Subject: Philosophy Book Title: Projection and Realism in Hume's Philosophy
Projection and Realism in Hume's Philosophy
Kail, P. J. E.,
St Peter's College, Oxford
Print publication date: 2007
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-922950-5 doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199229505.001.0001 |
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Abstract:
Hume talks of our ‘gilding and staining’ natural objects, and of the mind's propensity to ‘spread itself’ on the world. This has led commentators to use the metaphor of ‘projection’ in connection with his philosophy. This book spells out its meaning, the role it plays in Hume's work, and examines how, if at all, what sounds ‘projective’ in Hume can be reconciled with what sounds ‘realist’. In addition to offering some original readings of Hume's central ideas on God and the Self among other things, this book offers a detailed examination of the notion of projection and the problems it faces.
Keywords: causation, necessity, morality, modality, Self, God, scepticism Table of Contents
Introduction
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Projection, Religion, and the External World
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The Senses, Reason and the Imagination
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Realism, Meaning and Justification: The External World and Religious Belief
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‘Our Profound Ignorance’: Causal Realism and the Failure to Detect Necessity
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Spreading The Mind: Projection, Necessity and Realism
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Into the Labyrinth: Persons, Modality and Hume's Undoing
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Gilding: Projection, Value and Secondary Qualities
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The Gold: Good, Evil, Belief and Desire
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The Golden: Relational Values, Realism and A Moral Sense
Bibliography
Index
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doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199229505.001.0001
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