Book 1: Of the Understanding
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Book 1: Of the Understanding is the first major section of David Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature*, in which he develops his influential empiricist theory of human cognition, ideas, and knowledge.
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part of philosophical treatise
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philosophical book section → |
| author |
David Hume
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| centralClaim |
all the contents of the mind derive from impressions
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causal reasoning is grounded in custom rather than reason → our belief in necessary connection is a product of mental habit → |
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Volume 1 of A Treatise of Human Nature
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Great Britain
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| developsTheoryOf |
abstract ideas
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custom and habit → impressions and ideas → personal identity (as a problem of understanding) → probability → relations of ideas and matters of fact → |
| firstPublication |
1739
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| focusesOn |
association of ideas
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causation → induction → nature of belief → origin of ideas → skepticism about reason → |
| genre |
early modern epistemology
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treatise on human nature → |
| hasKeyConcept |
association
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cause and effect → idea → impression → necessary connection → skepticism → |
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Of Knowledge and Probability
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Of Scepticism and Other Systems of Philosophy → Of the Ideas of Space and Time → Of the Origin of Our Ideas → |
| influenced |
later empiricist philosophers
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modern epistemology → philosophy of mind → theory of knowledge → |
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English
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| mainTopic |
human cognition
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human understanding → ideas → knowledge → |
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A Treatise of Human Nature
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| philosophicalMovement |
early modern philosophy
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| philosophicalTradition |
empiricism
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| positionInWork |
Book 1
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| workForm |
prose philosophical argument
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Book 2: Of the Passions
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A Treatise of Human Nature
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