Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'
A Reader's Guide
1st Edition
Published on 24. October 2006
172 pages
978-1-4411-0790-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-0790-9 (9781441107909)
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Persons
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.
Content
1. Context
2. Overview of Themes
3. Reading the Text
4. Reception and Influence
5. Bibliography and Notes for Further Reading
Index
2. Overview of Themes
3. Reading the Text
4. Reception and Influence
5. Bibliography and Notes for Further Reading
Index
