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evan_streeby 's review for:
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume
By far the most rigorous and effective philosopher of the early modern era, and, in my opinion, one of the most profound thinkers of all time.
It’s not hyperbolic to assert Hume’s philosophy anticipates analytic philosophy, a lot of psychology, and an astonishing amount of modern neuroscience. His thinking was clear, honest, and unafraid.
Many philosophers have tried to write treatise on human understanding - all failed, except Hume. He spares none in his attacks on our presumptions to know anything: how can we proclaim to know of a heaven if we don’t know why a billiard ball rolls when hit by another?
Every philosophically interested person ought to read him
It’s not hyperbolic to assert Hume’s philosophy anticipates analytic philosophy, a lot of psychology, and an astonishing amount of modern neuroscience. His thinking was clear, honest, and unafraid.
Many philosophers have tried to write treatise on human understanding - all failed, except Hume. He spares none in his attacks on our presumptions to know anything: how can we proclaim to know of a heaven if we don’t know why a billiard ball rolls when hit by another?
Every philosophically interested person ought to read him