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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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