Philosophical Works of Lady Mary Shepherd, Volume 2'This collection confirms that Mary Shepherd is an unjustly neglected figure in modern philosopher. It will be especially interesting to students of Berkeley and Hume.' --David Raynor Very little is known about the life and work of Lady Mary Shepherd (1777--1847), and yet she is undoubtedly one of the most important women philosophers of the early modern period. Whewell is reputed to have used one of her books as a text at Cambridge, and Sir Charles Lyell said of her that she was an 'unanswerable logician, in whose argument it was impossible to find a loophole or flaw'. Exceptionally well read and analytically clear, she made a significant scholarly contribution to the philosophical discussion and debate surrounding the work of Hume, Berkeley and others. This, the first modern edition of Shepherd's writings, includes her two major philosophical works: An Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect (1824), a critique of Hume's view of causality, and Essays on the Perception of an External Universe and Other Subjects (1827), a refutation of Berkeley's idealism. Also included is her first, anonymous, publication, Enquiry respecting the Relation of Cause and Effect (1819) and two shorter pieces. There is a growing interest in the contribution of women writers to the history of philosophy. However, limited access to original texts has prevented a serious and systematic examination of their doctrines. Shepherd's philosophical works deserve the careful consideration of contemporary historians and philosophers, but until now have been largely unavailable to the modern reader. A reevaluation of her works is long overdue and this new collection is a welcome addition to Thoemmes Press's list. --very rare works by an eminent and increasingly prominent woman philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. No single library in the world has all these works --available for the first time in a modern edition --includes critical reponses to leading figures of early modern philosophy --introduction with biographical detail on Shepherd and account of her works |
Contents
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER I | 8 |
Several Corollaries with the preceding statement | 20 |
ON EXTERNAL EXISTENCE | 39 |
SEC II The nature of exteriority further considered | 49 |
ON INDEPENDANT EXISTENCE | 55 |
The notion of the Independancy af external | 76 |
CHAPTER IV | 87 |
On the knowledge of the nature of unper | 162 |
istence 152 | 168 |
Knowledge | 195 |
ESSAY II | 220 |
ESSAY III | 239 |
ESSAY IV | 246 |
ESSAY VI | 296 |
ESSAY VII | 314 |
Remark on Bishop Berkeleys conclusions | 91 |
SEC III Remarks on Dr Reids Neglect of the Con | 109 |
Dreams considered in connection with | 115 |
CHAPTER V | 123 |
Two kinds of necessary connexion that between Cause | 130 |
Consideration of the erroneous reasoning con | 149 |
CHAPTER VII | 150 |
Observations on the essential difference | 155 |
ESSAY VIII | 325 |
ESSAY IX | 346 |
ESSAY X | 372 |
Doctrine applied to the immortality of mind | 378 |
ESSAY XI | 386 |
The reason why we see objects single instead of double | 408 |
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