Consciousness, Time, and Scepticism in Hume’s Thought

Lorne Falkenstein (Western University, Canada)

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Routledge
02 April 2024

Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of mind; Psychological theory & schools of thought

Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

David Hume’s philosophical work presents the reader with a perplexing mix of constructive accounts of empirically guided belief and destructive sceptical arguments against all belief. This book reconciles this conflict by showing that Hume intended his scepticism to be remedial. It immunizes us against the influence of “unphilosophical” causes of belief, determining us to proportion our beliefs to the evidence.

In making this case, this book develops Humean positions on topics Hume did not discuss in detail but that are of interest to contemporary philosophers: consciousness and the unity of consciousness, temporal experience, visual spatial perception, the experience of colour and other qualia, objective experience, and spatially extended minds. It also challenges currently accepted interpretations of Hume’s views on the finite divisibility of space and time, vacuum, the duration of unchanging objects, and identity over time. It deals with criticisms of Hume that were raised by his contemporaries, notably by Thomas Reid, draws attention to earlier seventeenth‑ and eighteenth‑century work that has bearing on the interpretation of Hume’s thought, and compares Hume’s achievements with those of later nineteenth‑century psychologists and philosophers.

Consciousness, Time, and Scepticism in Hume’s Thought will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in Hume, history of philosophy, and early modern theories of perception, time, and consciousness.

The Introduction and Chapter 1 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

By: Lorne Falkenstein (Western University Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 784g
ISBN: 9781032677835
ISBN 10: 103267783X
Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
Pages: 318
Publication Date: 02 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lorne Falkenstein is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Western University, Canada. He is a co‑author of Logic Works: A Rigorous Introduction to Formal Logic (Routledge: 2022), co‑editor of the Broadview editions of Hume’s Enquires, Dissertation, and Natural History (2011–13), and has written many articles on early modern philosophy.

Reviews for Consciousness, Time, and Scepticism in Hume’s Thought

"""A carefully crafted and detailed examination of some problems in Hume’s philosophy that have not received the attention they deserve. Falkenstein has provided an exacting analysis of the various relations between time, space and the mind in Hume’s philosophy, a gift to Hume scholarship."" Wade Robison, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA ""This book is an original, deep, and unfailingly valuable interpretation and interrogation of central aspects of Hume’s epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. It merits and rewards close study."" Don Garrett, New York University, USA"