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John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is among the most
important books in philosophy ever written. It is also a difficult
work dealing with many themes, including the origin of ideas; the
extent and limits of human knowledge; the philosophy of perception;
and religion and morality. This volume is original in that it
focuses on the last two of these topics and provides a clear and
insightful survey of these overlooked aspects of Locke's best known
work. Four eminent Locke scholars present authoritative discussions
of Locke's view on the ethics of belief, personal identity, free
will and moral theory. Contributors include John Passmore
(Australian National University), Harold Noonan (Birmingham
University), Vere Chappell (University of Massachusetts, Amherst),
and Daniel Flage (James Madison University).
John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is among the most important books ever written in philosophy. It is a long and complex work dealing with many themes such as the origin of ideas, the extent and limits of human knowledge, the philosophy of perception and morality and religion. This volume is original in that it focuses clearly on the last two of these topics and highlights the importance of these in the book as a whole. It presents an extensive interpretive introduction by the editors and four essays by distinguished contemporary philosophers on Locke's views on the ethics of belief, personal identity, free will and moral theory. It will interest students and specialists interested in the history of philosophy, political science, religion and history.
David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739 40) presents the most
important account of skepticism in the history of modern
philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work,
John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the
Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the
imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume
published the Treatise. He explains Hume's arguments concerning the
inability of reason to establish the basic beliefs which underlie
science and morals, as well as his arguments showing why we are
nevertheless psychologically compelled to accept such beliefs. The
book will be a valuable guide for those seeking to understand the
nature of modern skepticism and its connection with the founding of
the human sciences during the Enlightenment.
David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739 40) presents the most
important account of skepticism in the history of modern
philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work,
John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the
Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the
imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume
published the Treatise. He explains Hume's arguments concerning the
inability of reason to establish the basic beliefs which underlie
science and morals, as well as his arguments showing why we are
nevertheless psychologically compelled to accept such beliefs. The
book will be a valuable guide for those seeking to understand the
nature of modern skepticism and its connection with the founding of
the human sciences during the Enlightenment.
Psyche and Soma is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the history of understanding of the human mind or soul and its relationship to the body, through the course of more than two thousand years. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, each written by a recognized expert, discuss such figures as the doctors Hippocrates and Galen, the theologians St Paul, Augustine, and Aquinas, and philosophers from Plato to Leibniz.
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