{"product_id":"humes-system-an-examination-of-the-first-book-of-his-treatise-9780198750994","title":"Hume's System: An Examination of the First Book of His Treatise","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Pears\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Humanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling analysis David Pears examines the foundations of Hume's theory of the mind as presented in the first book of the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e. Past studies have tended to take one of two extreme views: that Hume relies exclusively on a theory of meaning, or that he relies exclusively on a theory of truth and evidence. Steering a middle course between these positions, Pears argues that Hume's theory of ideas serves both functions. He examines in detail its application to three difficult problems: causation, personal identity, and sense perception. Hume's solutions, Pears argues, are not theories that can be given a place in standard classification of philosophical theories, but rather depend upon a subtle form of naturalism not altogether unlike Wittgenstein's naturalism. A clearly written and argued study, \u003cem\u003eHume's System\u003c\/em\u003e will be of special interest to students and scholars of the history of philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615141445783,"sku":"9780198750994","price":5296.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198750994.webp?v=1775098316","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/humes-system-an-examination-of-the-first-book-of-his-treatise-9780198750994","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}