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Hume and the Demands of Philosophy
- Science, Skepticism, and Moderation
Engelsk Hardback
Hume and the Demands of Philosophy
- Science, Skepticism, and Moderation
Engelsk Hardback

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With a comprehensive interpretation of Hume’s scientific project to his skepticism, Hume and the Demands of Philosophy: Science, Skepticism, and Moderation argues that Hume is a radical epistemic skeptic who has purely practical reasons for retaining the beliefs that are essential for ordinary life and scientific research. Nathan I. Sasser argues that the key to Hume’s epistemology is his conception of philosophy as a normative method of inquiry governing the special sciences. Philosophy approves of the mental faculties that produce reasoning and sensory beliefs. But sensory beliefs and the products of reason themselves face insuperable rational defeater arguments, and because they do, philosophy demands that we suspend these beliefs. Hume’s solution to this skeptical dilemma is to point out the fatal practical consequences of suspending these core beliefs. He advises us not to submit to the demands of philosophy in cases where doing so is neither agreeable nor useful to ourselves or others. Hume’s moderate approach to philosophy recognizes that since our faculties are not created by a beneficent God, the epistemic demands of philosophy and the practical demands of life sometimes diverge.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
228
ISBN-13:
9781793623218
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
179362321X
Udg. Dato:
3 mar 2022
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
163mm
Højde:
236mm
Forlag:
Lexington Books
Oplagsdato:
3 mar 2022
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