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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

by David Hume

First published: 1748
Pages: 135

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Of the Different Species of Philosophy
24:31
Of the Origin of Ideas
13:05
Of the Association of Ideas
5:16
Sceptical Doubts Concerning the Operations of the Understanding, Pt. 1
15:26
Sceptical Doubts Concerning the Operations of the Understanding, Pt. 2
18:35
Sceptical Solution of these Doubts, Pt. 1
15:27
Sceptical Solution of these Doubts, Pt. 2
20:17
Of Probability
7:21
Of the Idea of Necessary Connexion, Pt. 1
26:33
Of the Idea of Necessary Connexion, Pt. 2
11:27
Of Liberty and Necessity, Pt. 1
34:15
Of Liberty and Necessity, Pt. 2
15:48
Of the Reason of Animals
12:12
Of Miracles, Pt. 1
17:32
Of Miracles, Pt. 2
38:43
Of A Particular Providence and of a Future State
35:42
Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosopy, Pt. 1
16:46
Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy, Pt. 2
13:13
Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy, Pt. 3
11:55

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David Hume recast the arguments of his early Treatise of Human Nature into this shorter, sharper book, and it became the clearest statement of his empiricism. He argues that everything in the mind begins with sense impressions, that our idea of cause and effect rests on habit rather than reason, and that no amount of past experience can logically guarantee the future. Along the way he turns the same skeptical eye on miracles and religious belief, questions that made the work notorious in its day. Written in plain, patient prose, the Enquiry shaped Kant and the empiricist tradition and still frames modern debates about knowledge and science. Free to read here in PDF and EPUB.

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David Hume

David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher and historian and a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. His skeptical, empiricist approach to knowledge, causation, and religion influenced Kant and generations after him. He also wrote widely read essays and a popular History of England that made him famous in his lifetime.