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Books on: hume understanding

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Understanding Hume

Book by John J. Jenkins, Peter Lewis, Geoffrey Madell; Edinburgh University Press, 1992

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Understanding Hume Understanding Hume by JOHN J. JENKINS and edited by Peter Lewis and Geoffrey...0112 0 Library of Congrest Cataloging-in- Publication Data Understanding Hume/edited by John Jenkins , P. Lewis, and G. Madell. p...
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Hume on Morality

Book by James Baillie; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Hume, David--1711-1776--Ethics

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

David Hume is widely recognised as the greatest philosopher to have written in the English language. His Treatise on Human Nature is one of the most important works of moral philosophy ever written. Hume on Morality introduces and assesses* Hume's life and the background of the Treatise * The ...
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David Hume is widely recognised as the greatest philosopher to have written in the English language. His Treatise on Human Nature is one of the most important works of moral philosophy ever written. Hume on Morality introduces and assesses* Hume's life and the background of the Treatise * The ideas and text in the Treatise * Hume's continuing importance to philosophy
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David Hume, His Theory of Knowledge and Morality

Book by D. G. C. MacNabb; Hutchinsons University Library, 1951

Subjects:

Ethics, Hume, David--1711-1776, Knowledge, Theory Of

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...ACCOUNT OF THE UNDERSTANDING...distinction as drawn by Hume 23...had been reading Hume than that he...obstacles to the understanding of him which I...in students of Hume a clear understanding of how Hume...
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Locke, Berkeley, Hume: Central Themes

Book by Jonathan Bennett; Clarendon Press, 1971

Subjects:

Berkeley, George--1685-1753, Hume, David--1711-1776, Locke, John L, Locke, John--1632-1704

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...instance, whether Hume read Berkeley...1. Meaning and understanding 1...meaning, hears with understanding or the like. One...centuries. Locke and Hume were devotees of...or Berkeley or Hume. II IDEAS AND MEANINGS...to explain our understanding of words like pain...
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The New Hume Debate

Book by Rupert Read, Kenneth A. Richman; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Hume, David--1711-1776

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

The New Hume Debate is the first book to discuss the topic of whether Hume is a skeptic or a skeptical realist. It includes essays by philosophers and Hume scholars such as Barry Stroud and Galen Strawson.

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Journal Articles on: hume understanding

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Hume, Romance, and the Unruly Imagination

Journal article by Rebecca Tierney-Hynes; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 47, 2007

Subjects:

Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Works, Hume, David--Criticism and interpretation, Hume, David--Works, Romance fiction--Criticism and interpretation, Romance literature--Criticism and interpretation, Romances (Fiction)--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...sympathetic ethic Hume wishes to establish as a basis for right understanding, taste, and social...this edition. (5) Hume. "Preface" to the...concerning Human Understanding with A Letter from...concerning Human Understanding, ed. Peter H. Nidditch...Epistemologies of Emotion, Hume to Austen (Stanford...
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Allan Ramsay's Enlightenment: Or, Hume and the Patronizing Portrait

Journal article by Douglas Fordham; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006

Subjects:

Art criticism, Hume and the Heroic Portrait (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Portraits--Criticism and interpretation, Wind, Edgar--Authorship, Wind, Edgar--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...29) Would it alter our understanding of the work if we knew that...and Beattie. (30) Whereas Hume called on sentiment to provide...years have transformed our understanding of Allan Ramsay and provided...For Smarts analysis of the Hume and Rousseau portraits, see...
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Hume and Kant on Historical Teleology

Journal article by Claudia M. Schmidt; CLIO, Vol. 36, 2007

Subjects:

Hume, David--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hume, David--Influence, Kant, Immanuel--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Kant, Immanuel--Influence, Philosophers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Philosophers--Influence, Teleology--Evaluation

Collections: Philosophy, History, Literature, Entire Library

...Concerning Human Understanding, "Of the Association of Ideas," Hume presents a discussion...improves our understanding of human affairs...concerning history, Hume therefore suggests...5.) David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, ed. Thomas...
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Sympathy and Spectatorship in Scottish Writing after Hume

Journal article by John Glassford; The Monist, Vol. 90, 2007

Subjects:

Analysis (Philosophy), Analytical philosophy, Hume, David--Criticism and interpretation, Hume, David--Works, Philosophy of language--Analysis, Scottish literature--Analysis, Sympathy--Analysis, Sympathy--Portrayals

Collections: Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

...than sympathy, said Hume in his Treatise...upheaval in our understanding of family politics...instances, wherein our understanding has deceivd us...universal," said Hume. (12) The family...philosophys self-understanding. In short, rejecting...Hobbes and Locke, Hume presents the reader...
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Bennett, Jonathan. Learning from Six Philosophers: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume

Journal article by David Scott; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 57, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Learning From Six Philosophers: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...the empiricists Locke, Berkeley and Hume, is often relative to his functionalist...fundamental contribution toward the understanding, perhaps even the solution, of that...though this does not mean that ones understanding of a problem is not altered by knowledge...

