Hume Books

New and Published Books

1. David Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion In Focus

   Edited by Stanley Tweyman

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion

   Based on the original handwritten manuscript, this book provides a new, accurate edition of Hume’s important work, faithful to his original text, marginal notes, and changes. Stanley Tweyman’s comprehensive introduction gives an interpretation of the Dialogues as a whole, as well as close analysis...

   Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Deity and Morality

   With Regard to the Naturalistic Fallacy

   By Burton F. Porter

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion

   This book describes the "naturalistic fallacy", as attributed to Hume, that non-moral premises cannot logically entail a moral conclusion, and distinguishes it from the similarly named though subtly different fallacy identified by Moore in Principia Ethica by comparing and contrasting its presence...

   Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. Hume's Philosophy of Belief (Routledge Revivals)

   A Study of His First 'Inquiry'

   By Antony Flew

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1961, this book considers Hume’s request to be judged solely by the acknowledged works of his maturity. It focuses on Hume’s first Inquiry in its own right as a separate book to the likes of his other works, such as the Treatise and the Dialogues, which are here only used as...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Causation and Modern Philosophy

   Edited by Keith Allen, Tom Stoneham

   Series: Routledge Advances in the History of Philosophy

   This volume brings together a collection of new essays by leading scholars on the subject of causation in the early modern period, from Descartes to Lady Mary Shepherd. Aimed at researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates, the volume advances the understanding of early modern...

   Published December 8th 2010 by Routledge
5. The Origins of David Hume's Economics

   By Willie Henderson

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   The book covers Hume’s biographical development; his self appraisal as a 'man of letters’; his philosophical writings with emphasis on their direct and indirect economic content; his self-aware criticism of his approach to the Treatise and the development of his rhetorical understanding of the...

   Published September 16th 2010 by Routledge
6. David Hume's Political Economy

   Edited by Margaret Schabas, Carl Wennerlind

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Hume’s Political Discourses (1752) won immediate acclaim and positioned him as an authoritative figure on the subject of political economy. This volume of thirteen new essays definitively establishes the central place of political economy in Hume’s intellectual endeavor, as well as the profound and...

   Published October 1st 2009 by Routledge
7. Hume's Difficulty

   Time and Identity in the Treatise

   By Donald L.M. Baxter

   Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

   In this volume--the first, focused study of Hume on time and identity--Baxter focuses on Hume’s treatment of the concept of numerical identity, which is central to Hume's famous discussions of the external world and personal identity. Hume raises a long unappreciated, and still unresolved,...

   Published March 5th 2009 by Routledge
8. Hume, Reason and Morality

   A Legacy of Contradiction

   By Sophie Botros

   Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

   Covering an important theme in Humean studies, this book focuses on Hume's hugely influential attempt in book three of his Treatise of Human Nature to derive the conclusion that morality is a matter of feeling, not reason, from its link with action. Claiming that Hume's argument contains a...

   Published February 29th 2008 by Routledge
9. The New Hume Debate

   Revised Edition

   Edited by Rupert Read, Kenneth Richman

   For decades scholars thought they knew Hume's position on the existence of causes and objects – he was a sceptic. However, this received view has been thrown into question by the ‘new’ readings of Hume as a sceptical realist. For philosophers, students of philosophy and others interested in...

   Published December 11th 2007 by Routledge
10. Humes Philosophy Of The Self

    By Tony Pitson

    Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

    Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge