Hume - Thomas Henry Huxley - Google Books Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More » Sign in Books Try the new Google Books Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features Try it now No thanks Try the new Google Books Try the new Google Books My library Help Advanced Book Search Get print book No eBook available Cambridge University Press Amazon.com Barnes&Noble.com Books-A-Million IndieBound Find in a library All sellers » Get Textbooks on Google Play Rent and save from the world's largest eBookstore. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Go to Google Play Now » Hume Thomas Henry Huxley Cambridge University Press, Oct 27, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 222 pages 0 Reviews What is philosophy about? According to the author of this work (published in the first series of 'English Men of Letters' in 1879) it is fundamentally the answer to the question: 'What can I know?' T. H. Huxley (1825-95), the distinguished English scientist and disciple of Darwin, succeeds in giving a clear and succinct account of the way in which Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-56) answered this question. The book is divided into two parts: in the first, Huxley provides the reader with a sketch of Hume's life, but the main emphasis of the book is in Part 2, where by expounding Hume's views on the object of philosophy, consciousness, theology, language and free will, Huxley guides the reader towards an understanding of how Hume's philosophical principles can be regarded as a search for the ultimate element out of which all valid knowledge may be shown to emerge.   Preview this book » What people are saying - Write a review We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Selected pages Title Page Table of Contents Contents HUMES LIFE 1 CHAPTER II 26 PART IIIHUMES PHILOSOPHY 45 CHAPTER II 61 CHAPTER III 74 CHAPTER V 103 CHAPTER VI 114 CHAPTER VII 129 CHAPTER VIII 140 CHAPTER IX 165 CHAPTER X 183 CHAPTER XI 197 Copyright Other editions - View all Hume Thomas Henry Huxley Snippet view - 1909 HUME Thomas Henry 1825-1895 Huxley No preview available - 2016 HUME Thomas Henry 1825-1895 Huxley No preview available - 2016 View all » Common terms and phrases absolute monarchy actions admit animal appear argument arise attributes belief body causation cause and effect centaur complex idea conceive concerning connexion consciousness contrary David Hume defined definite Deity Descartes difierent doctrine doubt efiects essay event evidence existence expectation experience fact faculty Faculty of Advocates feeling figures find fire first give Henry Home human Hume says Hume's Hume’s identity imagination impossible impressions inference infinite influence innate innate ideas Inquiry instinct intelligent invisible agent John Hill Burton justice knowledge mankind manner matter means memory mental mind miracle modifications moral motion necessary truth necessity never noumenon object observation operations pain passions perceptions person phenomena philosophers pleasure polytheism present principles proposition prove question reason reflection regard relation relations of ideas religion satisfied scientific seems sensation sense sophism soul Spinoza substance succession suflicient suppose theism theology things thought tion Treatise universe volition words About the author (2011) T. H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley, an English biologist born in London in 1825, was regarded as one of the leading scientists in England by the age of 26. His fame arose primarily from his support of Charles Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley's book Man's Place in Nature, published in 1873, added an anthropological perspective to Darwin's theory; in fact, this book was the first to advocate the idea that anthropoid apes are the closest relatives to humans. Huxley's other scientific interests included comparative anatomy and paleontology. His writings were extensive. On the topic of biology he wrote both from the scientific view and to popularize the subject. Huxley's other books were on education, philosophy, ethics, and theology. His grandson, Aldous Huxley, would later make significant contributions to English literature as well. T.H. Huxley died in 1895. Bibliographic information Title Hume Cambridge Library Collection - English Men of Letters Cambridge library collection English Men of Letters 39 Volume Set English men of letters Author Thomas Henry Huxley Edition reprint, reissue Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 1108034772, 9781108034777 Length 222 pages Subjects Philosophy  › History & Surveys  › General Biography & Autobiography / General Philosophy / History & Surveys / General     Export Citation BiBTeX EndNote RefMan About Google Books - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Information for Publishers - Report an issue - Help - Google Home