“Hume Sweet Hume”: skepticism, idealism, and burial in Finnegans wake
What is the relationship between the Irish modernist writings of James Joyce and the Scottish empirical philosophy of David Hume? Here I discuss Joyce’s conception of Hume as a philosopher and explore the presence of Hume’s work in Joyce’s final masterpiece, Finnegans Wake. How then did Joyce concei...
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| description | What is the relationship between the Irish modernist writings of James Joyce and the Scottish empirical philosophy of David Hume? Here I discuss Joyce’s conception of Hume as a philosopher and explore the presence of Hume’s work in Joyce’s final masterpiece, Finnegans Wake. How then did Joyce conceive of Hume’s thought, and to what extent did he engage with it? Well, in his lecture “Realism and Idealism in English Literature,” given at Trieste in 1912, Joyce denounces the interest in the sanity (or otherwise) of artistic and philosophical geniuses, before offering the following comments: |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1061382019-12-06T22:05:20Z “Hume Sweet Hume”: skepticism, idealism, and burial in Finnegans wake Barlow, Richard Alan School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::Philosophy DRNTU::Humanities::Literature What is the relationship between the Irish modernist writings of James Joyce and the Scottish empirical philosophy of David Hume? Here I discuss Joyce’s conception of Hume as a philosopher and explore the presence of Hume’s work in Joyce’s final masterpiece, Finnegans Wake. How then did Joyce conceive of Hume’s thought, and to what extent did he engage with it? Well, in his lecture “Realism and Idealism in English Literature,” given at Trieste in 1912, Joyce denounces the interest in the sanity (or otherwise) of artistic and philosophical geniuses, before offering the following comments: Published version 2014-10-01T06:43:13Z 2019-12-06T22:05:20Z 2014-10-01T06:43:13Z 2019-12-06T22:05:20Z 2014 2014 Journal Article Barlow, R. (2014). “Hume Sweet Hume”: skepticism, idealism, and burial in Finnegans wake. Philosophy and literature, 38(1), 266-275. 1086-329X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106138 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/23945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/phl.2014.0017 177622 en Philosophy and literature © 2014 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This paper was published in Philosophy and literature and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press. The paper can be found at the following official DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/phl.2014.0017]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. 9 p. application/pdf |
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