These volumes bring together for the first time some of the most important research on the philosophy of David Hume. Hume wrote on a large variety of philosophic topics, and many of these are addressed in these volumes. The volumes cover the following areas: Volume 1 - Epistemology, Reason; Volume 2 - Induction, Scepticism; Volume 3 - External World, Causality Naturalism, Mental Activity, Ontology, Personal Identity and the Self, Space and Time; Volume 4 - Ethics, Passions, Sympathy, Is/Ought; Volume 5 - Religion; Volume 6 - Politics, Economics, Justice and Miracles, as well as some miscellaneous topics. Papers have been selected for their clarity, their high quality, their originality and their lasting significance. An extensive selected bibliography is included in each volume: bibliographic material is listed according to the topics covered in the particular volume.
Table of Contents:
VOLUME III Space and lime, Ontology, Mental Activity, Naturalism, Causality, External World, Personal Identity and Self, Space and Time 41 Hume on Mathematics 42 Hume on Infinite Divisibility 43 The Import of Hume's Theory of Time 44 On McRae's Hume45 Hume on Space and Geometry 46 Hume on Space (and Time), Ontology, 47 The Attack on Substance: Descartes to Hume 48 Hume on What There Is 49 Hume's Ontological Commitments 50 Hume on the Idea of Existence 51 Some Reflections on Hume on Existence 52 Hume on Metaphysics and the Limits of Human Knowledge, Mental Activity 53 Hume's Blue Patch and the Mind's Creativity 54 Hume's Theory of Mental Activity 55 Hume's Theory of Mental Activity 56 Causal Empiricism and Mental Events, Naturalism, 57 The Naturalism of Hume (I) 58 The Naturalism of Hume (II) 59 A Note on Smith's Term 'Naturalism' 60 The Naturalism of Book I of Hume's Treatise of Human, Nature, 61 Hume's Argument for the Superiority of Natural Instinct 62 Hume's Naturalism - 'Proof' and Practice 63 The 'Naturalness' of Natural Religion, Causality, 64 Hume's 1\vo Theories of Causation 65 The Objective Foundation of the Causal Connection 66 Kant and Hume on Simultaneity of Causes and Effects 67 Hume's Argument that Causes Must Precede Their Effects 68 Veritas Filia Temporis: Hume on Time and Causation 69 Hume's Two Definitions of 'Cause' 70 Hume's Two Definitions of 'Cause' 71 Hume's Two Definitions of 'Cause' Reconsidered 72 Hume's Two Lights on Cause 73 Hume's Theory of Relations 74 Hume's 'Two Definitions' of Cause and the Ontology of 'Double Existence' 75 A Refutation of Hume's Theory of Causality 76 How Not to Refute Hume's Theory of Causality: A Reply to Gray ,77 Hume's Doctrine of Causality 78 Hume and the Idea of Causal Necessity 79 Theism and the Rationale of Hume's Skepticism, About Causation, 80 Causality and Generality in the Treatise and the Tractatus 81 Hume Without Scepticism (I) 82 Kant's Conception of 'Hume's Problem', External World 83 Hume and Belief in the Existence of an External World 84 Hume's Scepticism with Regard to the Senses 85 Hume's Scepticism with Regard to the Senses 86 Skepticism and the Senses in Hume's Treatise Personal Identity and Self 87 The Historical and Philosophical Significance of Hume's Theory of the Self 88 Hume on Personal Identity 89 Hume's Theory of the Self Revisited 90 Hume's Bundle Theory of the Self: A Limited Defense 91 Hume on Personal Identity 92 Hume on Finding an Impression of the Self 93 Hume's Underground Self 94 Hume's Labyrinth Select Bibliography.
