Title: Socrates meets Hume : the Father of Philosophy meets the Father of Modern Skepticism : a Socratic examination of An enquiry concerning human understanding /
Authors: Kreeft, Peter
Publisher: Ignatius Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Hume, David, 1711-1776.; Socrates.; Knowledge, Theory of
Contents: Hume introduced -- The point of departure -- Hume's relation to Locke -- Hume's premise: the origin of all ideas -- The division of all objects of reason (things knowable) into "relations of idea" and "matters of fact" -- The critique of causality -- The mysterious idea of casual connection -- Hume's explanation of causal reasoning by custom or habit -- Hume's emotive morality -- Hume's critique of miracles -- Hume's critiques of Christianity -- Hume's denial of the self -- Hume's skepticism.