Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 121
EAN: 9780199271146
ISBN: 0199271143
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: April 15, 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Sales Rank: 1079777
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
This is the first full book-length study in forty years of David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding-which, contrary to its author's expressed wishes, long lived in the shadow of its predecessor A Treatise of Human Nature. Stephen Buckle presents the Enquiry in a fresh light, aiming to raise it to its rightful position in the history of philosophy. He argues that the Enquiry is not, as so often assumed, a mere collection of watered-down extracts from the earlier work. It is, rather, a coherent work with a unified argument; and, when this argument is grasped as a whole, the Enquiry shows itself to be the best introduction to the features of its author's general philosophy.




Rating: - Excellent Introduction
This is quite simply an incredible introduction to Hume's Enquiry. The author supplies necessary background information (starting with Ancient Greek Scepticism) and argues that Hume is not the Pyrrhonist or the Empiricist that he is often depicted as. On the contrary, he argues that Hume considers himself extending the beliefs of Cicero and the Academic Sceptics in light of Newtonian science. Furthermore, he argues that the Enquiry should not be regarded as a "pop" effort, watered-down version ... Read More

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