'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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休谟的怀疑论完全以他否定归纳原理为依据，证明了纯粹经验主义不是科学的充足基础，归纳是一个独立的逻辑原理，是从经验或从其他逻辑原理都推论不出来的，没有这个原理，便不会有科学。 彻底的经验主义带来的两个推论 1，所有的知识都只具有一定限度内的确定性，世界并不如我们...
評分既然想知道hume’s account of induction是否force him to account of causation,那么我们首先必须看他的论证过程： 因为归纳法不能被理性证明，所以归纳不属于理性的职能。 因为我们关于matters of fact的一切知识都是归纳得来的 又我们关于matters of fact的一切知识...
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，...
評分休谟的这本书我主要关心他如何考虑了人的知识形成。其他关于自由以及神迹部分不感兴趣。 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 考察对象 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 考虑两类研究对象：第一是观念的关系，第二是实际的事情。前者是纯粹靠人的思考就可以进行。最典型的是数...
評分休谟，经验主义的集大成者。本书论证了经验的重要性，不会生涩难懂，却有点无聊。 摘了几点笔记出来： 1、经验是观念的根源： 一切观念来源于知觉。当你在寻找原因的道路上无限溯源，最终一定停在某个事实上，这个事实是呈现你的记忆或感官上的，它完全没有根据可以追溯。 2、...
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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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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.
评分Section 4 5 6 7 8 12
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