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An Analysis of David Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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An Analysis of David Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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An Analysis of David Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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An Analysis of David Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding book

ByMichael O’Sullivan
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2017
eBook Published 15 July 2017
Pub. Location London
Imprint Macat Library
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781912281893
Pages 84
eBook ISBN 9781912281893
Subjects Behavioral Sciences, Education, Humanities, Language & Literature, Politics & International Relations
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O’Sullivan, M. (2017). An Analysis of David Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1st ed.). Macat Library. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781912281893

ABSTRACT

David Hume’s 1748 Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a modern philosophical classic that helped reshape epistemology – the philosophy of knowledge. It is also a classic of the critical thinking skills of analysis and reasoning.

Analysis is all about understanding how arguments work and fit together. Having strong analytical skills helps to break down arguments, pull out the evidence on which they rely, and understand the kinds of implicit assumptions and reasons on which they work. Reasoning, meanwhile, means building and presenting arguments, forming well-structured, evidenced, and organised cases for a particular point of view. Hume applied his analytical skills to arguments about how humans know and understand the world, and how our minds work. At base, he was trying to analyse human reason itself – to show the workings and limitations of the human mind, and show the origins of our beliefs.

Hume went on to apply his reasoning skills, creating an enduring argument about the nature of human knowledge. The result was one of the most striking and famous works in the history of philosophy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |5 pages

Ways in to the Text

section 1|17 pages

Influences

module 1|5 pages

The Author and the Historical Context

module 2|3 pages

Academic Context

module 3|4 pages

The Problem

module 4|4 pages

The Author’s Contribution

section 2|18 pages

Ideas

module 5|4 pages

Main Ideas

module 6|4 pages

Secondary Ideas

module 7|5 pages

Achievement

module 8|4 pages

Place in the Author’s Work

section 3|17 pages

Impact

module 9|4 pages

The First Responses

module 10|4 pages

The Evolving Debate

module 11|4 pages

Impact and Influence Today

module 12|4 pages

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