Philosophers past and present
Subtitle: selected essays
By: [compiled by] Barry Stroud
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780199608591
Subjects: Philosophy; Influence; Naturalism; History
Description: "This volume of uncollected essays by Barry Stroud explores central issues and ideas in the work of individual philosophers, ranging from Descartes, Berkeley, Locke, and Hume to Quine, Burge, McDowell, Goldman, Fogelin, and Sosa in our own day. Seven of the essays focus on David Hume, and examine the sources and implications of his "naturalism" and his "scepticism." Three others deal with the legacy of that "naturalism" in the twentieth century. In each case Stroud moves beyond providing a description of historical contexts and developments, and confronts the philosophical issues as they present themselves to the philosophers in question."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.