{"product_id":"the-testimony-of-sense-empiricism-and-the-essay-from-hume-to-hazlitt-9780198812739","title":"The Testimony of Sense: Empiricism and the Essay from Hume to Hazlitt","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Testimony of Sense\u003c\/em\u003e attempts to answer a neglected but important question: what became of epistemology in the late eighteenth century, in the period between Hume's scepticism and Romantic idealism? It finds that two factors in particular reshaped the nature of 'empiricism': the\u003cbr\u003esocialisation of experience by Scottish Enlightenment thinkers and the impact upon philosophical discourse of the belletrism of periodical culture. The book aims to correct the still widely-held assumption that Hume effectively silenced epistemological inquiry in Britain for over half a century.\u003cbr\u003eInstead, it argues that Hume encouraged the abandonment of subject-centred reason in favour of models of rationality based upon the performance of trusting actions within society. Of particular interest here is the way in which, after Hume, fundamental ideas like the self, truth, and meaning are\u003cbr\u003econceived less in terms of introspection, correspondence, and reference, and more in terms of community, coherence, and communication. By tracing the idea of intersubjectivity through the issues of trust, testimony, virtue and language, the study offers new perspectives on the relationships between\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy and literature, empiricism and transcendentalism, and Enlightenment and Romanticism. As philosophy grew more conversational, the familiar essay became a powerful metaphor for new forms of communication. The book explores what is epistemologically at stake in the familiar essay genre as it\u003cbr\u003edevelops through the writings of Joseph Addison, David Hume, Samuel Johnson, Charles Lamb, and William Hazlitt. It also offers readings of philosophical texts, such as Hume's \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e, Thomas Reid's \u003cem\u003eInquiry\u003c\/em\u003e, and Adam Smith's \u003cem\u003eTheory of Moral Sentiments\u003c\/em\u003e, as literary performances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Milnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198812739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Milnes, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Edinburgh\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTim Milnes is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He previously held posts at University College, Oxford, and Christ Church University College, Canterbury. He has published widely on Romanticism and philosophy, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Truth about Romanticism: \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePragmatism and Idealism in Keats, Shelley, Coleridge\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 2010), \u003cem\u003eKnowledge and Indifference in English Romantic Prose\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 2003), and \u003cem\u003eWilliam Wordsworth: The Prelude\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave, 2009). His is also the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eRomanticism, Sincerity, and Authenticity\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave, 2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39959072768115,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":76.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4b03f4fa-ed81-4902-bf9b-7c10d6a49c1f.jpg?v=1648740736","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-testimony-of-sense-empiricism-and-the-essay-from-hume-to-hazlitt-9780198812739","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}