{"product_id":"humes-epistemological-evolution-hsueh-m-qu-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? Another 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 two 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 psychological 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 Hume'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 evolution across the two works--a narrative that explains some of the most central interpretive questions in Hume scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hsueh M. Qu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190066296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190066291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Hsueh M. Qu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054611525887,"sku":"9780190066291","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79f5073b-e84a-4f1f-824f-446734a08f8e.jpg?v=1685030955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humes-epistemological-evolution-hsueh-m-qu-9780190066291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}