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Informationen zum Autor John O. Nelson (1917-2005) spent his academic career as a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell, where he studied under Norman Malcolm. Nelson is the author of more than 120 articles in professional philosophy journals, and Hume's 'New Scene of Thought,' published here for the first time, is his only book. Klappentext This book is a defense of Hume's philosophical principles in the Treatise of Human Nature. Nelson shows that Hume's new philosophy was a uniquely original and profound masterpiece in philosophical literature, worthy of serious study and acceptance. It is argued that Dialoguesis a reflective philosophical autobiography of Hume himself. This book is a defense of Hume's philosophical principles in the Treatise of Human Nature. Nelson shows that Hume's new philosophy was a uniquely original and profound masterpiece in philosophical literature, worthy of serious study and acceptance. It is argued that Dialoguesis a reflective philosophical autobiography of Hume himself. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Part 2 Book One:Hume's "New Scene of Thought" Chapter 3 Chapter One: Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter Two: The Science of Man in the Treatise Chapter 5 Chapter Three: The Interrelationships of the Four Parts of Book I Chapter 6 Chapter Four: The Internal Structures of Parts I - IV Chapter 7 Chapter Five: The Disowning of the Treatise Chapter 8 Chapter Six: Lockian Passages in the Treatise Part 9 Book Two: The Several Faces of David Hume in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Chapter 10 Introduction: A Retrospect and Confession Chapter 11 Chapter One: Philo and Hume in Parts I - XI and Skepticism Chapter 12 Chapter Two: Philo and Hume in Part XII
