'Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.' Thus ends David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, the definitive statement of the greatest philosopher in the English language. His arguments in support of reasoning from experience, and against the 'sophistry and illusion' of religiously inspired philosophical fantasies, caused controversy in the eighteenth century and are strikingly relevant today, when faith and science continue to clash. The Enquiry considers the origin and processes of human thought, reaching the stark conclusion that we can have no ultimate understanding of the physical world, or indeed our own minds. In either sphere we must depend on instinctive learning from experience, recognizing our animal nature and the limits of reason. Hume's calm and open-minded scepticism thus aims to provide a new basis for science, liberating us from the 'superstition' of false metaphysics and religion. His Enquiry remains one of the best introductions to the study of philosophy, and this edition places it in its historical and philosophical context. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Section I : ——of the different species of philosophy 1.對“人性”的兩種研究方式: “道德哲學(moral philosophy)”是關於人性的科學,其研究對象是人性(human nature),它在休謨的時代裏泛指一切由人的原因引起的事情,如人的思想、行為和性格等。【在此“道德的...
評分休謨傢世背景優越,他自言道,他的傢世不論在父係方麵或母係方麵都是名門。我父親的傢屬是何謨伯爵,或休謨伯爵傢屬的一支;至於我的祖先們,則曆代以來曾經領有過我兄弟所領有的那些産業。我的母親是發爾康諾爵士的女兒(發爾康諾是民事最高法院的院長). 對學者的批判. 他們...
評分初鞦時去登山。青蔥的山林中,一脈山澗順勢而下。我毫不懷疑這股清流將會綿延直至山腳,也堅信在不遠的頂峰將會有這樣的一個源頭,活水不絕。即使在登頂之後,仍未見源頭的一絲蹤影,我關於源頭的信念卻不曾有絲毫的改變。 人類科學知識的進步何嘗不像一條河流?基於環環相扣的...
評分初鞦時去登山。青蔥的山林中,一脈山澗順勢而下。我毫不懷疑這股清流將會綿延直至山腳,也堅信在不遠的頂峰將會有這樣的一個源頭,活水不絕。即使在登頂之後,仍未見源頭的一絲蹤影,我關於源頭的信念卻不曾有絲毫的改變。 人類科學知識的進步何嘗不像一條河流?基於環環相扣的...
評分博爾赫斯有一篇有名的短篇小說--《死亡與指南針》,裏麵說瞭這樣一個戲劇性的故事:有個熱衷推理的警長在12月3日發現瞭一起凶殺案,在凶案現場,警長把一部宗教意味濃厚的書跟一個字母作為重要綫索,並登載在報紙上。巧的是,1月3日又發生瞭一起死亡事件,而且現場齣現...
圖書標籤: 哲學 Hume psychology 認知科學 心理學 休謨 西方哲學 英國
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評分對於休謨來說,幾何學裏清晰明白的證明,和日常生活中可疑的論斷,在本質上並無區彆:它們的“對錯”隻是取決於它們"vividness"的多少而已。而vividness歸根結底隻是一種感情。如此說來,人類不是理性的動物,而是感性的。Treatise裏好像有這麼一句: Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
評分對於休謨來說,幾何學裏清晰明白的證明,和日常生活中可疑的論斷,在本質上並無區彆:它們的“對錯”隻是取決於它們"vividness"的多少而已。而vividness歸根結底隻是一種感情。如此說來,人類不是理性的動物,而是感性的。Treatise裏好像有這麼一句: Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
評分Section 4 5 6 7 8 12
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