Reading Hume on Human Understanding

By Peter Millican

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198752113
• ISBN13: 9780198752110
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"