An enquiry concerning human understanding
Contributors: Tom L. Beauchamp (Editor)
Series: Oxford Philosophical Texts
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 18, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780198752486
Description: Now one of the most widely read works in philosophy, David Hume's An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) introduced his philosophy to a broad educated readership. In it he gives an elegant and accessible presentation of strikingly original and challenging views about the limited powers of human understanding, the attractions of skepticism, the compatibility of free will and determinism, and weaknesses in the foundations of religion. In this volume, an authoritative new version of the text is enhanced by detailed explanatory notes, a glossary of terms, a full list of references, and a section of supplementary readings.