Hume's Scepticism : : Pyrrhonian and Academic / / Peter S. Fosl.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Fosl, Peter S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy : ESSP
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Series Editor’s Introduction --; Abbreviations and Conventions --; Introduction: Into Those Immense Depths --; Part I Academic and Pyrrhonian Scepticism, Ancient and Modern --; 1 Hume and Ancient Academic Scepticism --; 2 Hume and the Legacy of Academic Scepticism --; 3 Hume and Ancient Pyrrhonian Scepticism --; 4 Hume and the Legacy of Pyrrhonian Scepticism --; Part II Hume’s True Sceptical Philosophy --; 5 Phûsis: The Fatalities of Appearance --; 6 Ethos: The Great Sceptical Guide --; 7 Technai: Dogmatism and the Technologies of Doubt --; 8 Pathê: Hume’s Non-Dogmatic Philosophy --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474451147; 9783110780420
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474451147?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter S. Fosl.

Argues that David Hume was a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic groundsAdvances both historical and logical reasons for the conclusion that Hume is a radical scepticExhibits extraordinary historical depth and breadth, with a sweep covering the history of Western philosophyCovers Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature; An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals; Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary; The History of England; Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion; and lettersMaking a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume’s scepticism, Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic. He does this by first situating Hume’s thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of Hume's work.