Humean Bodies and their Consequences 2nd Edition by Ruth Weintraub ISBN 3031507983 978-3031507984

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ISBN 10: 3031507983
ISBN 13: 978-3031507984
Author: Ruth Weintraub

This book defends the very contentious Idealist interpretation of Hume on external objects, and draws from it far-reaching metaphysical and epistemological consequences for Hume’s philosophy. Its interest is both interpretive and analytic. The content Hume ascribes to the belief in “bodies” is susceptible to more than one reading, and has not been systematically considered. Upholding the Idealistic interpretation is interesting in its own right, but also yields several important conclusions about the spatiality of objects, causation, Hume’s “science of man” and his epistemology. For instance, it argues that the Idealist reading means that there are no cross-temporal spatial relationships, and that the (more prevalent) Materialist reading takes Hume further away from methodological empiricism than does the Idealist counterpart, and may render his practice less in conformity with his official methodology. The monograph is therefore of great interest to not only academics but also scholars, graduate students and researchers.

Humean Bodies and their Consequences 2nd Table of contents:

1. Introduction

Part I. Interpretation

2. Interpreting Hume on Bodies

3. Arguments for the Idealist Interpretation

4. Meeting Objections to the Idealist Interpretation

Part II. Metaphysical Consequences of the Idealist Interpretation

5. Consequences of the Idealist Interpretation for the Unity of Space

6. Consequences of the Idealist Interpretation for Causation

7. Consequences of the Idealist Interpretation for the Divisibility of Space

Part III. Consequences of the Idealist Interpretation for Hume’s Science of Man

8. Spatial and Causal Thoughts from an Idealist Point of View

9. How the Two Interpretations Impinge on Hume’s Nominalism

10. Geometry from the Materialist and Idealist Perspectives

Part IV. Consequences of the Idealist Interpretation for Hume’s Methodology

11. The Idealist Interpretation Renders Hume More of an Empiricist

Part V. Epistemological Consequences of Idealism

12. Materialism Is More Sceptical than Idealism in Hume’s System

13. Improving on Hume’s Account of the Way We Generalise from Experience

14. An Improved Account of the Belief in the Continued Existence of Bodies

15. Hume’s Criticism of Our Ampliative Practice Doubly Transformed (With Idealistic Help)

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