An Essay Upon The Relation Of Cause And Effect, Controverting The Doctrine Of Mr. Hume Concerning The Nature Of That Relation, With Observations Upon ... Brown And Mr. Lawrence [by Lady M. Shepherd].

by Mary Shepherd

Excerpt from An Essay Upon the Relation of Cause and Effect, Controverting the Doctrine of Mr. Hume, Concerning the Nature of That Relation: With Observations Upon the Opinions of Dr. Brown and Mr. Lawrence, Connected With the Same Subject

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Genres: Philosophy

214 pages, Paperback

Published September 7, 2011

About the author

Lady Mary Shepherd, née Primrose was a Scottish philosopher who published two philosophical books, one in 1824 and one in 1827. According to Robert Blakey, in her entry in his History of the Philosophy of the Mind, she exercised considerable influence over the Edinburgh philosophy of her day.

Reviews

[Ruthie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this in my senior seminar about Lady Mary Shepherd. She does a good job arguing against Hume and other philosophers in this essay. While I can't say I'm convinced by her argument for cause and effect being the same thing, I'm not entirely against it either. Brilliant woman. She needs to be more noticed in the philosophical community.

[Moataz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good and thorough dissection of Hume’s treatise.