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Hume's Enlightenment Tract: The Unity and Purpose of an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: April 19, 2001

ISBN: 0198250886

ISBN 13: 9780198250883

Hume's Enlightenment Tract: The Unity and Purpose of an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

2.5/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: April 19, 2001

ISBN: 0198250886

ISBN 13: 9780198250883

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