David Hume and the Problem of Other Minds Paperback / softback
by Dr Anik Waldow
Part of the Continuum Studies in British Philosophy series
Paperback / softback
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The problem of other minds has widely been considered as a special problem within the debate about scepticism.
If one cannot be sure that there is a world existing independent ly of one's mind, how can we be sure that there are minds - minds which we cannot even experience the way we experience material objects? This book shows, through a detailed examination of David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, that these concerns are unfounded.
By focusing on Hume's discussion of sympathy - the ability to connect with the mental contents of other persons - Anik Waldow demonstrates that belief in other minds can be justified by the same means as belief in material objects. The book thus not only provides the first large-scale treatment of the function of the belief in other minds within the Treatise, thereby adding a new dimension to Hume's realism, but also serves as an invaluable guide to the complexity of the problem of other minds and its various responses in contemporary debate.
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- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Publication Date:22/12/2011
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- ISBN:9781441123435
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Publication Date:22/12/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781441123435
