Hume's "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding": A Reader's Guide (Reader's Guides) - Hardcover

Bailey, Alan; O'Brien, Daniel Jayes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826485081 ISBN 13: 9780826485083

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2006

Synopsis

"Continuum's Reader's Guides" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic works of philosophy. Each book explores the major themes, historical and philosophical context and key passages of a major philosophical text, guiding the reader toward a thorough understanding of often demanding material. Ideal for undergraduate students, the guides provide an essential resource for anyone who needs to get to grips with a philosophical text. David 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.

About this title

About the Authors

Alan Bailey is Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.

Daniel Jayes O'Brien is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826485081
• ISBN 13: 9780826485083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176