Author | Tweyman, Stanley. author |
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Title | Reason and Conduct in Hume and his Predecessors [electronic resource] / by Stanley Tweyman |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1974 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6432-0 |
Descript | 190 p. online resource |
One : Moral Philosophy and its Method -- I. Aim of Moral Philosophy -- II. Method -- III. Justification of the Method -- Two : Impressions and Ideas -- I. Impressions and Ideas Differ in Kind -- II. Distinctions in Kind -- III. The Criterion of Force and Vivacity -- IV. The Criterion of Substantial Existence -- V. Impressions are Paradigmatic; Ideas are Derivative -- VI. The Role of Force and Vivacity -- VII. Further Confirmation Provided by the Missing Shade of Blue -- Three : Humeโs Analysis of Reason -- I. Three Senses of Reason -- II. Causal Reasoning -- III. Distinctions of Reason -- IV. Reason as the Comparison of Ideas -- Four : Reason and Conduct in Humeโs Predecessors -- I. Ralph Cudworth -- II. Samuel Clarke -- III. William Wollaston -- Five : Hume contra the Rationalists -- I. Introduction -- II. Critique of Wollaston -- III. Critique of Clarke -- Six : Reason and the Will -- I. Introduction -- II. The Alleged Combat Between Reason and Passion -- Seven : Reason and Moral Conduct -- I. How Moral Rules are Obtained : The Three Stages in Humeโs Argument -- II. The First Stage : The โIs-Oughtโ Passage -- III. The Second Stage : Examining the Impressions which Give Rise to Moral Distinctions -- IV. The Third Stage : Proving that Moral Rules Can only be Obtained from the Moral Impressions Identified in the Second Stage -- Conclusion