In the first ever book on Hume's philosophy of action, Sandis showcases Hume's interconnected views on action and its causes by situating them within a wider vision of our human understanding of personal identity, causation, freedom, historical explanation, and morality.

Constantine Sandis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is author of The Things We Do and Why We Do Them (2012), as well as editor or co-editor of numerous books including Philosophy of Action from Suarez to Anscombe (2019), Philosophy of Action: An Anthology (2015), Human Nature (2012), Hegel on Action (2010), and A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (2010).

Prologue: People and their Actions

1. The Soft Science
2. Causation: The Very Idea
3. Necessity, Power, and Freedom
4. People Across Time
5. The Self as Agent
6. Hume's Actual Theory of Motivation
7. Past Actions
Epilogue: Hume and Contemporary Philosophy of Action