Hume, Passion, and Action

ISBN-13: 9780199573295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str.

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe

Opis

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe presents an original interpretation of David Hume's famous theory of action and motivation, according to which passion and reason cannot be opposed over the direction of action. She argues that according to Hume beliefs cannot move us to action without feeling, and she explores the implications for Hume's theory of morality.

Recenzje

Reading Radcliffe's book is an excellent reminder of how far the history of philosophy has matured in the last fifty years. It is also an object lesson in the philosophical value of such study. As with evolution, later does not always mean better, and few moral philosophers or moral psychologists can afford to ignore the riches work such as hers unveils. For scholars of Hume, and of his seventeenth and eighteenth century context, it will be indispensable.

O autorze

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe is Professor of Philosophy at the College of William & Mary. Her research interests include Hume, early modern philosophy, theories of the passions, motivational psychology, practical reason, and ethics. She is editor of A Companion to Hume (Blackwell, 2008), co-editor of Late Modern Philosophy: Contemporary Readings with Commentary (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006), and author of many journal articles and book chapters. Radcliffe has served as Hume Society President, co-editor of the journal Hume Studies, Executive Director of the American Philosophical Association, and chair of the Departments of Philosophy at Santa Clara University and at the College of William & Mary.