Feminist Interpretations of David Hume - Couverture souple

 
9780271019727: Feminist Interpretations of David Hume
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0271019727 ISBN 13 : 9780271019727
Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book is the first collection of feminist essays on one of the central figures in the history of English-speaking philosophy. Besides providing a rich variety of feminist viewpoints on a wide range of Hume's writings, the contributors introduce new themes into the scholarship on Hume, including gendered metaphors in his metaphysical texts, the role of society in the conception of the human mind, and his conception of human nature in relation to recent rejections of essentialism.

Hume scholarship as a whole still reflects the relative neglect in mainstream analytic philosophy of alternative--and so feminist--perspectives on philosophy. The essays in this volume show that the standard, narrow view of philosophy excludes valuable perspectives.

These essays cover a great diversity of subjects in Hume's work. They discuss his theory of knowledge; his conception of human inquiry and the human mind; his views on our knowledge of the external world and the future; his treatments of the passions, emotions and virtue; his conception of moral education; his views on aesthetics and religion; and his historical work.

The contributors, members of philosophy, political science, theology, and English departments, employ a variety of critical techniques. The result is a volume that stands in enlightening contrast to the standard collections on David Hume.

Contributors are Annette C. Baier, Jennifer A. Herdt, Nancy J. Hirschmann, Sheridan Hough, Anne Jaap Jacobson, Joyce Jenkins, Genevieve Lloyd, Susan A. Martinelli-Fernandez, Robert Shaver, Aaron Smuts, Christine Swanton, Jacqueline Taylor, Kathryn Temple, and Christopher Williams.

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À propos de l'auteur

Anne Jaap Jacobson is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Cognitive Science Initiative at the University of Houston.

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Éditeur
Pennsylvania State University Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0271019727
ISBN 13 
9780271019727
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Éditeur
Jacobson Anne Jaap
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Personne responsable
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9780271019710: Feminist Interpretations of David Hume

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ISBN 10 :  0271019719 ISBN 13 :  9780271019710
Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000
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