Mary Shepherd
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-009032-6 (ISBN)
The first four chapters address topics raised in the 1824 Essay: Shepherd's arguments for two key causal principles, her objections to Hume and her alternative accounts of causation and causal inference; her theory of objects as bundles of qualities; her critique of Thomas Brown's defence of Humean causation; and her discussion of London surgeon William Lawrence's accounts of sentience and life, which Shepherd treats as a case study of how Humean theory can lead to errors in scientific reasoning. Chapter 5 covers topics central to both of Shepherd's books: what she means by "sensation," "idea," "will," "imagination," "understanding," "reasoning," and "latent reasoning." The remaining five chapters proceed systematically through Shepherd's 1827 book, where she seeks to prove, against Berkeleian idealism, that we can know that an external world of mind-independent matter exists. Boyle discusses Shepherd's proofs for such an external world, her responses to various sceptical challenges, and her specific objections to Berkeley. Each chapter ends with a list of works for further reading and a glossary of terms that explain Shepherd's sometimes idiosyncratic philosophical vocabulary, resulting in an essential guide to a philosopher who exerted considerable influence during her time.
Deborah Boyle is Professor of Philosophy at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. She is the author of The Well-Ordered Universe: The Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish (Oxford University Press, 2018), among other titles. She has published articles and book chapters on Cavendish, Shepherd, Elizabeth Hamilton, Anne Conway, Mary Astell, Descartes, and Hume. She is also the editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy.
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Shepherd's Life and Context
Chapter 2 Causation
Chapter 3 Induction, Objects, and the Uniformity of Nature
Chapter 4 Causation, Sentience, and Life
Chapter 5 Sensing and Reasoning
Chapter 6 The External World
Chapter 7 Skepticism and Idealism
Chapter 8 Mind and Body
Chapter 9 Religion
Chapter 10 Vision
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.11.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | OXFORD GUIDES TO PHILOSOPHY SERIES |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 490 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-009032-4 / 0190090324 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-009032-6 / 9780190090326 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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