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In the preceding chapter, I have used examples of ordinary everyday hope and despair to illustrate both necessary and characteristic aspects of each of them. Uncertainty is a central feature of hope whereas perceiving matters as certain is a central feature of despair. In this chapter, I will use the axis of uncertainty to illuminate features of phenomena in the neighbourhood of hope; phenomena related to hope in various ways. Firstly, I will consider some of the ways in which hope has been viewed; by Benedict de Spinoza, René Descartes and David Hume.
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© 2004 Jayne M. Waterworth
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Waterworth, J.M. (2004). Phenomena in the Neighbourhood of Hope. In: A Philosophical Analysis of Hope. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230506022_3
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