'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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休谟家世背景优越，他自言道，他的家世不论在父系方面或母系方面都是名门。我父亲的家属是何谟伯爵，或休谟伯爵家属的一支；至于我的祖先们，则历代以来曾经领有过我兄弟所领有的那些产业。我的母亲是发尔康诺爵士的女儿（发尔康诺是民事最高法院的院长）. 对学者的批判. 他们...
評分有人说，休谟主要的贡献在于对因果关系和归纳法的怀疑上，对于人性的理论就显得平淡无奇。这里无非是指观念和印象的划分。其实，全书是一个逻辑严密的演绎体系，而观念与印象的划分起到的就是笛卡尔“我思故我在”的逻辑起点的作用。 即使在心理学积淀空前丰富的今天，...
評分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...
評分博尔赫斯有一篇有名的短篇小说--《死亡与指南针》，里面说了这样一个戏剧性的故事：有个热衷推理的警长在12月3日发现了一起凶杀案，在凶案现场，警长把一部宗教意味浓厚的书跟一个字母作为重要线索，并登载在报纸上。巧的是，1月3日又发生了一起死亡事件，而且现场出现...
評分康德虽然一直在三大批判中引用《人性论》作为反例，事实上康德却明显受到了休谟式经验主义的影响。就算康德承认道德先验也不能否认康德和休谟对伊壁鸠鲁式怀疑主义的共同质疑和对折中怀疑主义反省精神的推崇。这部书对我来说是一次非常难忘的阅读经历，休谟对因果认知来自经验...
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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.
评分對於休謨來說，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.
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