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The problem of other minds has widely been considered as a special problem within the debate about scepticism. If one cannot be sure that there is a world existing independent ly of one's mind, how can we be sure that there are minds - minds which we cannot even experience the way we experience material objects? This book shows, through a detailed examination of David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, that these concerns are unfounded. By focusing on Hume's discussion of sympathy - the ability to connect with the mental contents of other persons - Anik Waldow demonstrates that belief in other minds can be justified by the same means as belief in material objects. The book thus not only provides the first large-scale treatment of the function of the belief in other minds within the Treatise, thereby adding a new dimension to Hume's realism, but also serves as an invaluable guide to the complexity of the problem of other minds and its various responses in contemporary debate.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: David Hume and the Problem of Other Minds
• Author: Anik Waldow
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218
• EAN: 9781441123435
• ISBN: 1441123431
• ID: 04795909
• Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Weight: 313 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. December 2011

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