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Hume's Theory of Causation
Causation has always been a central topic in the history of philosophy. Many theories causation have been advanced, but not one has approached anything like general acceptance. Yet …
Utilitarian Philosophy and Politics
Exploring the life, work and ideas of the great 19th Century utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, this study takes a unique look at his intellectual project from the point of …
John Locke and Personal Identity
One of the most influential debates in John Locke's work is the problem of personal identity over time. This problem is that of how a person at one time is the same person later in …
Wittgenstein and Value
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was one of the most important and influential thinkers of the 20 th century. In Wittgenstein and Value, Eric B. Litwack attempts to clarify his …
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 …
Hume on God
David Hume, one of the most influential philosophers to have written in the English language, is widely known as a skeptic and an empiricist. He is famous for raising questions …
Wittgenstein's Form of Life
Wittgenstein's Form of Life reveals the intricate relationship between language and life throughout Ludwig Wittgenstein's work. Drawing on the entire corpus of his writings, David …
Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception
This is a much-needed study of Wittgenstein on 'what it means to see'. In this study of Wittgenstein's later work on the philosophy of psychology, his cryptic remarks on visual …
Idealist Political Philosophy
The central claim of this book is that previous scholars have not appreciated the depths and complexities of the relationships between British idealist radicalism and the earlier …
Hobbes and the Making of Modern Political Thought
Hobbes and the Making of Modern Political Thought considers what it is that makes the study of Hobbes so compelling. Gordon Hull reads Hobbes as the first 'modern' political …
The Cultural Politics of Analytic Philosophy
The Cultural Politics of Analytic Philosophy examines three generations of analytic philosophers, who between them founded the modern discipline of analytic philosophy in Britain. …
Subjectivity After Wittgenstein
Moving beyond Wittgenstein's much heralded responsibility for the "death of man" debate begun in the course of the previous century, Subjectivity after Wittgenstein constructs a …