An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

by Hume, David; Flew, Antony

• ISBN13: 9780812690545
• ISBN10: 0812690540
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-06
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

The Clarendon Hume includes all of Hume's works except The History of England and minor historical writings. This scholarly edition-the first critical edition of Hume's works-provides for each text a historical introduction, a statement of editorial policies and principles, historically oriented annotations, extensive bibliography, and a comprehensive index. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations and Conventions	p. ix
Introduction: A History of the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding	p. xi
A Note on the Text	p. cv
Advertisement	p. 1
Of the Different Species of Philosophy	p. 5
Of the Origin of Ideas	p. 13
Of the Association of Ideas	p. 17
Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Understanding	p. 24
Sceptical Solution of these Doubts	p. 35
Of Probability	p. 46
Of the Idea of Necessary Connexion	p. 49
Of Liberty and Necessity	p. 62
Of the Reason of Animals	p. 79
Of Miracles	p. 83
Of a Particular Providence and of a Future State	p. 100
Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy	p. 112
Editor's Annotations	p. 124
Glossary	p. 201
Editorial Appendix: Emendations and Substantive Variants	p. 206
Biographical Appendix	p. 272
Reference List	p. 281
Catalogue of Hume's References	p. 302
Hume's Index	p. 307
Editor's Index	p. 311
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