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Informationen zum Autor Donald C. Ainslie is the Principal of University College and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He has published articles in numerous journals, including Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, the Journal of the History of Philosophy, the Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Hume Studies and Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. Annemarie Butler is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State University and book review editor for Hume Studies. Her articles have appeared in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, History of Philosophy Quarterly, the Journal of Scottish Philosophy, Hume Studies and Dialogue. Klappentext A valuable resource for students of Hume! British empiricism and modern philosophy! this Companion examines the arguments in A Treatise of Human Nature and considers their historical context. Hume's distinctive views on causation! motivation! free will! moral evaluation and the origins of justice continue to influence present-day philosophical debate. Zusammenfassung A valuable resource for students of Hume! British empiricism and modern philosophy! this Companion examines the arguments in A Treatise of Human Nature and considers their historical context. Hume's distinctive views on causation! motivation! free will! moral evaluation and the origins of justice continue to influence present-day philosophical debate. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Hume's early biography and A Treatise of Human Nature Annemarie Butler; 2. From impressions to justice and the virtues: the structure of Hume's Treatise Amélie Oksenberg Rorty; 3. The ideas of space and time and spatial and temporal ideas in Treatise 1.2 Lorne Falkenstein; 4. Hume's theory of causation: inference, judgment, and the causal sense Don Garrett; 5. Scepticism with regard to reason David Owen; 6. Hume on scepticism and the senses Kenneth P. Winkler; 7. The problem of believing in yourself: Hume's doubts about personal identity Annemarie Butler; 8. Sympathy, self, and others Jacqueline Taylor; 9. The indirect passions, myself, and others Terence Penelhum; 10. 'Hume's lengthy digression': free will in the Treatise Paul Russell; 11. Hume on reason and passion Nicholas L. Sturgeon; 12. Hume and moral motivation Donald C. Ainslie; 13. Hume's justice Tito Magri; 14. What's so 'natural' about Hume's natural virtues? Kate Abramson....
