Hume's 'New Scene of Thought' and the Several Faces of David Hume in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

by John O. Nelson

Hume's "New Scene of Thought," is a defense of Hume's philosophical principles in the Treatise of Human Nature. Nelson shows that Hume's new philosophy was a uniquely original and profound work, a masterpiece in philosophical literature, and a work worthy of serious study and acceptance. Expounding on the meaning that Hume gives to his new science of man founded on an empirical foundation, it is shown that all the sciences were, in effect,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761847359
• ISBN13: 9780761847359
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"