Author: David Hume
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A foundational text in empiricism and skepticism, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding comprehensively examines the nature of human cognition, the limits of human knowledge, and the role of reason in understanding the world. Hume argues that our understanding of the world is based on custom, habit, and experience, rather than pure reason or innate knowledge. He challenges the notions of causality, induction, and the concepts of connections between cause and effect, arguing that our understanding of these relationships is based on probability and custom. It lays the groundwork for modern philosophy, emphasizing the importance of empirical evidence and the role of human psychology in shaping our beliefs and understanding of reality. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Author: David Hume
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A foundational text in empiricism and skepticism, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding comprehensively examines the nature of human cognition, the limits of human knowledge, and the role of reason in understanding the world. Hume argues that our understanding of the world is based on custom, habit, and experience, rather than pure reason or innate knowledge. He challenges the notions of causality, induction, and the concepts of connections between cause and effect, arguing that our understanding of these relationships is based on probability and custom. It lays the groundwork for modern philosophy, emphasizing the importance of empirical evidence and the role of human psychology in shaping our beliefs and understanding of reality. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A foundational text in empiricism and skepticism, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding comprehensively examines the nature of human cognition, the limits of human knowledge, and the role of reason in understanding the world. Hume argues that our understanding of the world is based on custom, habit, and experience, rather than pure reason or innate knowledge. He challenges the notions of causality, induction, and the concepts of connections between cause and effect, arguing that our understanding of these relationships is based on probability and custom. It lays the groundwork for modern philosophy, emphasizing the importance of empirical evidence and the role of human psychology in shaping our beliefs and understanding of reality. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals
Author: David Hume
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Enquiry concerning the principles of morals / Hume, David, 1711-1776.
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Enquiry concerning the principles of morals / Hume, David, 1711-1776.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Author: David Hume
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Hume's Abject Failure
Author: John Earman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199880859
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This vital study offers a new interpretation of Hume's famous "Of Miracles," which notoriously argues against the possibility of miracles. By situating Hume's popular argument in the context of the eighteenth-century debate on miracles, Earman shows Hume's argument to be largely unoriginal and chiefly without merit where it is original. Yet Earman constructively conceives how progress can be made on the issues that Hume's essay so provocatively posed about the ability of eyewitness testimony to establish the credibility of marvelous and miraculous events.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199880859
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This vital study offers a new interpretation of Hume's famous "Of Miracles," which notoriously argues against the possibility of miracles. By situating Hume's popular argument in the context of the eighteenth-century debate on miracles, Earman shows Hume's argument to be largely unoriginal and chiefly without merit where it is original. Yet Earman constructively conceives how progress can be made on the issues that Hume's essay so provocatively posed about the ability of eyewitness testimony to establish the credibility of marvelous and miraculous events.
Letters of David Hume to William Strahan
Author: David Hume
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Scepticism in the Enlightenment
Author: R.H. Popkin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401589534
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Starting with Richard Popkin's essay of 1963, `Scepticism in the Enlightenment', a new investigation into philosophical scepticism of the period was launched. The late Giorgio Tonelli and the late Ezequiel de Olaso examined in great detail the kinds of scepticism developed during the Enlightenment, and the kind of answer to scepticism that was developed by Leibniz. Their original researches and interpretations are of great value and importance. As a result of their work Popkin modified his original claims, as shown in the last two articles in this volume. The book contains an introduction by Popkin and 10 essays, two of which have never been published before. This collection should be of interest to students and scholars of 18th century thought in England, France and Germany.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401589534
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Starting with Richard Popkin's essay of 1963, `Scepticism in the Enlightenment', a new investigation into philosophical scepticism of the period was launched. The late Giorgio Tonelli and the late Ezequiel de Olaso examined in great detail the kinds of scepticism developed during the Enlightenment, and the kind of answer to scepticism that was developed by Leibniz. Their original researches and interpretations are of great value and importance. As a result of their work Popkin modified his original claims, as shown in the last two articles in this volume. The book contains an introduction by Popkin and 10 essays, two of which have never been published before. This collection should be of interest to students and scholars of 18th century thought in England, France and Germany.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume
Author: John Hill Burton
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Scottish Common Sense in Germany, 1768-1800
Author: Manfred Kuehn
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773564047
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Proponents of Scottish common-sense philosophy, especially Thomas Reid, James Oswald, and James Beattie, had substantial influence on late enlightenment German philosophy. Kuehn explores the nature and extent of that influence.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773564047
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Proponents of Scottish common-sense philosophy, especially Thomas Reid, James Oswald, and James Beattie, had substantial influence on late enlightenment German philosophy. Kuehn explores the nature and extent of that influence.
The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
Author: Charles Babbage
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Category : Natural theology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Category : Natural theology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Languages : en
Pages : 366
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