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The Philosophy of David Hume

With a New Introduction by Don Garrett

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xl
  2. The Origins of Hume’s Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. The Influence of Newton and of Locke

      • Norman Kemp Smith
      Pages 52-76
  3. Preliminary Simplified Statement of Hume’s Central Doctrines, taken Mainly in the Order of their Exposition in the Treatise and Enquiries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
  4. Detailed Consideration of the Central Doctrines, taken in What may be Presumed to have been the Order of their First Discovery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. The Function of Reason in the Moral Sphere

      • Norman Kemp Smith
      Pages 192-202
    3. Memory

      • Norman Kemp Smith
      Pages 228-236
    4. The Association of Ideas, and its Products

      • Norman Kemp Smith
      Pages 238-255
    5. Abstract Ideas

      • Norman Kemp Smith
      Pages 256-270

About this book

Norman Kemp Smith's The Philosophy of David Hume has long been regarded as a classic study by scholars in the field - a ground-breaking book that has since been unsurpassed in its comprehensive coverage of the ideas and issues of Hume's Treatise. This reissue brings this currently out-of-print and highly sought-after classic up-to-date with a new introduction by Don Garrett. Garrett's new introduction sets the book in its contemporary context and makes the case for its continuing importance in the field of Hume scholarship.

Reviews

'the re-issue of this work is wholly welcomed and Garrett's introduction is a very helpful addition to it.' - Sylvana Tomaselli, Journal of Liberal History

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Edinburgh, UK

    Norman Kemp Smith

About the author

NORMAN KEMP SMITH was born in Dundee in 1872 and died in Edinburgh in 1958. Between 1919 and 1945 he was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh. Amongst his books are New Studies in the Philosophy of Descartes, The Credibility of Divine Existence and his translation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.

DON GARRETT is Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carlolina, Chapel Hill. He is the Co-Editor of the journal Hume Studies, and The Encyclopedia of Empiricism, author of Cognition and Commitment in Hume's Philosophy, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza and Early Modern Philosophy (OUP forthcoming).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Philosophy of David Hume

  • Book Subtitle: With a New Introduction by Don Garrett

  • Authors: Norman Kemp Smith

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230511170

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1941

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-1507-8Published: 13 January 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51117-0Published: 12 January 2005

  • Edition Number: 5

  • Number of Pages: XL, 568

  • Topics: History of Philosophy, Ethics

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Softcover Book USD 44.99
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