An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

David Hume

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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

David Hume

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The Enlightenment thinker presents his empirical approach to epistemology in this foundational text of modern philosophy.

First published in 1748, David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding presents a persuasive argument in favor of the view that all human knowledge derives from experience. Discarding the notion of innate ideas and building on the views of English philosopher John Locke, this work delivered a serious blow to religious doctrine of the age, making it as controversial as it was influential.

Expounding on the empiricist stance, Hume posits the building blocks of all thought, starting with the sensations we receive from direct experience, which he calls impressions; our memories of those impressions, which he calls ideas; and the different ways we perceive those ideas in relation to one another. From here, Hume contemplates a range of topics, including probability, free will, the problem of induction, and the reliability of human testimony.

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Publisher
Open Road Media
Year
2020
ISBN
9781504063760
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Free Will & Determinism in Philosophy

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    Citation styles for An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

    APA 6 Citation

    Hume, D. (2020). An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ([edition missing]). Open Road Media. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2450496/an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-pdf (Original work published 2020)

    Chicago Citation

    Hume, David. (2020) 2020. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. [Edition missing]. Open Road Media. https://www.perlego.com/book/2450496/an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Hume, D. (2020) An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. [edition missing]. Open Road Media. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2450496/an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Hume, David. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. [edition missing]. Open Road Media, 2020. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.