David Hume, commonly known as one of the greatest philosophers to write in English, was also an outstanding political and economic theorist and historian. His twenty-seven most important political essays are presented in this fully annotated edition.
David Hume, commonly known as one of the greatest philosophers to write in English, was also an outstanding political and economic theorist and historian. His twenty-seven most important political essays are presented in this fully annotated edition.
Produktdetails
Produktdetails
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
David Home, a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist who lived from 7 May 1711 NS (26 April 1711 OS) to 25 August 1776, was most recognized today for his very important school of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. Hume worked to establish a naturalistic science of man that looked at the psychological underpinnings of human nature, starting with A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-1740). Hume contended that there are no inborn notions and that all human understanding comes only through experience. As an empiricist, he is so grouped with Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and George Berkeley. Inductive reasoning and the notion of causation, according to Hume, cannot be supported by logic; rather, they are the products of mental habits and custom. Due to the induction problem, it is impossible to provide the basis for the premise that the future will resemble the past, which is required in order to draw any causal conclusions from the past. Hume also rejected the idea that people have a true sense of who they are, asserting that what we actually experience is a collection of sensations and that the self is nothing more than this collection of causally related experiences.
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1. Of the liberty of the press 2. That politics may be reduced to a science 3. Of the first principles of government 4. Of the origin of government 5. Of the independency of Parliament 6. Whether the British government inclines more to absolute monarchy, or to a republic 7. Of parties in general 8. Of the parties of Great Britain 9. Of superstition and enthusiasm 10. Of civil liberty 11. Of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences 12. Of national characters 13. Of commerce 14. Of refinement in the arts 15. Of money 16. Of interest 17. Of the balance of trade 18. Of the jealousy of trade 19. Of the balance of power 20. Of taxes: 21. Of public credit 22. Of some remarkable customs 23. Of the original contract 24. Of passive obedience 25. Of the coalition of parties 26. Of the Protestant succession 27. Idea of a perfect commonwealth Appendix.
1. Of the liberty of the press 2. That politics may be reduced to a science 3. Of the first principles of government 4. Of the origin of government 5. Of the independency of Parliament 6. Whether the British government inclines more to absolute monarchy, or to a republic 7. Of parties in general 8. Of the parties of Great Britain 9. Of superstition and enthusiasm 10. Of civil liberty 11. Of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences 12. Of national characters 13. Of commerce 14. Of refinement in the arts 15. Of money 16. Of interest 17. Of the balance of trade 18. Of the jealousy of trade 19. Of the balance of power 20. Of taxes: 21. Of public credit 22. Of some remarkable customs 23. Of the original contract 24. Of passive obedience 25. Of the coalition of parties 26. Of the Protestant succession 27. Idea of a perfect commonwealth Appendix.
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