'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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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，...
評分有些问题，我们可以不去了解，那不会影响我们的吃喝住行。但这些问题如果不去了解，人生到底还是会变得黯淡。太多的理所当然太多的习以为常，基于习惯和经验，人变得倨傲和自负。 于是休谟问题就震撼了整个世界。科学并不比迷信更加理性。当人类掌握更多的知识，不断推进理智...
評分一 休谟给自己写的自传中说，自己不喜欢学法律，也尝试了经商，但是毫无兴趣，唯一的热爱，在于思考哲学和一般学问。老王说，每个人一生都有一个主题。休谟就是哲学沉思，就像苏格拉底的探索知识，笛卡尔、康德和斯宾诺莎也是如此。或许我也是如此，因为我在别的很多工作或生活...
評分一 休谟给自己写的自传中说，自己不喜欢学法律，也尝试了经商，但是毫无兴趣，唯一的热爱，在于思考哲学和一般学问。老王说，每个人一生都有一个主题。休谟就是哲学沉思，就像苏格拉底的探索知识，笛卡尔、康德和斯宾诺莎也是如此。或许我也是如此，因为我在别的很多工作或生活...
評分Section I ： ——of the different species of philosophy 1.对“人性”的两种研究方式： “道德哲学（moral philosophy）”是关于人性的科学，其研究对象是人性（human nature），它在休谟的时代里泛指一切由人的原因引起的事情，如人的思想、行为和性格等。【在此“道德的...
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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.
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