David Owen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He taught previously at Oxford and Columbia Universities.

David Owen has written an excellent book ... The attentive reader will not fail to profit from Owen's meticulous and sensitive handling of Hume's challenging but notoriously difficult arguments ... a model of historically-literate, careful (and carefully charitable) examination of a complex and demanding text.

• 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DESCARTES' NEW THEORY OF REASONING; 3. LOCKE ON REASONING; 4. HUME AND IDEAS: RELATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; 5. INTUITION, CERTAINTY, AND DEMONSTRATIVE REASONING; 6. PROBABLE REASONING: THE NEGATIVE ARGUMENT; 7. BELIEF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUME'S ACCOUNT OF PROBABLE REASONING; 8. REASONS, BELIEF, AND SCEPTICISM; 9. THE LIMITS AND WARRANT OF REASON; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

David Owen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He taught previously at Oxford and Columbia Universities.

David Owen has written an excellent book ... The attentive reader will not fail to profit from Owen's meticulous and sensitive handling of Hume's challenging but notoriously difficult arguments ... a model of historically-literate, careful (and carefully charitable) examination of a complex and demanding text.

• 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DESCARTES' NEW THEORY OF REASONING; 3. LOCKE ON REASONING; 4. HUME AND IDEAS: RELATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; 5. INTUITION, CERTAINTY, AND DEMONSTRATIVE REASONING; 6. PROBABLE REASONING: THE NEGATIVE ARGUMENT; 7. BELIEF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUME'S ACCOUNT OF PROBABLE REASONING; 8. REASONS, BELIEF, AND SCEPTICISM; 9. THE LIMITS AND WARRANT OF REASON; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

David Owen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He taught previously at Oxford and Columbia Universities.

David Owen has written an excellent book ... The attentive reader will not fail to profit from Owen's meticulous and sensitive handling of Hume's challenging but notoriously difficult arguments ... a model of historically-literate, careful (and carefully charitable) examination of a complex and demanding text.

• 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DESCARTES' NEW THEORY OF REASONING; 3. LOCKE ON REASONING; 4. HUME AND IDEAS: RELATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; 5. INTUITION, CERTAINTY, AND DEMONSTRATIVE REASONING; 6. PROBABLE REASONING: THE NEGATIVE ARGUMENT; 7. BELIEF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUME'S ACCOUNT OF PROBABLE REASONING; 8. REASONS, BELIEF, AND SCEPTICISM; 9. THE LIMITS AND WARRANT OF REASON; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX