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NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN SOME COUNTRIES.;Cataloged from publisher supplied information.;Spoken audio file.;Duration: ca. 01:34:23 hr.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Performed by Macat.com.;Originally released by Macat. Excited by the scientific breakthroughs of the day, David Hume set out to construct a science of the mind. 1748?s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is the result. ?A work that had a huge influence on great thinkers, including Kant, An Enquiry is Hume?s examination of how we obtain information and form beliefs. He argues that we gain knowledge empirically, through our senses. But while these impressions are key to our beliefs about the world, Hume felt that we underestimate the importance of fact and reason. ?An Enquiry is now considered one of the greatest works of Western philosophy, and Hume one of its key thinkers.
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Excited by the possibilities hinted at by the major scientific breakthroughs of the day, Scottish philosopher David Hume set out to construct a science of the mind. 1748s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is the result.
A work that had a huge influence on great thinkers including celebrated German philosopher Immanuel Kant, An Enquiry is Humes examination of how we obtain information and form beliefs. He argues that we mainly gain knowledge through our senses, a theory known as empiricism. But while the impressions from our senses are key to our beliefs about the world, Hume argues that reason and facts play only a limited part.
His thinking here led him to dangerous places. His conclusion that many religious beliefs of the time could therefore not be justified was viewed with great suspicion during his lifetime. Yet An Enquiry is now widely considered one of the greatest works of Western philosophy, and Hume one of its key thinkers.