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S.R. Mehrotra and Edward C. Moulton (eds.): Selected Writings of Allan Octavian Hume Volume I (1829-1867) New Delhi, India Oxford University Press 2004 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0-19-565896-5
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This is the first of four volumes of the writings of Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), a genuine British liberal radical, who began his professional life as an Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer, evolved into a persistent critic of the Raj and became famous as the principal founder of the Indian National Congress the political organization which led India to independence in 1947. This volume focuses mainly on Hume's years in district administration in the North-Western Provinces, now part of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Hume was immersed in this region for seventeen years, eleven of which were spent in one district, Etawah, where he was magistrate and collector from early 1856 to the spring of 1867, except for two years (1861-3) of sick leave in Britain. He lived through the thick of the Rebellion of 1857-9, blamed the outbreak on misguided British policies and was criticized by fellow-officers for being too generous towards the insurgents. Hume emerges, from these documents on his years in district administration, as a committed, liberal radical reformer, but one who was especially sensitive to Indian opinion. From his perspective, this meant that at times his European ideology had to be modified to fit Indian conditions or its application postponed until it found local acceptance. He tried to govern in consultation and cooperation with Indian officials and local leaders. Printed Pages: 908 with frontispiece. First Edition New Hard Cover 22.5 Cms x 29 Cms; First Edition

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Hume, David: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. Hackett Pub Co Inc 1977
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A nice copy of this great work; light wear; some writing on a blank page. The most important philosopher ever to write in English, David Hume (1711-1776) the last of the great triumvirate of British empiricists was also well-known in his own time as an historian and essayist. A master stylist in any genre, Hume's major philosophical works A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-1740), the Enquiries concerning Human Understanding (1748) and concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), as well as the posthumously published Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (1779) remain widely and deeply influential. Although many of Hume's contemporaries denounced his writings as works of scepticism and atheism, his influence is evident in the moral philosophy and economic writings of his close friend Adam Smith. Hume also awakened Immanuel Kant from his "dogmatic slumbers and caused the scales to fall from Jeremy Bentham's eyes. Charles Darwin counted Hume as a central influence, as did Darwin's bulldog, Thomas Henry Huxley. The diverse directions in which these writers took what they gleaned from reading Hume reflect not only the richness of their sources but also the wide range of his empiricism. Today, philosophers recognize Hume as a precursor of contemporary cognitive science, as well as one of the most thoroughgoing exponents of philosophical naturalism. Soft Cover

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Beebee, Helen und Markus Schrenk (Eds/Hrsg.): Special Issue. David Hume: Epistemology and Metaphysics. Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy / Philosophiegeschichte und logische Analyse 13. Paderborn: Mentis, 2010. ISBN: 9783897851627
Tadellos, nahezu ohne Gebrauchsspuren. - Inhalt: David Hume: Epistemology and Metaphysics: HELEN BEEBEE: On David Hume: A Preface to the Special Issue -- AISLING CREAN: Humean Humility -- DANIEL DOHRN: Hume on Knowledge of Metaphysical Modalities -- AXEL GELFERT: Hume on Testimony Revisited -- ANGELA M. COVENTRY: Hume's System of Space and Time -- HAROLD W. NOONAN: Hume on Identity in Part IV of Book I of the Treatise -- ANIK WALDOW: Triggers of Thought: Impressions within Hume's Theory of Mind -- RUTH WEINTRAUB: Hume on Local Conjunction and the Soul -- History of Philosophy in General - Philosophiegeschichte im Allgemeinen: SARA L. UCKELMAN/SPENCER JOHNSTON: John Buridan's Sophismata and Interval Temporal Semantics -- Book Reviews - Buchbesprechungen: Herman Cappelen and John Hawthorne: Relativism and Monadic Truth (BRIAN BALL) -- Toby Handfield (ed.): Dispositions and Causes / Max Kistler and Bruno Gnassounou (eds.): Dispositions and Causal Powers (KRISTINA ENGELHARD) -- David Chalmers, David Manley and Ryan Wasserman (eds.): Steiametaphysics: New Essays on the Foundations of Ontology (ANGELA MATTHIES) -- Markus Gabriel: Antike und moderne Skepsis. Zur Einführung (HARTMUT VON SASS). - The articles in this volume all concern, in one way or another, Hume's epistemology and metaphysics. There are discussions of our knowledge of causal powers, the extent to which conceivability is a guide to modality, and testimony; there are also discussions of our ideas of space and time, the role in Hume's thought of the psychological mechanism of 'completing the union', the role of impressions, and Hume's argument against the claim that our perceptions are 'locally conjoined' with any entity (namely, a soul). (Verlagstext). ISBN 9783897851627 - , ISBN: 3897851628

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Gawlick, Günter / Kreimendahl, Lothar: Hume in der deutschen Aufklärung Umrisse einer Rezeptionsgeschichte, frommann-holzboog ; fester Einband / hard cover ISBN: 9783772809095
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Gawlick, Günter / Kreimendahl, Lothar Hume in der deutschen Aufklärung Umrisse einer Rezeptionsgeschichte (frommann-holzboog) ISBN: 978-3-7728-0909-5 Leinen 235 S. - 24,5 x 17,2 cm Gawlick, Günter / Kreimendahl, Lothar Hume in der deutschen Aufklärung Umrisse einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Verlag : frommann-holzboog ISBN : 978-3-7728-0909-5 Einband : Leinen Preisinfo : 68,00 Eur[D] / 70,00 Eur[A] / 113,00 CHF UVP Alle Preisangaben in CHF (Schweizer Franken) sind unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen. Legende: UVP = unverbindliche Preisempfehlung, iVb = in Vorbereitung. Alle Preisangaben inkl. MwSt Preis ist offizieller VLB Referenzpreis Preis ist offizieller VLB Referenzpreis Seiten/Umfang : 235 S. - 24,5 x 17,2 cm Produktform : B: Einband - fest (Hardcover) Erscheinungsdatum : 1987 Gewicht : 645 g Aus der Reihe : Forschungen und Materialien zur deutschen Aufklärung (FMDA), Abt. II: Monographien 4 68,00 Eur[D] Im 18. Jahrhundert bestand ein überraschend großes Interesse am Denker, Schriftsteller und Menschen David Hume (1711-1776), das die ganze Vielheit in den Voraussetzungen und Zielen der deutschen Aufklärung widerspiegelt. Zunächst standen die religionsphilosophischen Thesen Humes im Vordergrund; sie wurden durchweg abgelehnt und häufig nur polemisch zurückgewiesen. Gerade als sich die Chance einer sachgerechteren Beurteilung Humes bot, revolutionierte Kant die gesamte Philosophie, und Hume wurde nur noch als der auslösende Faktor der Kantischen Metaphysikkritik gesehen. Die umstrittene Frage, wann und durch welches seiner Werke Hume Kants dogmatischen Schlummer unterbrach, wird zur Entscheidung gebracht und damit zugleich eine neue These zu Kants philosophischer Entwicklung präsentiert. Hardcover Buch

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