Reading Hume on Human Understanding: Essays on the First Enquiry

About this book

This companion to the study of one of the great works of Western philosophy--David Humes Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748)--provides a general overview of the Enquiry especially for those approaching it for the first time and sets it in the context of Humes philosophical work as a whole. It elucidates analyzes and assesses the philosophy of the Enquiry clarifying its interpretation and discussing recent developments in Hume scholarship that are relevant to the Enquiry. The eminent contributors to this volume cover a broad range of topics: meaning induction skepticism belief personal identity causation freedom miracles probability and religious belief.