Hume and Hume's Connexions
by: M. A. Stewart/ John P. Wright (Editors)

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 266 pages. Presenting new research on the moral and religious philosophy of David Hume, this volume tries to illustrate the importance of intellectual context in understanding the work and career of one of the most important thinkers of the 18th Century. The essays fall into three broad groups. The first looks at Hume's work as a moral philosopher, re-evaluating his place in the sceptical, utilitarian, and natural-law traditions. The second reassesses his work in moral psychology and the science of hte mind in the light of new research on 17th and 18th century sources. A final group, which examines Hume's critique of religion in its literary, historical, and philosophical aspects, includes an edited transcription of a new manuscript on the problem of evil. Clean copy.