Harold W. Noonan

Preface; Section 01 1 Introduction: Hume's life and work; Section 01-01-01 Hume's life and times; Section 01-01-02 The structure of Book 1 of the Treatise and its place in Hume's work; Section 01-01-03 The place of the Treatise in the history of philosophy: precursors, influences and effects; Section 01-01-04 Aims and methods; Section 02 2 Hume's theory of the mind; Section 02-01-01 The contents of the mind; Section 02-01-02 Impressions and ideas; Section 02-01-03 The Copy Principle and the missing shade of blue; Section 02-01-04 The Copy Principle and empiricism; Section 02-01-05 The association of ideas; Section 02-01-06 Abstract ideas; Section 02-01-07 Hume's theory of thought; Section 03 3 Causation, induction and necessary connection; Section 03-01-01 The grounds of belief and the role of causation; Section 03-01-02 The idea of cause; Section 03-01-03 The Causal Maxim; Section 03-01-04 Inference from the observed to the unobserved; Section 03-01-05 The nature and causes of belief; Section 03-01-06 The idea of necessary connection; Section 04 4 The external world; Section 04-01-01 The continued and distinct existence of body; Section 04-01-02 The vulgar and philosophical forms of the belief in body; Section 04-01-03 The causes of the vulgar form of the belief in body: constancy and coherence; Section 04-01-04 The role of identity; Section 04-01-05 The philosophical belief in double existence; Section 05 5 The self and personal identity; Section 05-01-01 The fiction of personal identity; Section 05-01-02 The reification of perceptions; Section 05-01-03 The rejection of the substantial self; Section 05-01-04 Hume's account of the source of the mistake; Section 05-01-05 Objections to Hume; Bibliography; Index;