Hume and Contemporary Epistemology
Scott Stapleford, "Hume and Contemporary Epistemology "
English | ISBN: 1032495022 | 2024 | 334 pages | PDF | 24 MB
English | ISBN: 1032495022 | 2024 | 334 pages | PDF | 24 MB
This is the first edited collection dedicated to demonstrating Hume’s relevance to contemporary debates in epistemology. It features original essays by Hume scholars and epistemologists that address a wide range of important questions, including the following:
What does a Humean conception of knowledge look like?
How do Hume’s understanding of belief and suspension of judgement bear on current debates about doxastic attitudes?
Is there a Humean way of uniting reasons in the epistemic and practical domains?
What is the proper role of reason at the foundations of ethics and epistemology from a Humean point of view?
What contribution might an examination of Humean scepticism make to understanding of current sceptical hypotheses?
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