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David Hume and the Problem of Other Minds
By (author) Dr Anik Waldow
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This important new monograph presents a non-sceptical outlook on Hume's ""Treatise"" by analysing the hitherto neglected role of the belief in other minds. The problem of other minds has widely been considered as a special problem within the debate about scepticism. If one cannot be sure that there is a world existing independently of one's mind, how can we be sure that there are minds - minds which we cannot even experience the way we experience material objects? This book shows, through a detailed examination of David Hume's ""A Treatise of Human Nature"", that these concerns are unfounded. By focusing on Hume's discussion of sympathy - the ability to connect with the mental contents of other persons - Anik Waldow demonstrates that belief in other minds can be justified by the same means as belief in material objects. The book thus not only provides the first large-scale treatment of the function of the belief in other minds within the ""Treatise"", thereby adding a new dimension to Hume's realism, but also serves as an invaluable guide to the complexity of the problem of other minds and its various responses in contemporary debate.
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published date | 15 Jun 2009
Language | English
Format | Hardback
Pages | 218
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-8264-3304-6
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BISAC | philosophy / history & surveys / modern
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