Spencer David Hume and Eighteenth-Century America

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-58046-633-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 10, 546 Seiten

Reihe: Rochester Studies in Philosophy

A thorough examination of the role which David Hume's writings played upon the founders of the United States.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spencer, Mark G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Hume's Works in Colonial and Early Revolutionary America
Historiographical Context for Hume's Reception in Eighteenth- Century America
Hume's Earliest Reception in Colonial America
Hume's Impact on the Prelude to American Independence
Humean Origins of the American Revolution
Hume and Madison on Faction
Was Hume a Liability in Late Eighteenth-Century America?
Explaining "Publius's" Silent Use of Hume
The Reception of Hume's Politics in Late Eighteenth-Century America