The Riddle of Hume's Treatise: Skepticism, Naturalism, and Irreligion

by Paul Russell

Although it is widely recognized that David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1729-40) belongs among the greatest works of philosophy, there is little aggreement about the correct way to interpret his fundamental intentions.
The solution to this riddle depends on challenging another, closely related, point of orthodoxy: namely, that before Hume published the Treatise he removed almost all material concerned with problems of religion. Russell argues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199751528
• ISBN13: 9780199751525
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"