{"product_id":"humes-epistemological-evolution-9780190066291","title":"Hume's Epistemological Evolution","description":"A central concern in Hume scholarship is that of the relationship between Hume's early \u003cem\u003eTreatise of Human Nature\u003c\/em\u003e and his later \u003cem\u003eEnquiry Concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e. Is the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e merely a simplified restatement of the contents of Book 1 of the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e, or do the two substantially differ?\u003cbr\u003eAnother vital issue is as follows: how can we reconcile Hume's seemingly destructive skepticism with his constructive, naturalistic program for a science of human nature? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHsueh M. Qu provides here a new interpretation of Hume's epistemology, addressing these perennial and central questions of Hume scholarship, and showing them as intimately related. He argues that the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e indeed differs from the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e because Hume changes his response to skepticism between the\u003cbr\u003etwo works. With this understanding, Qu clarifies a host of enduring questions about the works. Because the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e has as its primary focus the psychological naturalistic project, its treatment of epistemological issues is helter-skelter, arising unsystematically from the results of the central\u003cbr\u003epsychological investigation. Consequently, Hume finds himself forced into a response to skepticism founded on the Title Principle. However, this response is deeply problematic, as Hume himself seems to recognize. In contrast to the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e emphasizes the epistemological aspects of\u003cbr\u003eHume's project, and offers a radically different and more sophisticated epistemology that takes the form of an internalist reliabilism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHume's Epistemological Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e establishes the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e as far more than a watered-down version of the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e, and as a worthy object of philosophical study in its own right. Qu offers a broader, master narrative encompassing both the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e that stakes out a narrative of\u003cbr\u003eevolution across the two works--a narrative that explains some of the most central interpretive questions in Hume scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hsueh M. Qu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2020\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 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190066291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHsueh M. Qu\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. His research interests are primarily in Hume scholarship and in early modern philosophy more broadly. He has published in journals such as \u003cem\u003eNous\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy and Phenomenological Research\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMind\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAustralasian\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eJournal of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Studies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40398495907955,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":161.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f52c8f01-59f2-416e-b860-bea183174bf2.jpg?v=1661865073","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/humes-epistemological-evolution-9780190066291","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}