Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'
eBook - PDF

Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'

A Reader's Guide

  1. 172 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'

A Reader's Guide

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9780826485090
eBook ISBN
9781441107909
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory
design,
and 
a 
defence 
of
agnosticism 
and 
atheism 
against 
the 
claim
that 
these 
modes 
of
thought 
would 
undermine 
morality 
and 
polit-
ical 
stability.
In 
many 
ways,
then,
the 
Treatise
can 
be 
seen 
as 
akin 
to 
the 
work-
shop 
of
a 
master 
armourer.
Just 
as 
that 
workshop 
contains 
blazing
furnaces,
massive 
anvils,
intricate 
metal-working 
tools 
and 
great
stockpiles 
of
components 
awaiting 
nishing 
and 
assembly,
so 
the
Treatise
contains 
moments 
of
philosophical 
brilliance,
innovative
methods 
for 
tackling 
philosophical 
problems 
and 
a 
mass 
of
argu-
ments 
whose 
implications 
lie 
relatively 
unexplored 
and 
unexplained.
When 
we 
take 
into 
our 
hands 
a 
copy 
of
the 
Enquiry
,
however,
it 
is 
as
though 
we 
are 
seizing 
hold 
of
a 
perfectly 
balanced 
masterpiece 
of
the 
swordsmith’s 
art,
a 
rapier 
that 
points 
directly 
at 
the 
most 
vul-
nerable 
areas 
of
Hume’s 
philosophical 
and 
theological 
opponents.
9
THE
ENQUIRY
AND 
ITS 
CONTEXT

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. 1. The Enquiry and its context
  5. 2. Sources
  6. 3. Overview of themes
  7. 4. Reading the text
  8. 5. Hume’s influence
  9. 6. Further reading
  10. Bibliography
  11. Index