Title | : | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding |
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Author | : | David Hume |
Release | : | 2015-08-15 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Nonfiction |
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1 | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandin | David Hume |
As intriguing today as when it was first published, Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a fascinating exploration into the nature of human knowledge. Using billiard balls, candles and other colourful examples, Hume conveys the core of his empiricism: that true knowledge can only be gained through sensory experience. No other philosopher has been at the forefront of the mind than David Hume; physics, psychology, neuroscience – connections to Hume are everywhere. Here is the book that Immanuel Kant confessed had awoken him from his ‘dogmatic slumber’. |