David Hume and Contemporary Philosophy
ISBN: 9781443850049
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Philosophy;

David Hume bridges a gap between classical and non-classical philosophy. Two major approaches in 20th century systematic philosophy - naturalism and relativism - have both basically been inspired by Hume and create the most controversy nowadays. The dethroning of the knowing agent and the spiritual substance from their privileged place opens way to the death of God (F. Nietzsche) or the death of the Author (R. Barthes). HumeOCOs criticism of causality corresponds to the indeterminism of the..."


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