Beebee, H orcid.org/0000-0001-7650-3622 (2014) Hume and the problem of causation. In: The Oxford Handbook of Hume. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press , New York , pp. 228-248. ISBN 9780199742844
Abstract
This chapter traces Hume’s search for the impression-source of the idea of necessary connection through Book 1 of the Treatise. It then sketches and evaluates the main interpretative positions concerning Hume’s account of causation. These positions characterize Hume either as a regularity theorist who thinks that causation is merely a matter of temporal priority, contiguity, and constant conjunction, a projectivist who takes causal talk to have an essential non-representational element, or a skeptical realist who believes in, and believes that we genuinely refer to, real causal powers. Finally, it briefly discusses rival interpretations of Hume’s famous “two definitions” of causation.
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Keywords: | Causation, necessary connection, constant conjunction, regularity, projection, skeptical realism |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2023 12:12 |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 12:12 |
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Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Series Name: | Oxford Handbooks |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199742844.013.8 |
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