Hume''s Scepticism - Pyrrhonian and Academic

Peter S. Fosl offers a radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He first contextualises Hume's thought in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of his work - including the Treatise, Enquiries, Essays, History, Dialogues and letters.

Summary

Peter S. Fosl offers a radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He first contextualises Hume's thought in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of his work including the Treatise, Enquiries, Essays, History, Dialogues and letters.

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• Authors: Peter S. Fosl, Professor of Philosophy Peter S (Transylvani Fosl, Professor of Philosophy Peter S (Transylvania University) Fosl
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781474451123
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-5112-3
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works