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Zusatztext Reviewed in Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie (Journal of the Institute of Philosophy, of the Catholic University of Leuven), 2007 issue. Informationen zum Autor Peter Jones is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Klappentext A comprehensive survey of the reception of and responses to the work of David Hume across Europe. Includes an historical timeline and a comprehensive bibliography. Vorwort A comprehensive survey of the reception of and responses to the work of David Hume across Europe. Includes an historical timeline and a comprehensive bibliography. Zusammenfassung The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference to their European 'fortunes'. These essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, record the ways in which David Hume has been translated, evaluated and emulated in different national and linguistic areas of Europe. This is the first collection of essays to consider how and where Hume's works were initially understood throughout Europe. They reflect on how early European responses to Hume relied on available French translations, and concentrated on his Political Discourses and his History, and how later German translations enabled professional philosophers to discuss his more abstract ideas. Also explored is the idea that continental readers were not able to judge the accuracy of the translations they read, nor did many consider the contexts in which Hume was writing: rather, they were intent on using what they read for their own purposes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Preface - Elinor Shaffer; AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsTimelineIntroduction - Peter Jones1. Hume's Reception in Ireland - M.A. Stewart2. The Early British Reception of Hume's Writings on Religion - M.A. Stewart3. Hume's Reception in France - Michel Malherbe4. The Reception of Hume in Germany - Manfred Kuehn5. David Hume and Sir James Steuart - Andrew S. Skinner6. Italian Responses to David Hume - Paola Zanardi7. Translations of Hume's Works in Italy - Emilio Mazza8. Hume in Russia; Tatiana V. Artemieva and Mikhail I. Mikeshin9. The Reception of David Hume's Philosophy in Sweden - Henrik Lagerlund10. David Hume and Polish Philosophical and Social Thought - Bozena Kusnierz; 11. 'Ignoramus': David Hume's Ideas in the Hungarian Enlightenment - Pál Ács; 12. The Reception of David Hume in Czech Thought - Josef Moural; 13. The Reception of David Hume in Romania - Andreea Deciu Ritivoi; 14. Canonization and Critique: Hume's Reputation as a Historian - Mark Salber Phillips and Dale R. Smith; 15. The Reception of Hume in Nineteenth-Century British Philosophy - James A. Harris;16. The Scientific Reception of Hume's Theory of Causation: Establishing the Positivist Interpretation in Early Nineteenth-Century Scotland - John P. Wright; Bibliography; Index...
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Peter Jones is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.
