Socrates meets Hume : the Father of Philosophy meets the Father of Modern Skepticism : a Socratic examination of An enquiry concerning human understanding - Kreeft, Peter (San Francisco : Ignatius Press, 2010)
Hume introduced -- The point of departure -- Hume's relation to Locke -- Hume's premise: the origin of all ideas -- The division of all objects of reason (things knowable) into "relations of idea" and "matters of fact" -- The critique of causality -- The mysterious idea of casual connection -- Hume's explanation of causal reasoning by custom or habit -- Hume's emotive morality -- Hume's critique of miracles -- Hume's critiques of Christianity -- Hume's denial of the self -- Hume's skepticism.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Hume, David, -- 1711-1776.; Knowledge, Theory of; Socrates; Socrates; Philosophical essays concerning human understanding (Hume, David); Knowledge, Theory of