| Reviews |
| - 'This is a wide-ranging collection. What it lacks in thematic unity is made up for by its admirable breadth in method and style. Continental and analytic philosophy, literary criticism, intellectual history, philosophically-orientated history of philosophy, and biography all make an appearance here. The editors are to be commended for bringing together Hume scholarship from across the
disciplines.' - Donald Ainslie, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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| Description | | - Interdisciplinary perspectives on a philosophical giant
- International line-up of eminent contributors
- Explores unusual aspects of Hume's thought and legacy
- Brings together philosophy, history, and literary studies
| Impressions of Hume
presents new essays from leading scholars in different philosophical, historiographical, and literary traditions to which Hume made defining contributions. Hume has made a variety of impressions on these different areas; his writings, philosophical and otherwise, may indeed be read in a number of different ways. For example, they can be taken as transparent vehicles for
philosophical intuitions, problems, and arguments that are still at the centre of philosophical reflection today. On the other hand, there are readings which are interested in locating Hume's views against the background of concerns, debates and discussions of Hume's own time.
And this is not all. Hume's texts may be read as highly sophisticated literary-cum-philosophical creations: in such
cases, the reader's attention tends to be directed at issues of genre and persuasive strategies rather than on argument. Or they may be regarded as moments in the construction of the ideology of modernity, and as contributions to the legitimation of a given social order. As the true classics that they are, Hume's works are typical 'open texts', which present their readers of all provenances with a
bounty of materials and inspirations. It is the editors' conviction that the borders between these approaches are far from neat; and that as much cross-fertilization as possible is to be promoted. Impressions of Hume
amply demonstrates the rewards of such an approach.
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Readership: Scholars and students of the history of philosophy; intellectual historians.
| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Marina Frasca-Spada, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University and
P. J. E. Kail, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
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