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“h R. Merrill’s Historical Dictionary of Hume’s Philosophy is a most valuable HUME S
new tool for students of David Hume. The work is much more than a dictionary;
the beginning of the book contains extensive essays on Hume’s life, as well as on the
political and intellectual context in which he lived and wrote. These engaging essays
are followed by the dictionary, a series of well-crafted entries on central concepts, Philosophy
themes, and philosophers related to Hume’s philosophical work. The entries are
clear, concise, and extensively cross-referenced. This handy reference work provides
the reader with an excellent starting point for further scholarly investigation. It will
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be a particularly useful supplement in upper-division undergraduate courses on HISTORICAL
Hume.”—SAUL TRAIGER, professor of philosophy,
Occidental College, Los Angeles, and past president of the Hume Society
“The only historical dictionary devoted to Hume’s philosophical, critical, and
historical works. It is a useful and important book on many levels. For the person OF
approaching Hume for the first time, it provides an extensive sketch of Hume’s life
and philosophical views. Most of the dictionary entries focus on Hume’s philosophi- Philosophy HUME S
cal doctrines, giving both an overview of the (largely) uncontroversial elements of
his position as well as points of interpretative disagreements. Other entries concern
some of the historical figures to whom Hume refers in his works and philoso-
phers who were influenced by Hume’s work. Merrill’s extensive bibliography gives
students an excellent starting point for their own research on Hume. To seasoned
Hume scholars, it provides a ‘ready reference’ that will remind them of connections
among areas in Hume’s work