Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding': A Reader's Guide

Bailey, Alan; O'Brien, Dan

ISBN 10: 0826485081 / ISBN 13: 9780826485083

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2006

About this Item

160 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. No remainder mark. NOTE: No dust jacket. Published with black boards with silver type face on the spine.

Seller Inventory # 092184

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding': A Reader's Guide
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826485081
• ISBN 13: 9780826485083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

David Hume is widely considered to be the greatest British philosopher and his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is the most frequently studied of all his works - a key text in the study of empiricist thought. This is a hugely important and exciting, yet challenging, piece of philosophical writing.

In Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Reader's Guide, Allen Bailey and Dan O'Brien explain the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text. The book then guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, before exploring the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts.

About the Authors

Alan Bailey is a Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy at
the University of Wolverhampton and has taught in the Philosophy departments at
Keele University and the University of Birmingham, UK.

Dan
O'Brien is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University,
Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and Associate Lecturer
at the Open University, UK.