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Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2012
Print publication year:
2009
Online ISBN:
9780511808456
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511808456
Series:
Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
Subjects:
Philosophy: General Interest, Philosophy
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David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the Treatise. He explains Hume's arguments concerning the inability of reason to establish the basic beliefs which underlie science and morals, as well as his arguments showing why we are nevertheless psychologically compelled to accept such beliefs. The book will be a valuable guide for those seeking to understand the nature of modern skepticism and its connection with the founding of the human sciences during the Enlightenment.

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'… a book that undergraduates will understand, learn much from, and enjoy reading, and it will be extremely helpful for existing undergraduate courses on the Treatise. The book is such that I hope it will be able not just to fit into current courses on Hume’s Treatise, but also help to shape future ones for the better … this is the best introduction to Hume’s Treatise available.'

P. J. E. Kail Source: British Journal for the History of Philosophy

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References
Bibliography and further reading
Modern editions of Hume's own writings
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, edited by Smith, Norman Kemp, second edition. Edinburgh: Nelson, 1947.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, edited by Coleman, Dorothy. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
A Dissertation on the Passions and The Natural History of Religion, edited by Beauchamp, Tom L.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2007.
Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals, edited by Selby-Bigge, L. A.; third edition, revised by Nidditch, P. H.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975.
Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, Oxford Philosophical Texts, edited by Beauchamp, Tom L.. OxfordUniversity Press, 1998.
Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, A Critical Edition, edited by Beauchamp, Tom L.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Oxford Philosophical Texts, edited by Beauchamp, Tom L.. Oxford University Press, 1999.
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, A Critical Edition, edited by Beauchamp, Tom L.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000.
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and Other Writings, edited by Buckle, Stephen. Cambridge University Press, 2007
Essays Moral, Political, and Literary. edited by Millar, E. F.. rev. ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Classics, 1987.
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, 6 vols. Liberty Classics: Indianapolis, 1983.
The Letters of David Hume, edited by Greig, J. Y. T.. 2 vols. Oxford University Press, 1932.
New Letters of David Hume, edited by Kilbansky, R. and Mossner, E. C.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954.
“The Natural History of Religion.” In A Dissertation on the Passions and The Natural History of Religion, edited by Beauchamp, Tom L.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2007.
A Treatise of Human Nature, edited by Selby-Bigge, L. A., second edition, revised by Nidditch, P. H.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978. [This edition includes An Abstract of… A Treatise of Human Nature. Hume's Appendix is intact as he had printed it in Volume 3 in 1740. Textual notes (pp. 663–73) record Hume's post-publication corrections and additions to the text.]
A Treatise of Human Nature, Oxford Philosophical Texts, edited by Norton, David Fate and Norton, Mary. Oxford University Press, 2000; reprinted with corrections beginning in 2001. [This text of the Treatise is the same as that of the Oxford Critical Edition: see the next item below. It incorporates into the text of Book 1 the insertions Hume listed in the Appendix to Book 3; also his post-publication manuscript amendments to Book 3. Changes are made to Hume's original published Treatise without any textual annotations. In addition to the Treatise the text includes An Abstract of… A Treatise of Human Nature. There is a 99-page interpretative Introduction by the editor, a glossary of difficult terms, and textual annotations including summaries of each part and section of the book (see pp. 421–2ff).]
A Treatise of Human Nature, A Critical Edition, edited by Norton, David Fate and Norton, Mary. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2007. [Volume I presents a critical edition of the text of the Treatise and Abstract as described in the previous item, as well as A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend in Edinburgh – Hume's defense of his book against criticisms made when he applied for the Edinburgh Chair of Moral Philosophy in 1745. The index for this volume is contained in volume 2. Volume 2 contains an account of the principles used in creating this critical edition of Hume's Treatise, “A Historical Account of A Treatise of Human Nature from its Beginnings to the Time of Hume's Death,” and detailed annotations on the text meant to illuminate rather than interpret it (see pp. 685ff.).]
A Treatise of Human Nature (abridged), edited by Wright, John P., Fuller, Gary and Stecker, Robert. London: J. M. Dent, 2003. [Contains a chronology of Hume's life and times, as well as comments on the Treatise by philosophical critics from Hume's own day to our own.]
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Hutcheson, Francis. Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria, with A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy, edited with an Introduction by Turco, Luigi. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008.
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Eighteenth-century responses to Hume's Treatise
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Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), edited by Raphael, D. D. and Macfie, A. L.. Oxford University Press, 1999–2000.
A collection of early criticisms of Hume's writings, including the contemporary reviews of the Treatise of Human Nature, has been assembled in Fieser, James (ed.), Early Responses to Hume, 4 vols. Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 1999–2000.
Selected secondary sources
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Baier, Annette. Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008.
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Journal articles and conferences on Hume's philosophy
Articles on various topics in Hume's philosophy are to be found in many philosophical journals. These can be identified through the Philosopher's Index or the Humanities Index. Articles up to 1978 are listed by year and topic in Roland Hall, Fifty Years of Hume Scholarship: A Bibliographical Guide (Edinburgh University Press, 1978). These are supplemented by Hall's bibliographies which appear in the journal Hume Studies from 1977–85 and those of William Edward Morris from 1985 to the present.
Hume Studies, which began publication in 1975, is wholly devoted to articles on Hume's thought. There is unrestricted online access to articles in Hume Studies up to the last five years at www.humesociety.org/hs/browse.html Online access to articles in the most recent issues is restricted to members of the Hume Society: for details on membership (including student membership) go to www.humesociety.org/publications/index.html
The Hume Society sponsors an annual conference held at different locations throughout the globe, as well as at meetings of the three divisions of the American Philosophical Association. Periodic conferences on Hume are also sponsored by the British Society for the History of Philosophy, www.bshp.org.uk/ and the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society, www.ecsss.org/meetings.htm.

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