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Abbreviations vii
Introduction ix
1. From Ancient to Modern Cosmology xi
2. From Aristotelian to Cartesian Intelligibility xiii
3. Corpuscularianism, Locke, and Newton xvi
4. Free Will, and the Dangers of Infidelity xx
5. God’s Design, and Human Reason xxiii
6. Inertness, Malebranche, and Berkeley xxv
7. The Humean Revolution xxix
8. Section I: The Aims of the Enquiry xxx
9. Sections II and III: The Origin and Association of Ideas xxxii
10. Section IV: Hume’s Fork xxxv
11. Sections IV and V: The Basis of Factual Reasoning xxxvii
12. Section VI: ‘Of Probability’ xl
13. Section VII: ‘Of the Idea of Necessary Connexion’ xlii
14. Section VIII: ‘Of Liberty and Necessity’ xlvi
15. Section IX: ‘Of the Reason of Animals’ xlviii
16. Section X: ‘Of Miracles’ xlix
17. Section XI: ‘Of a Particular Providence, and of
a Future State’ lii
18. Section XII: ‘Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy’ liii
Note on the Text lvii
Select Bibliography lxi
A Chronology of David Hume lxiii
AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING
HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
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i. Of the different Species of Philosophy 3
ii. Of the Origin of Ideas 12
iii. Of the Association of Ideas 16
iv. Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations
of the Understanding 18
v. Sceptical Solution of these Doubts 30
vi. Of Probability 41
vii. Of the Idea of necessary Connexion 44
viii. Of Liberty and Necessity 58
ix. Of the Reason of Animals 76
x. Of Miracles 79
xi. Of a particular Providence and of a future State 96
xii. Of the academical or sceptical Philosophy 109
Hume’s Endnotes 121
Appendix I: Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature (1740) 133
Appendix II: ‘Of the Immortality of the Soul’ (printed 1755) 146
Appendix III: Excerpts from Parts I and II of the Dialogues
concerning Natural Religion (1779) 152
Appendix IV: Excerpts from Hume’s Letters 161
Appendix V: ‘My Own Life’ 169
Textual Variants 177
Explanatory Notes 185
Glossary 212
Glossarial Index of Major Philosophers and Philosophical
Movements 220
Hume’s Index 229
Index of Major Themes, Concepts, and Examples 231
Index of Names Mentioned in the Enquiry 233
Index of References to Hume’s Works 235
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