Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding': A Reader's GuideDavid Hume is widely considered to be the greatest British philosopher and his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is the most frequently studied of all his works - a key text in the study of empiricist thought. This is a hugely important and exciting, yet challenging, piece of philosophical writing. In Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Reader's Guide, Allen Bailey and Dan O'Brien explain the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text. The book then guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, before exploring the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts. |
Contents
Reading the text | 4 |
Of the origin of ideas | 34 |
Of the association of ideas | 43 |
Sceptical solution of these doubts | 57 |
Of probability | 64 |
Of liberty and necessity | 84 |
Of the reason of animals | 96 |
Of miracles | 102 |
Of a particular providence and of a future state | 114 |
Of the Academical or sceptical philosophy | 127 |
Humes influence | 137 |
Further reading | 147 |
Bibliography | 154 |
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Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding': A Reader's Guide Alan Bailey,Dan O'Brien Limited preview - 2006 |
Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding': A Reader's Guide Alan Bailey,Dan O'Brien Limited preview - 2006 |