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1、HUME’SENLIGHTENMENTTRACTHume’sEnlightenmentTractisthefirstfullstudyforfortyyearsofDavidHume’sEnquiryconcerningHumanUnderstanding.TheEnquiryhas,contrarytoitsauthor’sexpressedwishes,longlivedintheshadowofitspredeces-sor,ATreatiseofHumanNature.StephenBucklepresentstheEnquiryinafreshlight,andaimstoraise

2、ittoitsrightfulpositioninHume’sworkandinthehistoryofphilosophy.HearguesthattheEnquiryisnot,assooftenassumed,amerecollectionofwatered-downextractsfromtheearlierwork.Itis,rather,acoherentworkwithaunifiedargument;and,whenthisargu-mentisgraspedasawhole,theEnquiryshowsitselftobethebestintro-ductiontothel

3、ineamentsofitsauthor’sgeneralphilosophy.Buckleoffersacarefulguidethroughtheargumentandstructureofthework.HeshowshowthecentralsectionsoftheEnquiryofferacritiqueofthedogmaticempiricismsoftheancientworld(Stoicism,Epicureanism,andAris-totelianism),andsetinplaceanalternativeconceptionofhumanpowersbasedo

4、nthescepticalprinciplesofhabitandprobability.Theseprinciplesarethenputtowork,toruleoutphilosophy’smetaphysicalambitionsandtheirconsequences:religioussystemsandtheirattendantconceptionofhumanbeingsassemi-divinerationalanimals.Hume’sscepticism,experi-mentalism,andnaturalismarethusshowntobedifferentas

5、pectsoftheoneunifiedphilosophy—ascepticalversionoftheEnlightenmentvision.ThispageintentionallyleftblankHume’sEnlightenmentTractTheUnityandPurposeofAnEnquiryconcerningHumanUnderstandingStephenBuckleCLARENDONPRESS·OXFORD3GreatClarendonStreet,OxfordOX26DPOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversit

6、yofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducationbypublishingworldwideinOxfordNewYorkAthensBangkokBuenosAiresCapeTownChennaiDaresSalaamDelhiHongKongIstanbulKarachiKolkataKualaLumpurMadridMelbourneMexicoCityMumbaiNairobiSãoPauloShanghaiTaipeiTokyoTorontoOxfo

7、rdisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPressintheUKandcertainothercountriesPublishedintheUnitedStatesbyOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork©StephenBuckle2001ThemoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenassertedDatabase