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Zusatztext Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding presents in elegant essay form many of the doctrines of Book One of A Treatise of Human Nature . . . he [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. Informationen zum Autor Peter Millican is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computing at the University of Leeds. Klappentext This companion to the study of one of the great works of Western philosophy--David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748)--provides a general overview of the Enquiry, especially for those approaching it for the first time, and sets it in the context of Hume's philosophical work as a whole. The eminent contributors to the volume cover a broad range of topics: meaning, induction, skepticism, belief, personal identity, causation, freedom, miracles, probability, and religious belief. Zusammenfassung 'Reading Hume on Human Understanding' is a companion to the study of one of the great works of Western philosophy. Contributors cover a broad range of topics which remain at the centre of philosophical debate today: meaning, induction, scepticism, belief, personal identity, causation, freedom, miracles, probability, and religious belief. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
