Download or read book Hume's Skeptical Crisis written by Robert J. Fogelin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hume's Skeptical Crisis is a textual study of the shifts in perspective that unfold as Hume attempts to produce a complete science of human nature. In the process, Hume's standpoint shifts from buoyant optimism to profound skeptical melancholy and finally comes to rest at a stable form of mitigated skepticism.