Reading Hume on Human Understanding: Essays on the First Enquiry: Essays on the First ^IEnquiry^R - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198752105 ISBN 13: 9780198752103

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Reading Hume on Human Understanding is a companion to the study of one of the great works of Western philosophy. David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) has long been recognized as one of the best 'classics' for introducing students to the subject; these essays, most of them specially written for this volume, show how much more than this it is. The aims of the volume are: to provide a general overview of the Enquiry, especially for those approaching it for the first time; to set it in the context of Hume's philosophical work as a whole and establish its importance in that context: to elucidate, analyse, and assess the philosophy of the Enquiry, and clarify its interpretation; and to discuss recent developments in Hume scholarship that are relevant to the Enquiry. The eminent contributors to this volume cover a broad range of topics: meaning, induction, scepticism, belief, personal identity, causation, freedom, miracles, probability, and religious belief. These topics remain at the centre of philosophical debate today, and Hume's treatment of them in the Enquiry continues to demand attention and attract controversy.

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Peter Millican is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computing at the University of Leeds.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198752105
• ISBN 13: 9780198752103
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Millican Peter