Hume on Causation

Hume on Causation
Author: Helen Beebee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2006-09-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134544707

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Causation is one of the most important and enduring topics in philosophy, going as far back as Aristotle. In this lucid and enthralling account, Helen Beebee covers all the major debates and issues in the philosophy of causation, making it the ideal starting point for those approaching the subject for the first time. Beginning with an introduction to the concept, the book examines the most significant philosopher of causation – David Hume – and assesses the problems of induction and necessary connection in light of his thought. Helen Beebee then investigates different theories of causation and challenges to the Humean approach. She considers the concepts of regularity, causal experience, necessity and essences. Throughout the book, she also critically discusses other key philosophers on causation, including J.L. Mackie, John Wright and Brian Ellis.

Character and Causation

Character and Causation
Author: Constantine Sandis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2018-12-11
Genre: Act (Philosophy)
ISBN: 9781138283787

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In the first ever book-length treatment of David Hume's philosophy of action, Constantine Sandis brings together seemingly disparate aspects of Hume's work to present an understanding of human action that is much richer than previously assumed. Sandis showcases Hume's interconnected views on action and its causes by situating them within a wider vision of our human understanding of personal identity, causation, freedom, historical explanation, and morality. In so doing, he also relates key aspects of the emerging picture to contemporary concerns within the philosophy of action and moral psychology, including debates between Humeans and anti-Humeans about both 'motivating' and 'normative' reasons. Character and Causation takes the form of a series of essays which collectively argue that Hume's overall project proceeds by way of a soft conceptual revisionism that emerges from his Copy Principle. This involves re-calibrating our philosophical ideas of all that agency involves to fit a scheme that more readily matches the range of impressions that human beings actually have. On such a reading, once we rid ourselves of a certain kind of metaphysical ambition we are left with a perfectly adequate account of how it is that people can act in character, freely, and for good reasons. The resulting picture is one that both unifies Hume's practical and theoretical philosophy and radically transforms contemporary philosophy of action for the better.

Hume and the Problem of Causation

Hume and the Problem of Causation
Author: Tom L. Beauchamp
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1981
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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The authors demonstrate that Hume's views can stand up to contemporary criticism and are relevant to current debates on causality.

The Secret Connexion

The Secret Connexion
Author: Galen Strawson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2014-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199605858

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In this revised edition of The Secret Connexion, Galen Strawson explores one of the most discussed subjects in philosophy: David Hume's work on causation. He argues that Hume believes in causal influence, but insists that we cannot know its nature. The regularity theory of causation is indefensible, and Hume never adopted it in any case.

The New Hume Debate

The New Hume Debate
Author: Rupert Read
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134555288

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'

Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'
Author: John P. Wright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2009-11-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0521833760

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Examines the development of Hume's ideas and their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions.

The Cambridge Companion to Hume's Treatise

The Cambridge Companion to Hume's Treatise
Author: Donald C. Ainslie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2015-01-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0521821673

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This Companion evaluates Hume's philosophical arguments in A Treatise of Human Nature and considers their historical context, particularly within British empiricism.

Causation and Modern Philosophy

Causation and Modern Philosophy
Author: Keith Allen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1136820051

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This volume brings together a collection of new essays by leading scholars on the subject of causation in the early modern period, from Descartes to Lady Mary Shepherd. Aimed at researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates, the volume advances the understanding of early modern discussions of causation, and situates these discussions in the wider context of early modern philosophy and science. Specifically, the volume contains essays on key early modern thinkers, such as Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hume, Kant. It also contains essays that examine the important contributions to the causation debate of less widely discussed figures, including Louis la Forge, Thomas Brown and Lady Mary Shepherd.

The Evident Connexion

The Evident Connexion
Author: Galen Strawson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-05-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199608504

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The Evident Connexion presents a bold new reading of David Hume's famous 'bundle' theory of the self or mind, and his later rejection of it. Galen Strawson illuminates the 'uniting principle' of Hume's philosophy and argues that the bundle theory does not, as widely supposed, claim that there are no subjects of experience.

Efficient Causation

Efficient Causation
Author: Tad M. Schmaltz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2014
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199782172

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This volume is a collection of new essays by specialists that trace the concept of efficient causation from its discovery (or invention) in Ancient Greece, through its development in late antiquity, the medieval period, and modern philosophy, to its use in contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science.