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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 historys most remarkable thinkers. Demonstrates the range of Humes 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 Humes thought and his legacy, covering the methods, themes, and consequences of his contributions to philosophy

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe is Professor of Philosophy at The College of William and Mary. She has published on the British Moralists and on Hume's metaethics and motivational psychology. She was co-editor of the journal Hume Studies, with Kenneth. Winkler, from 2000 until 2005. She is currently working on issues surrounding the contemporary Humean theory of motivation and its connection to Hume. .

Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
Note on Citations
Introduction
Hume's Context
Hume in the Enlightenment Tradition
Mind and Knowledge
Hume's Theory of Ideas
Hume on Memory and Imagination
Hume and the Origin of Our Ideas of Space and Time
Hume on the Relation of Cause and Effect
Inductive Inference in Hume's Philosophy
Hume on Belief in the External World
Hume on Personal Identity
Passions and Action
Hume's Indirect Passions
Hume on the Direct Passions and Motivation
Hume on Liberty and Necessity
Morality and Beauty
Hume on Moral Rationalism, Sentimentalism, and Sympathy
Sympathy and Hume's Spectator-centered Theory of Virtue
Hume's Theory of Justice, or Artificial Virtue
Hume on Beauty and Virtue
Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals: Incomparably the Best?
Religion
Hume's Views on Religion: Intellectual and Cultural Influences
Hume on the Nature and Existence of God
Hume on Miracles and Immortality
Economics, Politics, and History
Hume's Economic Theory
"One of the Finest and Most Subtile Inventions": Hume on Government
"The Most Illustrious Philosopher and Historian of the Age": Hume's History of England
Contemporary Themes
Hume's Naturalism and His Skepticism
Is Hume a Realist or an Anti-realist?
Hume's Epistemological Legacy
The Humean Theory of Motivation and Its Critics
The Sources of Normativity in Hume's Moral Theory
Hume's Metaethics: Is Hume a Moral Noncognitivist?
Bibliography
Index
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A Companion to Hume

A Companion to Hume

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