Imagined Causes: Hume's Conception of Objects

This book provides the first comprehensive account of Hume’s conception of objects in Book I of A Treatise of Human Nature. What, according to Hume, are objects? Ideas? Impressions? Mind-independent objects? All three? None of the above? Through a close t

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The New Synthese Historical Library Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy VOLUME 71

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Stefanie Rocknak

Imagined Causes: Hume’s Conception of Objects

Stefanie Rocknak Hartwick College Oneonta, NY, USA

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