Projection and Realism in Hume's Philosophy

Peter Kail's comprehensive, thoughtful, and challenging book focuses on Hume's use of projection--the appeal to mental phenomena to explain manifest features of the world... there is much to like in this book overall. Kail is a sophisticated reader of Hume, alert to textual and philosophical nuance, especially in the neglected area of his meta physics. * Donald C. Ainslie, Metaphilosophy *
Peter Kail's engaging study undertakes to illuminate Hume on the external world, necessity, and value by juxtaposing these topics with God, personal identity, and colour respectively...There is much...to admire: the unusual breadth of coverage; the rich comparison of Hume's explanations of belief in God and the external world...The intricate defences of provocative interpretive claims-for example, that Hume thinks belief with evaluation content can, on its own, motivate action-are sure to receive wide attention. * Louis E. Loeb MIND *
A formidable accomplishment, highly innovative in many of its theses, and, all in all, well-stocked with interesting arguments... Of the writing of books on Hume there is end; Kail's is hugely impressive, one of the best I have read in the past decade or so * Alexander Broadie, British Journal for the History of Philosophy *