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Hume's Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction

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This is a superb introduction to Hume's thought on the problems of human knowledge. The prose is clear, the analysis insightful, and the opinions are very helpful for the beginner as well as for the Hume scholar. I also highly recommend Professor Dicker's books on Kant and Descartes.

Author(s): Georges Dicker
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1998

Language: English
Pages: 229

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Note on References and Abbreviations......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
Hume's theory of meaning and its implications......Page 18
Hume's theory of knowledge (I): ~Hume's Fork~......Page 48
Hume's theory of knowledge (II): causal reasoning and the problem of induction......Page 74
Hume's theory of causality......Page 112
Hume's critique of the causal principle......Page 146
The belief in the existence of body......Page 167
Notes......Page 208
Bibliography......Page 220
Index......Page 224