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Magazine Articles on: hume understanding

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The Death of Hume

Magazine article by Stephen Miller; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 19, Summer 1995

Subjects:

Hume, David--Biography, Philosophers--Biography, Religion and ethics--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...and mortification. These misguided efforts to suppress the natural passions have, according to Hume, a terrible effect: "they stupefy the understanding and harden the heart, obscure the fancy and sour the temper." Yet, aside from the question...
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Hume, Austen, and First Impressions

Magazine article by Rodney Delasanta; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 2003

Subjects:

Austen, Jane--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Enlightenment--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Enlightenment--History, Enlightenment--Religious aspects, Hume, David--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Metaphysics--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Metaphysics--History, Philosophers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Reason--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rousseau, Jean-Jacques--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...devastating last paragraph from his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: "If we take in our hand any volume of divinity or school...contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." Kant, who credited Hume with awakening him from his dogmatic slumbers, tried to snatch...
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The Immortal David Hume (1711-1776)

Magazine article by Nigel Bruce; Free Inquiry, Vol. 17, Winter 1996

Subjects:

Humanism--Philosophy, Humanists--Conduct of life, Hume, David--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...beyond.(1) Why then was Hume such an important figure in...and in order to learn from understanding the underlying forces that...equal parts: "Book I: Of the Understanding"; "Book II: Of the Passions...dominant role for the passions, Hume was deliberately launching...
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Cardinal Hume Dies at Age 76

Magazine article; The Christian Century, Vol. 116, July 14, 1999

Subjects:

Hume, Basil--Biography, Priests--Biography

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...but never relaxed. Many Vatican officials were suspicious of Hume because they were never quite sure where he stood. He often...area where he had little experience and therefore limited understanding. He imposed constraints in Britain on the activities of Opus...
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Economic Reds: A Diagnosis: Understanding Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Their Breed

Magazine article by Michael Novak; National Review, Vol. 59, July 9, 2007

Subjects:

Clinton, Hillary Rodham--Evaluation, Edwards, John--Evaluation, Presidential candidates--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Presidential candidates--Political activity, Public policy (Law)--Interpretation and construction

Collections: Entire Library

Economic Reds: A Diagnosis: Understanding Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Their Breed. by Michael...meant government as the mothering nurse of the weak. From David Hume, Adam Smith, and Francis Hutcheson, Dewey fled to Hegels "spirit...

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Newspaper Articles on: hume understanding

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Football: Hume Hoping to Make the Most of Zola Power

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 1, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...also understands the importance of building a relationship on the field. ``Its quite important to have an understanding, said Hume. ``If the strikers dont read each other, they dont play well together. ``Calvin and I get on well off the...
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Football: ROVERS HIT OUT AT HUME CHASE; Preston Slammed for Public Bid -- but Striker Staying Put

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), November 5, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...looked to be forging a growing understanding with the Canadian until fracturing...cheekbone last weekend. Hume has been the one consistent...been good partnerships, said Hume. ``If you look at the records...you could see there was an understanding. ``If Calvin and I keep...
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Sinn Fein Set to Say 'Yes' on Ceasefire

Newspaper article by John Ryan; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 24, 1996

Subjects:

Sinn Fein

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...said he was confident a ceasefire could be arranged. John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party who helped...Reynolds claimed. Mr Reynolds said he and Mr Major had "an understanding" in relation to the Government of Ireland Act which created...
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A Voice of Peace in Two Ages of Barbarism; Seamus Heaney. by Helen Vendler (Harper Collins, Pounds 15.99). Reviewed by Nigel Hastilow

Newspaper article by Nigel Hastiltow; The Birmingham Post (England), November 28, 1998

Subjects:

Heaney, Seamus

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Columbs College is in Londonderry and has given us both John Hume, the leader of the SDLP and Northern Ireland peace-maker...themselves and start reading them all over again, with a better understanding of what is in them and what lies behind them. She says it...
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Letter: Misguiding Morals?

Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), February 29, 2000

Subjects:

Sinn Fein

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...In other words Sinn Fein/IRA are the political minders of Hume and Ahern ensuring that they do not stray too far from the...be welcomed but such unity must be based on a clear headed understanding of the fundamental realities as set out above. Mr Coulter...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: hume understanding

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Hume, David

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748; a simplified version...Concerning Natural Religion (1779). Hume also wrote an exhaustive History...England for many years. In 1763, Hume returned to Paris as secretary...refuge in England. In philosophy Hume pressed the analysis of John...
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Philosophy of Science

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...philosophy of science concern science in general. David Hume raised a problem of induction , namely that of the grounds...issue is that of the implications of quantum mechanics for our understanding of causality . See R. Boyd et al., ed., The Philosophy...
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Causality

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...place on the role of chance in changing a situation. David Hume argued that, in seeking to explain any object or event, we...Kant thought the idea of cause is a fundamental category of understanding and a necessary condition for experience; others argue a strictly...
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Kant, Immanuel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...According to Kant, his reading of David Hume awakened him from his dogmatic slumber...characteristics that constitute our categories of understanding. Those categories, which include causality...application of Kantian insights to the understanding of the physical sciences, and the Heidelberg...
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Psychology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Berkeley , Thomas Reid , and David Hume . David Hartley , James Mill , John...contributions were made in the physiological understanding of human psychology by French philosopher...laboratory research involved in the understanding of the mind; and personality psychology...

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