Kant's Inferentialism: The Case Against Hume

by David Landy

Book Overview

Kant's Inferentialism draws on a wide range of sources to present a reading of Kant's theory of mental representation as a direct response to the challenges issued by Hume in A Treatise of Human Nature. Kant rejects the conclusions that Hume draws on the grounds that these are predicated on Hume's theory of mental representation, which Kant refutes by presenting objections to Hume's treatment of representations of complex states of affairs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138062790
• ISBN13: 9781138062795
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"