A Companion to Hume

Comprised of twenty-nine specially commissioned essays, A Companion to Hume examines the depth of the philosophies and influence of one of history's most remarkable thinkers. Demonstrates the range of Hume's work and illuminates the ongoing debates that it has generated Organized by subject, with introductions to each section to orient the reader Explores topics such as knowledge, passion, morality, religion, economics, and politics Examines the paradoxes of Hume's thought and his legacy, covering the methods, themes, and consequences of his contributions to philosophy

Notes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xii Note on Citations xiii Introduction 1 Hume’s Context 19 1 Hume in the Enlightenment Tradition 21 Stephen Buckle Part I Mind and Knowledge 39 2 Hume’s Theory of Ideas 41 Don Garrett 3 Hume on Memory and Imagination 58 Saul Traiger 4 Hume and the Origin of Our Ideas of Space and Time 72 Wayne Waxman 5 Hume on the Relation of Cause and Effect 89 Francis Watanabe Dauer 6 Inductive Inference in Hume’s Philosophy 106 Louis E. Loeb 7 Hume on Belief in the External World 126 Michel Malherbe 8 Hume on Personal Identity 140 Donald C. Ainslie Part II Passions and Action 157 9 Hume’s Indirect Passions 159 Rachel Cohon 10 Hume on the Direct Passions and Motivation 185 Tito Magri 11 Hume on Liberty and Necessity 201 John Bricke Part III Morality and Beauty 217 12 Hume on Moral Rationalism, Sentimentalism, and Sympathy 219 Charlotte R. Brown 13 Sympathy and Hume’s Spectator-centered Theory of Virtue 240 Kate Abramson 14 Hume’s Theory of Justice, or Artificial Virtue 257 Eugenio Lecaldano 15 Hume on Beauty and Virtue 273 Jacqueline Taylor 16 Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals: Incomparably the Best? 293 Annette C. Baier Part IV Religion 321 17 Hume’s Views on Religion: Intellectual and Cultural Influences 323 Terence Penelhum 18 Hume on the Nature and Existence of God 338 Martin Bell 19 Hume on Miracles and Immortality 353 Michael P. Levine Part V Economics, Politics, and History 371 20 Hume’s Economic Theory 373 Tatsuya Sakamoto 21 “One of the Finest and Most Subtile Inventions”: Hume on Government 388 Richard H. Dees 22 “The Most Illustrious Philosopher and Historian of the Age”: Hume’s History of England 406 Mark Salber Phillips Part VI Contemporary Themes 423 23 Hume’s Naturalism and His Skepticism 425 Janet Broughton 24 Is Hume a Realist or an Anti-realist? 441 P. J. E. Kail 25 Hume’s Epistemological Legacy 457 William Edward Morris 26 The Humean Theory of Motivation and Its Critics 477 Elizabeth S. Radcliffe 27 The Sources of Normativity in Hume’s Moral Theory 493 Tom L. Beauchamp 28 Hume’s Metaethics: Is Hume a Moral Noncognitivist? 513 Nicholas L. Sturgeon Bibliography 529 Index 553