David Hume and the Problem of Other Minds
| Author/creator | Waldow, Anik Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited Gordonsville : Macmillan [Distributor] |
| Description | 218 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Continuum Studies in British Philosophy Ser. 100 |
| Summary | Annotation The problem of other minds has widely been considered as a special problem within the debate about scepticism. If one cannot be sure that there is a world existing independent ly of one's mind, how can we be sure that there are minds - minds which we cannot even experience the way we experience material objects? This book shows, through a detailed examination of David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, that these concerns are unfounded. By focusing on Hume's discussion of sympathy - the ability to connect with the mental contents of other persons - Anik Waldow demonstrates that belief in other minds can be justified by the same means as belief in material objects. The book thus not only provides the first large-scale treatment of the function of the belief in other minds within the Treatise, thereby adding a new dimension to Hume's realism, but also serves as an invaluable guide to the complexity of the problem of other minds and its various responses in contemporary debate. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781441123435 |
| ISBN | 1441123431 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781441123435 |
| Stock number | 00623519 |
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