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David Hume and the problem of other minds /
The problem of other minds has widely been considered as a special problem within the debate about scepticism. If one cannot be sure that there is a world existing independent ly of one's mind, how can we be sure that there are minds - minds which we cannot even experience the way we experience...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Continuum studies in British philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The problem of other minds has widely been considered as a special problem within the debate about scepticism. If one cannot be sure that there is a world existing independent ly of one's mind, how can we be sure that there are minds - minds which we cannot even experience the way we experience material objects?. This book shows, through a detailed examination of David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, that these concerns are unfounded. By focusing on Hume's discussion of sympathy - the ability to connect with the mental contents of other persons - Anik Waldow demonstrates that belief in oth. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441116918 1441116915 1282873253 9781282873254 9786612873256 6612873256 |