Hume's Philosophy Of The Self

Taylor & Francis

First Published in 2002. Personal identity lies at the very heart of Hume\u2019s philosophy but has received surprisingly limited attention. Hume\u2019s Philosophy of the Self is the first book to go beyond the famous section of the Treatise, \u2018Of Personal Identity\u2019, and explore the fundamental concern with the Self that pervades all of Hume\u2019s work. A. E. Pitson argues innovatively that this concern rests on a crucial distinction between two aspects of personal identity: our thought and our passions. Hume\u2019s Philosophy of the Self addresses issues fundamental to the study of eighteenth-century thought, the Scottish Enlightenment and naturalism, and offers an essential new perspective on Hume\u2019s moral philosophy, epistemology and philosophy of mind. > Chapter Introduction; Part I The mental aspects of personal identity; Chapter 1 The self and human nature; Chapter 2 Hume and the idea of self; Chapter 3 Hume on the mind/body relation; Chapter 4 Hume's second th.