Norms and Nature: A Humean Account of the Sources of Normativity - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197839768ISBN-10:197839762UPC:9780197839768Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, SocialBook Topic:ModernSize:8.36 x 5.85 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCKJQWT5E4
In The Treatise of Human Nature, Hume argued that we are normative animals, and he treats human nature in the context of, and on a par with, non-human nature. In Norms and Nature, Jay L. Garfield argues that Hume was right, and to demonstrate and explain this fact, he shows how the animals that we are construct norms, learn to conform to norms, and how we are transformed by the normative...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197839768ISBN-10:197839762UPC:9780197839768Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, SocialBook Topic:ModernSize:8.36 x 5.85 x 1.18 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCKJQWT5E4
Jay L. Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Buddhist Studies, Emeritus at Smith College. His research addresses topics in the philosophy of mind; metaphysics, the history of modern Indian philosophy, epistemology, ethics, and topics in Buddhist philosophy, particularly Indo-Tibetan Madhyamaka and Yogacara. He is the author and editor of over 30...
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