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Reading Hume on Human Understanding: Essays on the First Enquiry

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Reading Hume on Human Understanding is a companion to the study of one of the great works of Western philosophy. David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) has long been recognized as one of the best 'classics' for introducing students to the subject; these essays, most of them specially written for this volume, show how much more than this it is. The aims of the volume are: to provide a general overview of the Enquiry, especially for those approaching it for the first time; to set it in the context of Hume's philosophical work as a whole and establish its importance in that context: to elucidate, analyse, and assess the philosophy of the Enquiry, and clarify its interpretation; and to discuss recent developments in Hume scholarship that are relevant to the Enquiry. The eminent contributors to this volume cover a broad range of topics: meaning, induction, scepticism, belief, personal identity, causation, freedom, miracles, probability, and religious belief. These topics remain at the centre of philosophical debate today, and Hume's treatment of them in the Enquiry continues to demand attention and attract controversy.

Table of Contents:
Peter Millican: Introduction 1: Peter Millican: The Context, Aims, and Structure of Hume's First Enquiry 2: M. A. Stewart: Two Species of Philosophy; The Historical Significance of the First Enquiry 3: Jonathan Bennett: Empiricism about Meanings 4: Peter Millican: Hume's Sceptical Doubts concerning Induction 5: Martin Bell: Belief and Instinct in Hume's First Enquiry 6: Justin Broackes: Hume, Belief, and Personal Identity 7: Edward J. Craig: The Idea of Necessary Connexion 8: Galen Strawson: David Hume: Objects and Power 9: Simon Blackburn: Hume and Thick Connexions 10: George Botterill: Hume on Liberty and Necessity 11: Don Garrett: Hume on Testimony concerning Miracles 12: David Owen: Hume versus Price on Miracles and Prior Probabilities: Testimony and the Bayesian Calculation 13: J. C. A. Gaskin: Religion: The Useless Hypothesis 14: David F. Norton: Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosphy Bibliography, Index

About the Author :
Peter Millican is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computing at the University of Leeds.

Review :
In sum, this is a very valuable book, which succeeds admirably in its aim of providing a guide to advanced study of the first Enquiry. It would be an excellent choice for a graduate seminar, and it deserves to be on every Hume scholar's reference shelf. Lorne Falkenstein, Hume Studies Peter Millican's Reading Hume on Human Understanding is a comprehensive overview of the philosophy of the first Enquiry and of the secondary literature on that work. ... [It] incorporates contributions from a number of the people whose names have come to be closely associated with work on the different sections of the first Enquiry. Lorne Falkenstein, Hume Studies Millican has gone to considerable time and effort ... we should be grateful for all his hard work. The critical survey is particularly useful. Peter Kail, Mind [M. A. Stewart's] essay is a particular treat ... though all the new essays are of good quality. Peter Kail, Mind The volume ... concludes with Millican's extremely useful critical survey of the literature on Hume and the first Enquiry ... The wealth of material contained in this volume makes it a valuable addition to the literature on Hume's epistemology and metaphysics both in the Enquiry and elsewhere. The Philosophical Quarterly Given the range and quality of the papers which make up Millican's volume, it ... provides an important resource for students of Hume's philosophy in general, and not only for those whose special interest is his Enquiry. The Philosophical Quarterly Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding presents in elegant essay form many of the doctrines of Book One of A Treatise of Human Nature ... [Millican] has with this collection, made it easier to discern the various ways in which Hume's second thoughts on human understanding differ from his first. James A. Harris, TLS


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  • ISBN-13: 9780198752103
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 233 mm
  • No of Pages: 512
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 761 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0198752105
  • Publisher Date: 14 Mar 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Essays on the First Enquiry
  • Width: 156 mm


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