The Riddle of Hume's Treatise

Zusatztext This is a terrific tome ... Why is this book so important? Quite simply, this is one of the best contextualist studies of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature ever written. To elaborate a bit, this book provides a unique and fascinating interpretation of the Treatise by relating its structure and content to many of the most influential debates about religion raging at Hume's time ... one of the best books on Hume I have ever read Informationen zum Autor Paul Russell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He is also the author of Freedom and Moral Sentiment (OUP 1995) and editor of the forthcoming OUP volumes Thinking about Free Will and The Oxford Handbook of Hume. Klappentext This is the paperback reprint of Paul Russell's 2008 book. In it, Russell challenges the conventional reading of Hume's Treatise with respect to religion. Although it is commonly held that Hume removed religious content from his Treatise. Russell claims that irreligious aims and objectived are fundamental to the Treatise and account for its underlying unity and coherence. Zusammenfassung This is the paperback reprint of Paul Russell's 2008 book. In it, Russell challenges the conventional reading of Hume's Treatise with respect to religion. Although it is commonly held that Hume removed religious content from his Treatise. Russell claims that irreligious aims and objectived are fundamental to the Treatise and account for its underlying unity and coherence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations of Hume's Writings Used in Citations I. Riddles, Critics, and Monsters: Text and Context 1.: The Riddle 2.: "Atheism" and Hume's Early Critics 3.: Religious Philosophers and Speculative Atheists 4.: Newtonianism, Freethought, and Hume's Scottish Context 5.: The Monster of Atheism: Its Being and Attributes II. The Form and Face of Hume's System 6: A Hobbist Plan 7.: Atheism under Cover: Esoteric Communication on Hume's Title Pages III. The Nature of Hume's Universe 8.: Blind Men before a Fire: Empiricism and the Idea of Good 9.: Making Nothing of "Almighty Space" 10.: The Argument a Priori and Hume's "Curious Nostrum" 11.: Induction, Analogy, and a Future State: Hume's "Guide of Life" 12.: Matter, Omnipotence, and Our Idea of Necessity 13.: Skepticism, Deception, and the Material World 14.: Immateriality, Immortality, and the Human Soul 15.: The Practical Pyrrhonist IV. The Elements of Virtuous Atheism 16.: Freedom within Necessity: Hume's "Clockwork Man" 17.: . Morality without Religion V. Hume's Philosophy of Irreligion 18.: . The Myth of "Castration" and the Riddle's Solution 19.: Was Hume an "Atheist"? 20.: . Hume's Lucretian Mission: Is It Self-Refuting? Appendix: Cato's Speech at the Oracle of Ammon Notes Bibliography Index ...

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Paul Russell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He is also the author of Freedom and Moral Sentiment (OUP 1995) and editor of the forthcoming OUP volumes Thinking about Free Will and The Oxford Handbook of Hume.

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This is the paperback reprint of Paul Russell's 2008 book. In it, Russell challenges the conventional reading of Hume's Treatise with respect to religion. Although it is commonly held that Hume removed religious content from his Treatise. Russell claims that irreligious aims and objectived are fundamental to the Treatise and account for its underlying unity and coherence.

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• Abbreviations of Hume's Writings Used in Citations

• I. Riddles, Critics, and Monsters: Text and Context

• 1.: The Riddle

• 2.: "Atheism" and Hume's Early Critics

• 3.: Religious Philosophers and Speculative Atheists

• 4.: Newtonianism, Freethought, and Hume's Scottish Context

• 5.: The Monster of Atheism: Its Being and Attributes

• II. The Form and Face of Hume's System

• 6: A Hobbist Plan

• 7.: Atheism under Cover: Esoteric Communication on Hume's Title Pages

• III. The Nature of Hume's Universe

• 8.: Blind Men before a Fire: Empiricism and the Idea of Good

• 9.: Making Nothing of "Almighty Space"

• 10.: The Argument a Priori and Hume's "Curious Nostrum"

• 11.: Induction, Analogy, and a Future State: Hume's "Guide of Life"

• 12.: Matter, Omnipotence, and Our Idea of Necessity

• 13.: Skepticism, Deception, and the Material World

• 14.: Immateriality, Immortality, and the Human Soul

• 15.: The Practical Pyrrhonist

• IV. The Elements of Virtuous Atheism

• 16.: Freedom within Necessity: Hume's "Clockwork Man"

• 17.: . Morality without Religion

• V. Hume's Philosophy of Irreligion

• 18.: . The Myth of "Castration" and the Riddle's Solution

• 19.: Was Hume an "Atheist"?

• 20.: . Hume's Lucretian Mission: Is It Self-Refuting?

• Appendix: Cato's Speech at the Oracle of Ammon

• Notes

• Bibliography

• Index