{"product_id":"an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-9781551118024","title":"An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver a series of elegantly written, engaging essays, the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e examines the experiential and psychological sources of meaning and knowledge, the foundations of reasoning about matters that lie beyond the scope of our sensory experience and memory, the nature of belief, and the limitations of our knowledge. The positions Hume takes on these topics have been described as paradigmatically empiricist, sceptical, and naturalist and have been widely influential and even more widely decried. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction to this edition discusses the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e’s origin, evolution, and critical reception, while appendices provide examples of contemporary responses to Hume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“David Hume’s \u003cem\u003eEnquiry concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e is a philosophical masterpiece that explores the nature of human cognition and the limits of our knowledge. This edition of the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e helpfully puts the text in its historical context by presenting it alongside responses from Hume’s most significant 18th-century critics: George Campbell, Thomas Reid, James Beattie, and Immanuel Kant. Lorne Falkenstein’s incisive introduction and editorial comments offer readers, whether novice or expert, a sure hand as they navigate both the deceivingly straightforward text and the critics’ responses.” — Donald C. Ainslie, University of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The 1758 edition of \u003cem\u003eAn Enquiry concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e was the first to be grouped together with \u003cem\u003eA Dissertation on the Passions\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAn Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Natural History of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e. This grouping well reflects Hume’s ambition to recast his earlier \u003cem\u003eTreatise on Human Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, and brings into relief his explicit criticism of religion. In four appendices, Lorne Falkenstein has thoughtfully chosen selections by Hume’s contemporaries who challenge Hume on the central topics of the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e: perception and reasoning, causation, and miracles. Falkenstein adds helpful notes providing further historical context. This is an excellent edition for undergraduate and graduate courses, and will be a welcome new resource for scholars.” — Jacqueline Taylor, University of San Francisco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations and References\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eDavid Hume: A Brief Chronology\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Texts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFront Matter from the 1758 and 1777 Editions of Hume’s \u003cem\u003eEssays and Treatises on Several Subjects\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Enquiry concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSection 1 Of the different Species of Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eSection 2 Of the Origin of Ideas\u003cbr\u003eSection 3 Of the Association of Ideas\u003cbr\u003eSection 4 Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Understanding\u003cbr\u003eSection 5 Sceptical Solution of these Doubts\u003cbr\u003eSection 6 Of Probability\u003cbr\u003eSection 7 Of the Idea of necessary Connexion\u003cbr\u003eSection 8 Of Liberty and Necessity\u003cbr\u003eSection 9 Of the Reason of Animals\u003cbr\u003eSection 10 Of Miracles\u003cbr\u003eSection 11 Of a particular Providence and of a future State\u003cbr\u003eSection 12 Of the academical or sceptical Philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: From George Campbell, \u003cem\u003eA Dissertation on Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e (1762)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: From Thomas Reid, \u003cem\u003eAn Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense\u003c\/em\u003e (1764) and \u003cem\u003eEssays on the Intellectual Powers of Man\u003c\/em\u003e (1785)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: From James Beattie, \u003cem\u003eAn Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth\u003c\/em\u003e (1774)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: From Immanuel Kant, \u003cem\u003eProlegomena to Any Future Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e (1784) and \u003cem\u003eThe Critique of Pure Reason\u003c\/em\u003e (1781\/1787)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eHume’s Index to the \u003cem\u003eEnquiry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49372331278679,"sku":"9781551118024","price":15.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551118024.jpg?v=1730162758","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-9781551118024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}