Reading Hume on Human Understanding :Essays on the First Enquiry
Reading Hume on Human Understanding :Essays on the First Enquiry
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14 March, 2002
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780198752103 |
| ISBN10 | 0198752105 |
| Number Of Pages | 512 |
| Item Weight | 740 g |
| Product Dimensions | 156 x 233 x 27 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Oxford University Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
In sum, this is a very valuable book, which succeeds admirably in its aim of providing a guide to advanced study of the first Enquiry. It would be an excellent choice for a graduate seminar, and it deserves to be on every Hume scholar's reference shelf. * Lorne Falkenstein, Hume Studies *
Peter Millican's Reading Hume on Human Understanding is a comprehensive overview of the philosophy of the first Enquiry and of the secondary literature on that work. ... [It] incorporates contributions from a number of the people whose names have come to be closely associated with work on the different sections of the first Enquiry. * Lorne Falkenstein, Hume Studies *
Millican has gone to considerable time and effort . . . we should be grateful for all his hard work. The critical survey is particularly useful. * Peter Kail, Mind *
[M. A. Stewart's] essay is a particular treat . . . though all the new essays are of good quality. * Peter Kail, Mind *
The volume ... concludes with Millican's extremely useful critical survey of the literature on Hume and the first Enquiry ... The wealth of material contained in this volume makes it a valuable addition to the literature on Hume's epistemology and metaphysics both in the Enquiry and elsewhere. * The Philosophical Quarterly *
Given the range and quality of the papers which make up Millican's volume, it . . . provides an important resource for students of Hume's philosophy in general, and not only for those whose special interest is his Enquiry. * The Philosophical Quarterly *
Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding presents in elegant essay form many of the doctrines of Book One of A Treatise of Human Nature . . . [Millican] has with this collection, made it easier to discern the various ways in which Hume's second thoughts on human understanding differ from his first. * James A. Harris, TLS *
Author's Bio
Peter Millican is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computing at the University of Leeds.