The Cambridge Companion to Hume [Paperback]

The fifteen essays in this second edition of this highly popular Companion address all aspects of Hume's wide-ranging thought.David Hume is now considered among the most important philosophers of the Western world. Although best known for his contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion, Hume also influenced developments in the philosophy of mind, psychology, ethics, political and economic theory, political and social history, and aesthetic theory. The fifteen essays in this second edition of one of our most popular Companions address all aspects of Humes wide-ranging thought.David Hume is now considered among the most important philosophers of the Western world. Although best known for his contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion, Hume also influenced developments in the philosophy of mind, psychology, ethics, political and economic theory, political and social history, and aesthetic theory. The fifteen essays in this second edition of one of our most popular Companions address all aspects of Humes wide-ranging thought.Each Cambridge Companion to a philosophical figure is made up of specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, providing students and non-specialists with an introduction to a major philosopher. The series aims to dispel the intimidation that readers may feel when faced with the work of a challenging thinker. David Hume is now considered one of the most important philosophers of the Western world. Although best known for his contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, Hume also influenced developments in the philosophy of mind, psychology, ethics, political and economic theory, political and social history, and aesthetic theory. The fifteen essays in this volume address all aspects of Humes thought. The picture of him that emerges is that of a thinker who, though often critical to the point of skepticilc¶