Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction - John P. Wright - Google Books Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More » Sign in Books Try the new Google Books Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features Try it now No thanks Try the new Google Books Try the new Google Books My library Help Advanced Book Search View eBook Get this book in print Cambridge University Press Amazon.com Barnes&Noble.com Books-A-Million IndieBound Find in a library All sellers » Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction John P. Wright Cambridge University Press, Nov 26, 2009 - Philosophy - 316 pages 0 Reviews David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the Treatise. He explains Hume's arguments concerning the inability of reason to establish the basic beliefs which underlie science and morals, as well as his arguments showing why we are nevertheless psychologically compelled to accept such beliefs. The book will be a valuable guide for those seeking to understand the nature of modern skepticism and its connection with the founding of the human sciences during the Enlightenment.   Preview this book » What people are saying - Write a review We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Selected pages Title Page Table of Contents Index References Contents The author and the book 11 First principles 40 Causation 79 Skepticism 129 Determinism 183 Passions sympathy and other minds 190 reason and calm passions 216 Moral sense reason and moral skepticism 235 The foundations of morals 258 Bibliography and further reading 289 Index 304 Copyright Other editions - View all Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction John P. Wright Limited preview - 2009 Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction John P. Wright No preview available - 2009 Common terms and phrases according to Hume actions Annette Baier appear argument arise artificial virtues ascribe association of ideas belief Bernard Mandeville calm passions causal cause and effect Chapter character Cheyne Clarendon Press connexion contiguity David Hume define definitions Descartes desire discover discussion distinct Don Garrett ECHU edited Enquiry Concerning Essay experience explain external objects fact feel fiction find first Enquiry Francis Hutcheson Henry Home human nature Hume argues Hume calls Hume stresses Hume thinks Hume writes Hume’s account Hume’s claim Hume’s view identified identity imagination impressions indirect realism inference influence James Birch John Locke kind liberty Locke London Malebranche Mandeville mind moral judgments moral sense motives necessary connection necessity Norman Kemp Smith observation ofjustice ofthe one’s original Oxford pain perceptions person pleasure principle qualities Ramsay reason reflection relations Religion resembling scientific Scottish Enlightenment Section sion skepticism suflicient sympathy Theatise thing thought tion Tiseatise Treatise wrote About the author (2009) John P. Wright is Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University, and was Visiting Professor in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 2004 to 2007. He is the author of The Sceptical Realism of David Hume (1983), and co-editor of Hume and Hume's Connexions (1994) and Psyche and Soma: Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment (2000). Bibliographic information Title Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts Cambridge Introductions to Key Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction, John P. Wright Author John P. Wright Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN 0521833760, 9780521833769 Length 316 pages Subjects Philosophy  › History & Surveys  › General Philosophy / General Philosophy / History & Surveys / General Philosophy / Movements / Humanism     Export Citation BiBTeX EndNote RefMan About Google Books - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Information for Publishers - Report an issue - Help - Google Home