Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
About the Book Series
This series publishes significant contributions to the study of this key period in philosophy. It covers studies of single authors as well as principal philosophical areas.
Hume's Aesthetic Theory: Taste and Sentiment
1st Edition
By Dabney Townsend
January 30, 2014
Hume's Aesthetic Theory examines the neglected area of the development of aesthetics in empiricist thinking, exploring the link between the empiricist background of aesthetics in the eighteenth century and the work of David Hume.This is a major contribution to our understanding of Hume's general ...
Kant’s Theory of the Self
1st Edition
By Arthur Melnick
November 03, 2010
The self for Kant is something real, and yet is neither appearance nor thing in itself, but rather has some third status. Appearances for Kant arise in space and time where these are respectively forms of outer and inner attending (intuition). Melnick explains the "third status" by identifying...
Aesthetics and Morals in the Philosophy of David Hume
1st Edition
By Timothy M Costelloe
June 16, 2009
The book has two aims. First, to examine the extent and significance of the connection between Hume's aesthetics and his moral philosophy; and, second, to consider how, in light of the connection, his moral philosophy answers central questions in ethics. The first aim is realized in chapters 1-4. ...
Hume's Difficulty: Time and Identity in the Treatise
1st Edition
By Donald L.M. Baxter
March 06, 2009
In this volume--the first, focused study of Hume on time and identity--Baxter focuses on Hume’s treatment of the concept of numerical identity, which is central to Hume's famous discussions of the external world and personal identity. Hume raises a long unappreciated, and still unresolved, ...
Hume, Reason and Morality: A Legacy of Contradiction
1st Edition
By Sophie Botros
March 01, 2008
Covering an important theme in Humean studies, this book focuses on Hume's hugely influential attempt in book three of his Treatise of Human Nature to derive the conclusion that morality is a matter of feeling, not reason, from its link with action. Claiming that Hume's argument contains a ...
Naturalization of the Soul: Self and Personal Identity in the Eighteenth Century
1st Edition
By John Barresi, Raymond Martin
March 25, 2004
Naturalization of the Soul charts the development of the concepts of soul and self in Western thought, from Plato to the present. It fills an important gap in intellectual history by being the first book to emphasize the enormous intellectual transformation in the eighteenth century, when the ...
Hume's Philosophy Of The Self
1st Edition
By Tony Pitson
October 28, 2002
First Published in 2002. Personal identity lies at the very heart of Hume’s philosophy but has received surprisingly limited attention. Hume’s Philosophy of the Self is the first book to go beyond the famous section of the Treatise, ‘Of Personal Identity’, and explore the fundamental concern with ...