248 Pages
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Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Hume is traditionally credited with inventing the ‘regularity theory’ of causation, according to which the causal relation between two events consists merely in the fact that events of the first kind are always followed by events of the second kind.
Hume is also traditionally credited with two other, hugely influential positions: the view that the world appears to us as a world of unconnected... Read more
1. Hume’s Targets 2. A Priori Reasoning and the Genesis of Knowledge 3. Causal Reasoning and the Genesis of Belief 4. The Idea of Necessary Connection 5. The Traditional Interpretation 6. Projectivism 7. Sceptical Realism
Biography
Helen Beebee is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK.
‘This is a sophisticated and sustained discussion of Hume on causal reasoning and the idea of necessary connection … The various issues and authors are always handled with skill, and the main interpretations of Hume’s meaning are treated intelligently and fairly.’ Stephen Buckle, Australian Catholic University
