[BOOK][B] The sceptical realism of David Hume

JP Wright - 1983 - books.google.com
JP Wright
1983books.google.com
A central aim of Dr Wright's book is to recover the sense of what he calls Hume's philosophy
of scepticism. He shows that while Hume conceived of scepticism in terms of a conflict
between reason and the senses on the one hand and natural instinct on the other, neither of
these antagonists vanquishes the other. Hume's arguments for scepticism are seen to
depend on a rich set of assumptions about the nature of
A central aim of Dr Wright's book is to recover the sense of what he calls Hume's philosophy of scepticism. He shows that while Hume conceived of scepticism in terms of a conflict between reason and the senses on the one hand and natural instinct on the other, neither of these antagonists vanquishes the other. Hume's arguments for scepticism are seen to depend on a rich set of assumptions about the nature of
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