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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

by David Hume

Knowledge, experience, and the limits of reason

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Knowledge, experience, and the limits of reason

David Hume examines how experience shapes ideas and asks what grounds belief in cause and effect. The enquiry also considers induction, miracles, and the reach of human reason, connecting questions of everyday belief with broader problems in epistemology. First published in 1748, this work presents Hume’s empiricist and sceptical arguments in a shorter form than his earlier *A Treatise of Human Nature*. Its subjects place it at the intersection of Enlightenment philosophy, the study of knowledge, and debates about religious claims.

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  • Readers studying empiricism, scepticism, or Enlightenment philosophy
  • Those interested in epistemology, causation, and induction
  • Readers exploring philosophical arguments about miracles and religion

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Empiricism and experienceScepticism and human knowledgeCausation and inductionMiracles and philosophy of religion

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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in English in 1748. It was a revision of an earlier effort, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously in London in 1739-40.
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