

This book, first published in 1951, is an examination of Hume\u2019s \u2018Treatise of Human Nature\u2019, \u2018An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals\u2019, and \u2018An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding\u2019. It lucidly clarifies and makes alive the new discoveries of Hume\u2019s works in a study that makes plain the importance of this philosopher to the world today.\n > Introduction; Hume\u2019s Account Of The Understanding; chapter I: The Doctrine Of Impressions And Ideas; chapter II: Abstract Ideas; chapter III: Knowledge And Probability; chapter IV: Causality; chapter V: Belief; chapter VI: Probability 1; chapter VII: Necessary Connexion; chapter VIII: Bodies; chapter IX: Minds; part II: Hume\u2019s Account Of Morality; chapter I: Introductory; chapter II: The Servitude Of Reason; chapter III: The Artificiality Of Justice; chapter IV: Sympathy And The Natural Virtues