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74Hume’s Psychology of the Passions: The Literature and Future DirectionsJournal of the History of Philosophy 53 (4): 565-605. 2015.in a recent article entitled “Hume on the Passions,” Stephen Buckle opens with the claim that Hume’s theory of the passions has largely been neglected. “Apart from a couple of famous sections in the Treatise concerning the sources of action,” he writes, “the subject matter has rarely excited interest.”1 His analysis of why the subject of the passions in Hume has been uninspiring points to the fact that readers have largely misunderstood the point of Hume’s theory. They usually regard the account…Read more
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16Carol Jean White, 1946-2000Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 74 (5). 2001.
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Areas of Specialization
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
David Hume |
Emotion and Reason |
Moral Psychology |
Motivation |