Landmarks for Beginners in Philosophy
Publisher: International Thomson Publishing
Published: January 2000
Format: Textbook Binding
ISBN-13: 9780030053504
First sentence: IF PHILOSOPHY is a criticism of those basic ideas in terms of which the world, our experience, and our knowledge are made intelligible, David Hume (1711-1776) is a preeminent philosopher, one who perhaps more than any other single individual in modern times has awakened others from their "dogmatic slumbers."