David Hume and the Problem of Other Minds Hardback
by Dr Anik Waldow
Part of the Continuum Studies in British Philosophy series
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This important new monograph presents a non-sceptical outlook on Hume's "Treatise" by analysing the hitherto neglected role of the belief in other minds.
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 independently 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:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:15/06/2009
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- ISBN:9780826433046
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:15/06/2009
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- ISBN:9780826433046
