Space and the Self in Hume's Treatise

Space and the Self in Hume's Treatise

by Marina Frasca-Spada
Space and the Self in Hume's Treatise

Space and the Self in Hume's Treatise

by Marina Frasca-Spada

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Overview

Hume's discussion of the idea of space in his Treatise on Human Nature is fundamental to an understanding of his treatment of such central issues as the existence of external objects, the unity of the self, and the relation between certainty and belief. Marina Frasca-Spada's rich and original study examines this difficult part of Hume's philosophical writings and connects it to eighteenth-century works in natural philosophy, mathematics and literature. Her analysis points the way to a reassessment of the central current interpretative questions in Hume studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521891622
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/11/2002
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 236
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.09(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. The Two Parts of Hume's System of Space: the Centrality of the Self: 1. Reality and the coloured points; 2. A bundle of (organised) perceptions; 3. Intermezzo: the minds of an author and his readers; Part II. Hume's Objections Answer 'D': Clues to the Operations of the Mind: 3. Truth, passion and the a priori; 4. Talking about a vacuum; Conclusion. Space and the self.
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