Hume Books

New and Published Books

1. Causation and Modern Philosophy

   Edited by Keith Allen, Tom Stoneham

   Series: Routledge Advances in the History of Philosophy

   This volume brings together a collection of new essays by leading scholars on the subject of causation in the early modern period, from Descartes to Lady Mary Shepherd. Aimed at researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates, the volume advances the understanding of early modern...

   Published December 8th 2010 by Routledge
2. The Origins of David Hume's Economics

   By Willie Henderson

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   The book covers Hume’s biographical development; his self appraisal as a 'man of letters’; his philosophical writings with emphasis on their direct and indirect economic content; his self-aware criticism of his approach to the Treatise and the development of his rhetorical understanding of the...

   Published September 16th 2010 by Routledge
3. David Hume's Political Economy

   Edited by Margaret Schabas, Carl Wennerlind

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Hume’s Political Discourses (1752) won immediate acclaim and positioned him as an authoritative figure on the subject of political economy. This volume of thirteen new essays definitively establishes the central place of political economy in Hume’s intellectual endeavor, as well as the profound and...

   Published October 1st 2009 by Routledge
4. Hume's Difficulty

   Time and Identity in the Treatise

   By Donald L.M. Baxter

   Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

   In this volume--the first, focused study of Hume on time and identity--Baxter focuses on Hume’s treatment of the concept of numerical identity, which is central to Hume's famous discussions of the external world and personal identity. Hume raises a long unappreciated, and still unresolved,...

   Published March 5th 2009 by Routledge
5. Hume, Reason and Morality

   A Legacy of Contradiction

   By Sophie Botros

   Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

   Covering an important theme in Humean studies, this book focuses on Hume's hugely influential attempt in book three of his Treatise of Human Nature to derive the conclusion that morality is a matter of feeling, not reason, from its link with action. Claiming that Hume's argument contains a...

   Published February 29th 2008 by Routledge
6. The New Hume Debate

   Revised Edition

   Edited by Rupert Read, Kenneth Richman

   For decades scholars thought they knew Hume's position on the existence of causes and objects – he was a sceptic. However, this received view has been thrown into question by the ‘new’ readings of Hume as a sceptical realist. For philosophers, students of philosophy and others interested in...

   Published December 11th 2007 by Routledge
7. Humes Philosophy Of The Self

   By Tony Pitson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

   Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge
8. Practical Reasoning and Ethical Decision

   By Robert Audi

   Published November 30th 2005 by Routledge
9. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Religion

   By David O'Connor

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   David Hume was the most important British philosopher of the eighteenth century. His Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a classic text in the philosophy of religion.Hume on Religion introduces and asseses:*Hume's life and the background to the Dialogues *the ideas and text of Dialogues *...

   Published April 11th 2001 by Routledge
10. Hume's Aesthetic Theory

    Sentiment and Taste in the History of Aesthetics

    By Dabney Townsend

    Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

    Hume's Aesthetic Theory examines the neglected area of the development of aesthetics in empiricist thinking, exploring the link between the empiricist background of aesthetics in the eighteenth century and the work of David Hume.This is a major contribution to our understanding of Hume's general...

    Published November 15th 2000 by Routledge