Impressions of Hume [Hardcover]

Impressions of Humecollects brand-new essays from leading scholars in different philosophical, historiographical, and literary traditions within which Hume is a canonical figure. To some his writings are vehicles for intuitions, problems, and arguments which are at the center of contemporary philosophical reflection; others locate Hume's views against the background of concerns and debates of his own time. Hume's texts may be read as highly sophisticated literary-cum-philosophical creations, or as moments in the construction of the ideology of modernity; these are open texts which present their reader with a bounty of different materials and inspirations.

Impressions of Humeis an accessible volumeThe collection is a valuable resource, sustained by elegant, clear, and nuanced portraits of Hume's thought. It certainly deserves a place as a new and worthy contribution to the field. --Journal of the History of Philosophy