David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature and Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding are amongst the most widely-studies texts on philosophy. Hume's Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction presents in a clear, concise and accessible manner the key themes of these texts. Georges Dicker clarifies Hume's views on meaning, knowledge, causality, and sense perception step by step and provides us with a sharp picture of how philosophical thinking has been influenced by Hume. Accessible to anyone coming to Hume for the first time, Hume's Epistemology and Metaphysics is an indispensible guide to Hume's philosophical thinking.
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This is the clearest treatment of Hume's epistemology and metaphysics I have come across. I would certainly recommend it to anyone studying Hume for the first time.
–Eli Hirsch, Brandeis University
This is an excellent book. Dicker concentrates squarely on Hume's central arguments, usefully assessing them as contributions to contemporary philosophical debates. He also pays scrupulous attention to the texts, taking account of recent Hume scholarship but remaining attentive to the needs of inexperienced students
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–Gary Iseminger, Carleton College
–Eli Hirsch, Brandeis University
This is an excellent book. Dicker concentrates squarely on Hume's central arguments, usefully assessing them as contributions to contemporary philosophical debates. He also pays scrupulous attention to the texts, taking account of recent Hume scholarship but remaining attentive to the needs of inexperienced students
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–Gary Iseminger, Carleton College
About the Author
Georges Dicker is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at SUNY, Brockport. He is the author of Descartes (1993), Perceptual Knowledge (1980) and Dewey's Theory of Knowing (1976).
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The contents are really reflected in the title of this book,
This review is from: Hume's Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction (Paperback)
I strongly recommend you to read this book if you wanna know Hume's philosophy but have never read anything about him, that is, it is a very good introduction to Hume. For Dicker makes very "clear and concise" what's going on especailly Hume's Inquiry and the First Book of the Treatise. And he also explains basic and important concepts of epistemology and metaphysics with relation to Hume. Thus it's understandable even to those who don't know anything about philosophy. And moreover he uses very plain and easy English, which even non-native speakers of English can easily understand (in realily, I'm not a native of English). But it might be a little boring or too easy if you have already studied much about Hume. However even in that case it will be good if you wanna brush up your understanding of Hume or even epistemology and metaphysics in general. And also the auther, namely Geroges Dick, publishes another book on philosophy, whose title is "Descartes: an analytical and historical introduction". I also read this one. And this is also very good. So if you are a philosophy student , I also recommend you to read this one.
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Thorough and clearly written - a necessary book on Hume,
This review is from: Hume's Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction (Paperback)
As a graduate student studying for comprehensive exams, Dicker's book provided me with a clear and through exposition/commentary on Hume. The book is very accessible, enjoyable to read, and leaves the reader with a thirst for learning even more about Hume.
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Excellent Introduction to Hume's Views on Knowledge,
This review is from: Hume's Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction (Paperback)
This is a superb introduction to Hume's thought on the problems of human knowledge. The prose is clear, the analysis insightful, and the opinions are very helpful for the beginner as well as for the Hume scholar.
I also highly recommend Professor Dicker's books on Kant and Descartes.
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Both the Treatise and the Enquiry open, after introductory sections, with almost identically titled chapters: "Of the Origin of our Ideas" and "Of the Origin of Ideas", respectively. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unmelted wax, bridging proposition, knowable propositions, argument from change, inference from past experience, fresh sandpaper, regularity theorist, perceptual episodes, vulgar system, rationalist metaphysicians, perceptual relativity, true solely, inductive scepticism, posteriori propositions, determinate properties, missing shade, spatiotemporal continuity, bundle theory, causal principle, accidental generalization, regularity theory, priori propositions, corresponding impression, substance theory, constituent terms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Both the Treatise and the Enquiry open, after introductory sections, with almost identically titled chapters: "Of the Origin of our Ideas" and "Of the Origin of Ideas", respectively. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unmelted wax, bridging proposition, knowable propositions, argument from change, inference from past experience, fresh sandpaper, regularity theorist, perceptual episodes, vulgar system, rationalist metaphysicians, perceptual relativity, true solely, inductive scepticism, posteriori propositions, determinate properties, missing shade, spatiotemporal continuity, bundle theory, causal principle, accidental generalization, regularity theory, priori propositions, corresponding impression, substance theory, constituent terms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hume's Fork, New York City, Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Dewey High, Jefferson High, New Hume, Logical Positivists, Barry Stroud, Modus Ponens New!
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- Critique of Pure Reason (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant) by Immanuel Kant on 7 pages
- Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume on 4 pages
- A Treatise of Human Nature (Oxford Philosophical Texts) by David Hume in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: 2 Vols. in 1 (Great Books in Philosophy) by John Locke on page 24, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Bounds of Sense: An Essay on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by Peter Strawson on page 146, and Back Matter
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