Hume: A Very Short Introduction

Hume: A Very Short Introduction (Very Sh

📁 Hume: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

✍ James A. Harris 📂 Library 📅 2021 🏛 Oxford University Press 🌐 English

David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Unlike some of his famous contemporaries, however, he was not dogmatically committed to idealised conceptions of reason, liberty, and progress. Instead, Hume was a scep

📁 Hume: A Very Short Introduction

✍ Hume, David; Hume, David; Ayer, A. J 📂 Library 📅 2000 🏛 Oxford University Press 🌐 English

<p>Hume is one of the greatest of all British philosophers, and even in his own lifetime was celebrated as one of the pivotal figures of the Enlightenment. A central theme of his philosophy is the conviction that questions traditionally thought of as completely independent of the scientific realmDSq

Hume: A Very Short Introduction

📁 Hume: A Very Short Introduction

✍ Ayer, Ayer Alfred Jules;Hume, David 📂 Library 📅 2000 🏛 Oxford University Press 🌐 English

<p>Hume is one of the greatest of all British philosophers, and even in his own lifetime was celebrated as one of the pivotal figures of the Enlightenment. A central theme of his philosophy is the conviction that questions traditionally thought of as completely independent of the scientific realm&#8

Hume: A Very Short Introduction

📁 Hume: A Very Short Introduction

✍ A. J. Ayer 📂 Library 📅 2001 🏛 Oxford University Press 🌐 English

Hume's "naturalist" approach to a wide variety of philosophical topics resulted in highly original theories about perception, self-identity, causation, morality, politics, and religion, all of which are discussed in this stimulating introduction by A.J. Ayer, himself one of the twentieth century's m

Sport: A Very Short Introduction

📁 Sport: A Very Short Introduction

✍ Cronin, Mike 📂 Library 📅 2014 🏛 OUP Oxford 🌐 English

Sport is big business; international in nature and the focus of much media and cultural attention. In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Cronin charts the history of sport, from its traditional origins in folk football and cock fighting to its position as a global phenomenon today. Looking at a vari

Sport: A Very Short Introduction

📁 Sport: A Very Short Introduction

✍ Mike Cronin 📂 Library 📅 2015 🏛 Oxford University Press 🌐 English

Sport is big business; international in nature and the focus of much media and cultural attention. In this <em>Very Short Introduction</em>, Mike Cronin charts the history of sport, from its traditional origins in folk football and cock fighting to its position as a global phenomenon today. Looking

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