Hume - An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding - Oxford University Press, USA.pdf - Hume - MKTK

oxford world

’

s classics

AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING

HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

D avid H ume ( 1711 – 76 ) was born and educated in Edinburgh. In

1739 – 40 he published A Treatise of Human Nature , a great work but

poorly received, and Hume came to regret the style and haste in

which he had written it. Far more successful were his Essays, Moral,

Political, and Literary , published from 1741 , which proved highly

in ﬂ uential in political theory, aesthetics, and especially economics.

In 1748 Hume revised the abstruse epistemology of the Treatise

in essay form, as the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding , the

de ﬁ nitive statement of his mature theoretical philosophy. Combining

elegance with devastating insight, it presents the views for which he

is now most famous, including his scepticism about induction and

causation, his compatibilist account of free will, his rejection of reli-

gious miracles, and his advocacy of ‘mitigated scepticism’.

In the course of a colourful life which included episodes in the

military, diplomatic, and civil services, Hume went on to write major

works in ethics, philosophy of religion, and history. But the argu-

ments expressed in the Enquiry are those on which his revolutionary

importance, as one of the greatest philosophers of all time, mainly

rests. This is the first modern edition to reproduce faithfully the text

of the Enquiry in its final form.

P eter M illican , Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Hertford

College, Oxford, studied at Oxford University and has also taught

at Glasgow and Leeds. His philosophical interests and publications

cover a wide range but with a particular focus on Hume and related

topics, especially the Enquiry , on which he also edited the collection

Reading Hume on Human Understanding (OUP, 2002 ). He runs the

website davidhume . org , and is co-editor of the journal Hume Studies .

oxford world

s classics

For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics have brought

readers closer to the world’s great literature. Now with over 700

titles — from the 4,000 -year-old myths of Mesopotamia to the

twentieth century’s greatest novels — the series makes available

lesser-known as well as celebrated writing.

The pocket-sized hardbacks of the early years contained

introductions by Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene,

and other literary ﬁ gures which enriched the experience of reading.

Today the series is recognized for its ﬁ ne scholarship and

reliability in texts that span world literature, drama and poetry,

religion, philosophy and politics. Each edition includes perceptive

commentary and essential background information to meet the

changing needs of readers.

’

OXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS

DAVID HUME

An Enquiry concerning

Human Understanding

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by

PETER MILLICAN

2 6dp

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.

It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship,

and education by publishing worldwide in

Oxford New York

Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi

Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi

New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto

With o

ces in

Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece

Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore

South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam

Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press

in the UK and in certain other countries

Published in the United States

by Oxford University Press Inc., New York

Editorial material © Peter Millican

2007

The moral rights of the author have been asserted

Database right Oxford University Press (maker)

First published as an Oxford World’s Classics paperback

2007

stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means,

without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press,

or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate

reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction

outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department,

Oxford University Press, at the address above

You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover

and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Data available

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Hume, David, 1711-1776

[Philosophical essays concerning human understanding]

An enquiry concerning human understanding / David Hume; edited with

an introduction and notes by Peter Millican.

p. cm.— (Oxford world’s classics)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN–13: 978–0–19–921158–6 (alk. paper)

1. Knowledge, Theory of. I. Millican, P. J. R. (Peter J. R.) II. Title.

B1481.M55 2007

121—dc22

2006102409

Typeset by Cepha Imaging Private Ltd., Bangalore, India

Printed in Great Britain

on acid-free paper by

Clays Ltd., St Ives plc

ISBN 978-0-19-921158-6

13579108642

Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox

Hume - An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding - Oxford University Press, USA.pdf

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: