For those open to the possibility that philosophical thought can improve life, David Hume''s Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary have something to say. In the first comprehensive study of the Essays, Margaret Watkins engages closely with these neglected texts and shows how they provide important insights into Hume''s perspective on the breadth and depth of human life, arguing that the Essays reveal his continued commitment to philosophy as a discipline that can promote both social and individual progress. Addressing topics such as politics, war, slavery, the priesthood, the development of industry, aesthetics, emotional disorders, egoism, friendship, sexuality, gender relations, and the nature of philosophy itself, the volume examines Hume''s purposes and aims against the backdrop of the eighteenth century society in which he lived. It will be of interest to scholars of modern thought in philosophy, politics, history, and economics.
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<P>This new collection of philosophically rigorous essays critiques the interpretation of divine omniscience known as open theism, focusing primarily on philosophically motivated open theism and positing arguments that reject divine knowledge of...
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<P>First published in 1910, <EM>Philosophical Essays</EM> is one of Bertrand Russell¿s earliest works and marks an important period in the evolution of thought of one of the world¿s most influential thinkers. This selection of seven...
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Carl G. Hempel (1905-97) was one of the preeminent figures in the philosophical movement of logical empiricism. The essays in this collection offer a fresh perspective on Hempel's intellectual development and on the rise and demise of logical empiricism.
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