'Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.' Thus ends David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, the definitive statement of the greatest philosopher in the English language. His arguments in support of reasoning from experience, and against the 'sophistry and illusion' of religiously inspired philosophical fantasies, caused controversy in the eighteenth century and are strikingly relevant today, when faith and science continue to clash. The Enquiry considers the origin and processes of human thought, reaching the stark conclusion that we can have no ultimate understanding of the physical world, or indeed our own minds. In either sphere we must depend on instinctive learning from experience, recognizing our animal nature and the limits of reason. Hume's calm and open-minded scepticism thus aims to provide a new basis for science, liberating us from the 'superstition' of false metaphysics and religion. His Enquiry remains one of the best introductions to the study of philosophy, and this edition places it in its historical and philosophical context. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
博尔赫斯有一篇有名的短篇小说--《死亡与指南针》,里面说了这样一个戏剧性的故事:有个热衷推理的警长在12月3日发现了一起凶杀案,在凶案现场,警长把一部宗教意味浓厚的书跟一个字母作为重要线索,并登载在报纸上。巧的是,1月3日又发生了一起死亡事件,而且现场出现...
评分休谟的这本书我主要关心他如何考虑了人的知识形成。其他关于自由以及神迹部分不感兴趣。 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 考察对象 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 考虑两类研究对象:第一是观念的关系,第二是实际的事情。前者是纯粹靠人的思考就可以进行。最典型的是数...
评分他把怀疑论发展到怀疑任何人都不能确切地知道任何事的地步。休谟假设人类的知识只来自感觉而不是抽象的理性——“任何知识首先是感觉”——休谟认为我们无法确认这些事实是否与现实世界客观存在的事实相符。休谟形成极端的怀疑论之后,进而提出相对主义伦理哲学:如果我们不能确...
评分休谟家世背景优越,他自言道,他的家世不论在父系方面或母系方面都是名门。我父亲的家属是何谟伯爵,或休谟伯爵家属的一支;至于我的祖先们,则历代以来曾经领有过我兄弟所领有的那些产业。我的母亲是发尔康诺爵士的女儿(发尔康诺是民事最高法院的院长). 对学者的批判. 他们...
评分读书笔记5:人类理智研究 学生问,人生的意义是什么,老师回答,人生的意义就是你可以不断的问人生的意义是什么。 哲学家个个都是精神胜利法的高手,他们说即便你锦衣玉食,不懂的人生的意义,就是毫无意义。休谟则不同,他说,最完美的道德是在两个极端之间,对于书籍,社交和...
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评分对于休谟来说,几何学里清晰明白的证明,和日常生活中可疑的论断,在本质上并无区别:它们的“对错”只是取决于它们"vividness"的多少而已。而vividness归根结底只是一种感情。如此说来,人类不是理性的动物,而是感性的。Treatise里好像有这么一句: Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
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