Human Nature and Historical Knowledge
Subtitle: Hume, Hegel and Vico
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780521892209
Subjects: Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Topics in philosophy; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Philosophy; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy / History, Criticism, Surveys
First sentence: My aim in this chapter is two-fold: to explore Hume's theory of historical knowledge and its relationship to his conception of human nature, and to develop a critique of its implications, and that of similarly orientated theories, for the possibility of such knowledge.