DAVID HUME and His Influence on Philosophy and Theology - PB

About the Book:-The present sketch of the life, philosophy and influence of Hume the text indicate the point of view from which Hume’s philosophy is mainly regarded is that of an experiment to explain knowledge and generally the intellectual and moral outfit of man without the assumption of a rational nature in man. The criticism in the volume on the other hand is directed to show (1) that the processes of Hume which ignore the rational self the operation of reason in the building up of a theory of knowledge, are invalid and (2) that the rational self the assumption of a rational thinking principle in man alone solves the problems he raises. About the Author:-James Orr (1844–6 -1913) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and professor of church history and then theology. He was an influential defender of evangelical doctrine and a contributor to The Fundamentals. He was born in Glasgow and spent his childhood in Manchester and Leeds. He was orphaned and became an apprentice bookbinder, but went on to enter Glasgow University in 1865.