An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

出版者:Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

作者:David Hume

页数:306

出版时间:1998-2-26

价格:GBP 21.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780198752486

具体描述

Oxford Philosophical Texts Series Editor: John Cottingham The Oxford Philosophical Texts series consists of authoritative teaching editions of canonical texts in the history of philosophy from the ancient world down to modern times. Each volume provides a clear, well laid out text together with a comprehensive introduction by a leading specialist, giving the student detailed critical guidance on the intellectual context of the work and the structure and philosophical importance of the main arguments. Endnotes are supplied which provide further commentary on the arguments and explain unfamiliar references and terminology, and a full bibliography and index are also included. The series aims to build up a definitive corpus of key texts in the Western philosophical tradition, which will form a reliable and enduring resource for students and teachers alike. David Hume's aim in writing An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) was to introduce his philosophy to a European culture in which many educated people read original works of philosophy. He gives an elegant and accessible presentation of strikingly original and challenging views about the limited powers of human understanding, the attractions of scepticism, the compatibility of free will and determinism, and weaknesses in the foundations of religion. Hume's philosophy was highly controversial in the eighteenth century and remains so today. The text printed in this edition is that of the Clarendon critical edition of Hume's works. A substantial introduction by the editor explains the intellectual background to the work and surveys its main themes. The volume also includes detailed explanatory notes on the text, a glossary of terms, a full list of references, and a section of supplementary readings.

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休谟问题的最大贡献，就在于给哲学和自然科学提出了最具基础性的问题，因为他所质疑的，是知识大厦之所以能够伫立的最基础的地基。或许这个问题本身就是无解的，就像每个哲学家都在思考的“哲学是什么”或“人是什么”一样，答案永远没有找到的一天，对于地基的撼动似乎并没有...  

初秋时去登山。青葱的山林中，一脉山涧顺势而下。我毫不怀疑这股清流将会绵延直至山脚，也坚信在不远的顶峰将会有这样的一个源头，活水不绝。即使在登顶之后，仍未见源头的一丝踪影，我关于源头的信念却不曾有丝毫的改变。 人类科学知识的进步何尝不像一条河流？基于环环相扣的...  

休谟的怀疑论完全以他否定归纳原理为依据，证明了纯粹经验主义不是科学的充足基础，归纳是一个独立的逻辑原理，是从经验或从其他逻辑原理都推论不出来的，没有这个原理，便不会有科学。 彻底的经验主义带来的两个推论 1，所有的知识都只具有一定限度内的确定性，世界并不如我们...  

他把怀疑论发展到怀疑任何人都不能确切地知道任何事的地步。休谟假设人类的知识只来自感觉而不是抽象的理性——“任何知识首先是感觉”——休谟认为我们无法确认这些事实是否与现实世界客观存在的事实相符。休谟形成极端的怀疑论之后，进而提出相对主义伦理哲学:如果我们不能确...

用户评价

A popular version of Book 1 of the Treatise, the arguments are clearer, and shorter~

key words还是那几个，实力论证empiricism～反正读起来还算有趣>>

Who's your fav philosopher? I do have an answer now.

比人性论更简明洞彻，但也为此削减了很多纠纷，例如信念和情感部分。而且事实就是，人不可能抵抗形而上学的诱惑，就像生活世界之先的讨论不可被拒绝。

key words还是那几个，实力论证empiricism～反正读起来还算有趣>>